2012

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Visual Effect Supervisor

Marc Weigert

Bio

MARC WEIGERT re-teams with Roland Emmerich having served as visual effects project manager on Independence Day. In 1999, Weigert and Academy Award® winner Volker Engel formed Uncharted Territory, LLC. Uncharted produced the feature film Coronado the following year and co-produced the Sci-Fi Channel miniseries “Dark Kingdom” as well as the miniseries “The Triangle,” for which Weigert received an Emmy Award in 2006.

In between producing feature and TV films, Uncharted Territory also provided visual effects services for The Day After Tomorrow and the intermedia title for Terminator 3.

Other credits for Weigert include Muppets From Space, Flubber, “The Drew Carey Show,” and many European movies and series. Weigert also served as visual effects producer and supervisor on a multitude of commercials and the ride film for Universal Studios Florida’s Harry Potter Islands of Adventure.

As VFX Project Manager for Independence Day, Weigert created Digital Assistant for Visual Effects, a project management software program which was subsequently sold to several major studios and has been used on films such as Stuart Little, Alien: Resurrection, Volcano, Godzilla, Wing Commander, Monkeybone and X-Men.

Visual Effect Supervisor- Job Description

A visual effects supervisor is responsible for achieving the creative aims of the director and/or producers through the use of visual effects. While it is a creative role, most supervisors possess a strong technical background and are capable of making informed decisions about the most efficient and effective technique to employ to solve the problem at hand.