Stephen Rosenbaum
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Stephen Rosenbaum is an American
Personal life
Rosenbaum was raised in
Career
Rosenbaum began his career in visual effects at the reconstructed Computer Graphics Department of Lucasfilm's effects division Industrial Light & Magic in 1989. The previous members of this department moved to the building next door and formed the company Pixar. This new group of artists received their first chance to make a computer generated character when James Cameron asked them to create the Pseudopod water creature for The Abyss. Cameron followed with Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the group expanded the artist base and created one of the first digital manipulations of a human character. The artists continued to thrive with opportunities to animate and render the seminal dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. Rosenbaum then oversaw the digital excision of Lt. Dan's legs, Forrest's mastery of ping pong, and the fanciful feather animations in Forrest Gump. These movies help spark the rapid evolution of traditional film-processed visual effects and inspired an industry-wide shift in filmmaking methodologies[6] and commercial digital imagery manipulation.
Rosenbaum spent several years working on various projects at
Since Avatar, Rosenbaum has been immersed in Virtual Production and the persistent drive toward realtime visual effects and more believable digital characters. His focus has been on capturing and faithfully reproducing actor performances of recognized personalities, including famous musicians such as Michael Jackson and the band ABBA.
In 2010, Rosenbaum was hired[8] by Digital Domain to start a character animation development group. He brought together some of the best computer graphics geeks, and they built a modernized approach to creating physically and behaviorally realistic digital humans and creatures. Leveraging the new pipeline, he designed and supervised the giants for the movie Jack the Giant Slayer.
In 2014, Rosenbaum directed the creation of a virtual Michael Jackson posthumously performing a previously unreleased song live at 2014 Billboard Music Awards.[9] He then spent the next two years creating the reimagined King Kong for the movie Kong: Skull Island.
Rosenbaum then partnered with acclaimed music luminary Simon Fuller to recreate the band ABBA as their younger digital selves performing a new song. He established a virtual musician production company of 50 plus, built a cloud-first production pipeline, and in 2018 they completed an eight minute promotional video of the photo-real virtual band members talking and singing.
Filmography
- Legendary Pictures)
- Visual Effects Supervisor)
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Digital Domain)
- Weta Digital)
- Weta Digital)
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Walt Disney Pictures)
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Universal Pictures)
- Weta Digital)
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Cinesite)
- Visual Effects Supervisor: National GeographicFilms)
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Industrial Light & Magic)
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Industrial Light & Magic)
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Industrial Light & Magic)
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Sony Pictures Imageworks)
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Sony Pictures Imageworks)
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Sony Pictures Imageworks)
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Sony Pictures Imageworks)
- DreamWorks (Logo) (1995) (Computer Graphics Supervisor: Industrial Light & Magic)
- The Indian in the Cupboard (1995) (Computer Graphics Supervisor: Industrial Light & Magic)
- Disclosure (1994) (Computer Graphics Artist: Industrial Light & Magic)
- Forrest Gump (1994) (Computer Graphics Supervisor: Industrial Light & Magic)
- Jurassic Park (1993) (Computer Graphics Artist: Industrial Light & Magic)
- Death Becomes Her (1992) (Computer Graphics Artist: Industrial Light & Magic)
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man (film) (1992) (Computer Graphics Artist:Industrial Light & Magic)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (Computer Graphics Artist: Industrial Light & Magic)
- The Hunt for Red October (film) (1990) (Computer Graphics Artist: Industrial Light & Magic)
- Back to the Future Part II (1989) (Computer Graphics Artist: Industrial Light & Magic)
- The Abyss (1989) (Computer Graphics Artist: Industrial Light & Magic)
Awards and nominations
Academy Award
- 2018 Oscar – nominee for Best Visual Effects – Kong: Skull Island(2017)
- 2010 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – Avatar(2009)
- 1995 Oscar – winner for Best Visual Effects – Forrest Gump(1994)
BAFTA
- 2010 BAFTA Film Award – winner for best Special Visual Effects – Avatar(2009)
- 1995 BAFTA Film Award – winner for best Special Visual Effects – Forrest Gump(1994)
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
- 2010 Saturn Award – winner for Best Special Effects – Avatar(2009)
- 2004 Saturn Award – nominee for Best Special Effects – X2: X-Men United(2003)
- 1998 Saturn Award – nominee for Best Special Effects – Contact(1997)
References
- ^ "The 67th Academy Awards (1995)". oscars.org.
- ^ "Nominees & Winners for the 82nd Academy Awards". oscars.org.
- ^ "Nominees & Winners for the 90th Academy Awards".
- ^ "Achievement in Special Effects 1994". bafta.org.
- ^ "Special Visual Effects 2009". bafta.org.
- ISBN 1852335645.
- ^ Robertson, Barbara. "CG In Another World". cgw.com. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "Two-Time Academy Award Winner Stephen Rosenbaum Joins Digital Domain". studiodaily.com.
- ^ "Michael Jackson – Slave To The Rhythm".
External links
- Stephen Rosenbaum at IMDb