Movatterモバイル変換


[0]ホーム

URL:


Jump to content
WikipediaThe Free Encyclopedia
Search

Tim Webber

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Welsh visual effects supervisor
For the actor, seeTimothy Webber.

Tim Webber
Webber celebrating VFX Oscar win for Gravity
Born
Wales
EducationSt Catherine's College, Oxford
OccupationVisual Effects Supervisor
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects (2014)

Tim Webber is a Welshvisual effects supervisor and is chief creative officer at visual effects studioFramestore. He is known for his work onHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005),The Dark Knight (2008),Children of Men (2006), andGravity (2013), for which he received anAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects at the86th Academy Awards.

Education

[edit]

Webber was educated atSt Catherine's College, Oxford, graduating in Physics in 1987.[1]

Career

[edit]

In 1988, Webber joined the Britishvisual effects companyFramestore, based nearOxford Street in London. He led the company's push into Digital Film and Television, developing Framestore’s virtual camera and motion rig systems. He has been thevisual effects supervisor in some of the most technically and artistically challenging projects, including,Christopher Nolan'sThe Dark Knight (2008),James Cameron'sAvatar (2009), andLouis Leterrier'sClash of the Titans (2010). He was Warner Brothers’ VFX supervisor onAlfonso Cuarón's space epic,Gravity (2013), with the techniques involved in the film realized by Webber and the Framestore team, taking three years to complete.[2]David Heyman, co-producer ofGravity, hired Webber to oversee the film's visual effects work.[3]

For his work onGravity, he won both theBAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects at the67th British Academy Film Awards, and anAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects at the86th Academy Awards.

In 2014, Webber was awarded theRoyal Photographic Society Progress medal and Honorary Fellowship, which is awarded in recognition of any invention, research, publication or other contribution which has resulted in an important advance in the scientific or technological development of photography or imaging in the widest sense.

In 2023, Webber released his directorial and writing debut, in the form of sci-fi short filmFLITE.[4] StarringAlba Baptista,FLITE is set in a semi-submerged London of 2053 and brought some of the techniques first explored on the film Gravity into the present day. Using state of the art virtual production techniques,FLITE also tested FUSE -Framestore Unreal Shot Engine - which putsEpic GamesUnreal Engine,[5] and all the benefits of real-time, at the heart of a VFX pipeline.[6][7]FLITE has won several awards including Best Genre atHollyShorts Film Festival 2023, Best Animation at The Soho London Independent Film Festival 2024 and Best Post Production and Best Score atIgnite Film Festival 2023.FLITE is available to watch on YouTube.

Selected filmography

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^"Oscar Win for Catz Alum"
  2. ^"Tim Webber: the man who put Sandra Bullock in space". Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 January 2014
  3. ^"Tim Webber - Magician of the Year".Empire magazine. Retrieved 17 January 2014
  4. ^"Flite by Tim Webber".Short of the Week. Retrieved29 April 2024.
  5. ^Lodderhose, Diana (21 May 2023)."Technologies Like AI & Unreal Engine Are A Having Big Impact On The Entertainment Business, But Where Will It Go From Here?".Deadline. Retrieved29 April 2024.
  6. ^Giardina, Carolyn (9 May 2023)."First Look at 'Gravity' VFX Supervisor's Virtual Production 'Flite'".The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved29 April 2024.
  7. ^"Watch: Oscar Winner Tim Webber's Award-Winning Futuristic 'Flite'".Animation World Network. Retrieved29 April 2024.

External links

[edit]
Awards for Tim Webber
1963–1980
1981–2000
2001–2020
2021–present
1982–2000
2001–2020
2021–present
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Webber&oldid=1271480889"
Categories:
Hidden categories:

[8]ページ先頭

©2009-2025 Movatter.jp