ron brinkmann - APRIL 2008 workshop
An occasional supervisor in the visual effects and animation world, Ron Brinkmann is the author of The Art and Science of Digital Compositing, which is regarded as a standard reference book in the visual effects industry.
One of the founding employees of Sony Pictures Imageworks, he was also part of the initial design and development team that produced the digital compositing application Shake (acquired by Apple in 2002). From 2002-2007 Brinkmann continued at Apple in his role as the Product Designer for Shake, as well as being involved with Apple’s professional photo-management software Aperture.
Mr. Brinkmann frequently speaks at seminars on the topics of visual effects, digital filmmaking and general technology, having given talks in Europe, China, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Japan and India (and several less-interesting locations).
He is currently working with Digital Domain in their new games and animation division, serving as a special advisor to The Foundry, and working on the second edition of his compositing book.
His primary field of expertise is in visual effects for feature films, and his personal feature-film credits include: Contact, The Ghost and the Darkness, James and the Giant Peach, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Speed, Hideaway, Tall Tale, Last Action Hero, and In the Line of Fire. He has had articles published in a number of magazines, and has lectured on the topics of digital compositing and visual effects in the U.S., Europe, Australia and China.
