Dallas

Network: TNT
Years: 2012–14
Role: VFX supervisor, on set
Tools: Nuke · Houdini · Maya

The brief

I was the studio-side visual effects supervisor, on set in Dallas as needed. I also hired and ran a small in-house VFX department to deliver the show’s work.

Crowd extensions and screen replacements were finished in Nuke; the fire shots were created in Houdini and composited in Nuke.

Before & after

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Final: Crowd extension — Crowd extension

Plate: Crowd extension — Crowd extension

Final: Greenscreen window — Greenscreen window

Plate: Greenscreen window — Greenscreen window

Fire

A horse bolting through a burning barn — Horse through fire

CG oil rigs

White model render of a land oil rig — Land rig

Model render of an ocean oil platform — Ocean rig