Independent VFX and design house promotes visual effects producer/compositing supervisor to newly-created post of Head of Operations and Strategy.
New York, NY -- Phosphene, the New York-based independent VFX and design house, has named Rebecca Dunn to the newly created post of Head of Operations and Strategy, it was jointly announced by company CEO and Executive Producer Vivian Connolly and CCO and Senior VFX Supervisor John Bair.
Dunn moved to the United States from Australia in 2012 and joined the Phosphene family as Visual Effects Producer/Compositing Supervisor. She established herself as an invaluable addition to the team producing effects for numerous Phosphene television projects including Forever, Boardwalk Empire (Seasons 3-4-5), The Knick, and The Americans (Season 1); and the feature films Equals, The Fault in Our Stars, and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
“Beck is a singular talent who came to Phosphene with an unbelievably unique balance of creative and technical expertise. Having started as a compositor, she has the perfect vantage point from which to help expand the company and strategize for the future,” explained Connolly. “Beck is currently producing a number of projects for the company and, as her schedule permits, will continue to produce to keep her skills sharp and to ensure her new strategies and approaches run smoothly and seamlessly,” added Bair.
On her expanded responsibilities Dunn stated, “I am very excited about this new phase. Moving into the Head of Operations and Strategy role allows me to use my combined experience working with Phosphene's talented artists and producers over the past 3 years, and my previous experience in operations, to help ensure that as we grow Phosphene’s clients will continue to receive the same high level of visual effects and design services for which the company is known."
Prior to joining Phosphene, Dunn was Visual Effects Producer at Postmodern Sydney (now Method, Deluxe Group) where she worked on features including The Hunter and A Few Best Men, and commercial spots including 361-Running/Basketball (TVC; Ogilvy & Mather) and Sprite - Skateboard (TVC; BBH China).
At EFILM Australia (Deluxe Group), in Digital Intermediate Operations, and earlier as Digital Supervisor, Dunn contributed her talents to the features of the county’s leading directors including Oranges and Sunshine (Jim Loach director),The Way Back (Peter Weir director), Animal Kingdom (David Michôd director), Australia (Baz Luhrmann director), Mao's Last Dancer (Bruce Beresford director), Bright Star (Jane Campion director), Samson and Delilah (Warwick Thornton director), and Death Defying Acts (Gillian Armstrong director).
Earlier in her career, Dunn was Senior Compositor at Atlab (Deluxe Group) and a Compositor at Capital FX (London, Deluxe Group).
She is currently a Board Member of the Visual Effect Society (New York) and a member/Special Visual Effects of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Dunn, whose projects have garnered numerous industry awards, and her colleagues from Phosphene, were recently nominated for a Visual Effects Society award, for their contribution to The Knick/Abigail's Nose.
Source: Phosphene
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
