When your morning stand-up starts with “Today we blow up The Beast” and ends with “Please aim the stone garden statue at the helicopter,” you know it’s a good week at RiseFX. In Heads of State, the Berlin-based studio delivered high-stakes action, digital doubles, and a presidential limo detonation that probably shouldn’t be emailed to the TSA.
Alex P. Twigg (IMDB| LinkedIn) is a VFX Supervisor at RISE with credits on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Geostorm, and NBC’s Emerald City. A specialist in FX simulation — from particles and pyro to destruction — Twigg has built a career moving between feature films and high-end episodic work, delivering large-scale sequences under tight production demands.
Sebastian Lauer (IMDB | Linkedin) is a VFX Supervisor whose work spans After Earth, Fantastic Four (2015), and most recently Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025). Trained as a Digital Media Designer, he advanced through compositing and sup...
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