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Strange New Virtual Production Worlds!

It’s a good time for us Trekkies – between Discovery and Lower Decks, between Picard and Strange New Worlds, there’s something for everyone – finally again! But there’s a lot going on behind the scenes – because the first big show to be filmed on a Virtual Production Stage was Star Trek: Discovery. And right after that – almost simultaneously – came Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. As it was definitely worth seeing, we asked what you can expect from your big VP production.

And it turns out that a Film Academy graduate, who we still know from Animago 2014, was the executive producer for Pixomondo - Paolo Tamburrino. He is currently in charge of virtual production and VFX for Star Trek at Pixomondo. He is the go-to person for technically challenging projects and client engagements. With over 15 years of experience in animation and visual effects, he has been involved in many varied and award-winning projects.

Paolo is a graduate of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, where his graduation short film "Wrapped" was honoured with a VES Award and an Animago for Best Newcomer Production(bit.ly/wrapped_filmaka).

Since then he has worked in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America on projects such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Foundation, The 100, Upload and numerous commercials. Paolo is currently a board member of the Visual Effects Society in Toronto, a board advisor to the Realtime Conference and a member of the Programme Advisory Committee for ...


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