VFX Supervisor
Oli Atherton
Oliver Atherton is a VFX Supervisor with over 15 years of experience in the visual effects industry. He most recently worked on director Francis Lawrence’s fantasy adventure film, ‘Slumberland’. Prior to this he completed work as VFX Supervisor Netflix’s space series ‘AWAY’
Oli was also the on-set VFX Supervisor for Facebook Watch’s ‘Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones’. He supervised VFX work on Netflix’s epic historical drama ‘The King’ for director David Michôd.
As Production VFX Supervisor on ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’, Oli worked closely with writer/director Drew Goddard to help realise his vision for the period piece set in a dilapidated hotel in Lake Tahoe in the1960’s.
Q&A
Favourite line from a movie...
Walking, exploring new places or watching a good film. Most of all though i just love hanging out with my family. There is nowhere i'd rather be.
Last supper...
Burgers! Just bought a new grill and so its burgers every night. Pizza is my favorite meal ever though. With pineapple.
Not from a movie but i think Stanley Kubrick's "I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want" is very relevant to what we do.
Talent or Tech
Both go hand in hand to create amazing VFX work. Neither can operate without the other. This has always been the case and i don't see it ever changing. Unless DALL-E 2 takes over and then tech..... but its still drawing from work created by talent.... and was created by talent.
When I am not working...