All the big names, a 3 hr workshop from me, and how to get a 20% ticket discount.
The VIEW Conference 2025 in Turin, Italy is going to be huge. There are a stunning array of directors, visual effects supervisors, animation supervisors and many other creatives attending to give presentations, all happening 12-17 October 2025.
Here’s just some of the projects that will be covered: How to Train Your Dragon, Elio, KPop Demon Hunters, The Bad Guys 2, Sinners, F1, Jurassic World: Rebirth, The Cat in the Hat, In Your Dreams, Wicked: For Good, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Lilo & Stitch, Wednesday, The Penguin, The Rings of Power, The Phoenician Scheme…and so many more.
I mean, some of these projects won’t even be released yet, so you’ll actually be seeing previews of them before anyone else.
Some of the big names: Dean DeBlois, Phil Tippett, Doug Chiang, Janet Lewin…this only barely scratches the surface of who is attending!
Studios being represented include ILM, Framestore, DNEG, Dreamworks Animation, Pixar, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Pro Machina, Tippett Studio, Stormborn Studios, Rising Sun Pictures, Wylie Co. VFX, Rocket Science VFX, Frost FX, Rodeo FX, Accenture Song VFX, Fortiche Production, BlueBolt, Proof, Megalis and more.
There’s also a huge range of workshops on offer, with practical sessions that will help you with your VFX and animation careers.
I’m hosting a 3 hour workshop on the history of visual effects, complete with some pretty amazing magazine and other giveaways! You will see new visuals and old-school ones in this comprehensive breakdown.
DISCOUNTS!
Plus, until 30th September, befores & afters readers get a special discount at VIEW. Just use the code BEFORESANDAFTERS_VIEW2025 for a 20% discount on tickets to the conference.
Get your tickets here: https://www.viewconference.it/pages/registration/
Here is a list of those attending. Keep an eye on the site for what they’ll be speaking on! A big congratulations to Maria Elena Gutierrez for putting on this event.
SPEAKERS
Dean DeBlois
Writer/Director, How to Train Your Dragon
Christian Manz
VFX Supervisor & Creative Director, How to Train Your Dragon, Framestore
Domee Shi
Director & VP of Creative, Elio, Pixar Animation Studios
Madeline Sharafian
Director, Elio, Pixar Animation Studios
Alessandro Carloni
Writer & Director, Cat in the Hat (2026), Warner Bros. Animation
Pierre Perifel
Director, The Bad Guys 2, Dreamworks Animation
Matt Baer
VFX Supervisor, The Bad Guys 2, Dreamworks Animation
Maggie Kang
Director, KPop Demon Hunters, Netflix
Chris Appelhans
Director, KPop Demon Hunters, Netflix Animation
Alex Woo
Director, In Your Dreams, Kuku Studios
Nicola Lavender
Director, CG Supervision and Visual Effects Supervisor, In Your Dreams, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Sacha Kapijimpanga
Head of Character Animation, In Your Dreams, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Pablo Helman
VFX Supervisor, Wicked: For Good, ILM
Dale Newton
Animation Supervisor, Wicked: For Good, Framestore
Doug Chiang
Senior Vice President and Executive Design Director, Lucasfilm
Ian Hunter
Creative Director, VFX Supervisor, Co-Founder, New Deal Studios, VES winner
Camille Balsamo-Gillis
Actress, Producer, Director, and Co-Founder, Pro Machina
Reid Collums
Actor, Writer, Special Effects Artist, and Partner, Pro Machina
Richard Kerris
Global Media and Entertainment Vice-President, NVIDIA
Janet Lewin
Senior Vice President, General Manager, and Head, ILM
Phil Tippett
Founder and Filmmaker, Tippett Studio
David Vickery
Overall VFX Supervisor, Jurassic World: Rebirth, ILM, Bafta, VES winner
Craig Hammack
Overall VFX Supervisor, Lilo & Stitch, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
Ryan Tudhope
VFX Supervisor, F1 Movie, Framestore
Daniele Bigi
VFX Supervisor, Fantastic Four: First Steps, ILM
Michael Ralla
Overall VFX Supervisor, Sinners
Chris Lavis
Co-Founder & Director, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, Clyde Henry Productions
Nathan Fox
Creative Director, Sucker Punch Productions
Johnny Han
VFX Supervisor & 2nd Unit Director, The Penguin (HBO)
Goran Pavles
Founder & Visual Effects Supervisor, The Penguin (HBO), Stormborn Studios
Eugene Bondar
VFX Supervisor, The Penguin (HBO), Frost FX
Jake Maymudes
Founder & CEO, Wylie Co. VFX
Sandro Blattner
Overall Visual Effects Supervisor, The Studio
Jethro Au
CG Supervisor, Wednesday: Season 2, Rocket Science VFX
Kevin Buessecker
FX Supervisor, Wednesday: Season 2, Rocket Science VFX
Martin Pelletier
VFX Supervisor, The Sandman, Rodeo FX
Apollonia Hartmann
VFX Producer, Accenture Song VFX
David Anastacio
CG Supervisor, Accenture Song VFX
Ara Khanikian
VFX Supervisor, The Rings of Power, Rodeo FX
Melaina Mace
DFX Supervisor, DNEG
Roberto Rodricks
FX Supervisor, DNEG
Kris Pearn
Director, Sony Pictures Animation
Simon Weisse
VFX Miniature Unit Supervisor and Props Designer
Kyle T. Webster
Illustrator & Brush Designer, Procreate
Shane Valdez
Founder & CEO, SuperFile
Martin Nebelong
Freelance Artist and VR Pioneer, main client Google Envisioning Studio
Jamie Umpherson
Head of Creative, Runway
Alexis Wanneroy
Animation Supervisor, Fortiche Production
Maciej Kuciara
Artist & Director
Ted Ty
Global Head of Character Animation, DNEG Animation
Guido Wolter
VFX Supervisor, Rising Sun Pictures
Espen Nordahl
Head of VFX, Storm Studios
Hal Hickel
Animation Director, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Oscar, BAFTA winner
Dylan Sisson
Artist & Designer, RenderMan, Pixar Animation Studios
Heiko Burkardsmaier
VFX Executive Producer, Head of Business/Legal Affairs, Accenture Song VFX
Tracy McCreary
Managing Director and Partner, BlueBolt
Pawl Fulker
Creative Director & Sr. Visualization Supervisor, Proof London Ltd.
Tim McLaughlin
Dean, School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts, Texas A&M University
Jingyi Zhang
Founder, Corbel3D
Jan-Bart van Beek
Studio Director & Studio Art & Animation Director, Guerrilla Games
Asa Mathat
Photographer
Rochele Gloor
Assistant Director for Innovation Technologies MFA Computer Arts, School of Visual Arts
Terrence Masson
MFA Computer Arts Chair, School of Visual Arts (SVA), NYC
Francesco Casetti
Sterling Professor of Humanities and Film and Media, Yale University
Giulia Carluccio
Deputy Rector, University of Turin
Giaime Alonge
Full Professor in Film, Photography, and Television, University of Turin
Simone Natale
Associate Professor in Media Theory and History, Department of Humanities, University of Turin
Gabriella Taddeo
Associate Professor in Media Theory and History, Department of Humanities, University of Turin
Setareh Samandari
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Interdimensional VFX
Habib Zargarpour
Virtual Production Supervisor, Interdimensional VFX, Co-head of Virtual Production, USC School of C
Tara DeMarco
Visual Effects Supervisor, Upside Down Productions
Christina Caspers
General Manager, Trixter, and Executive Producer, Cinesite Group
Heike Kluger
VFX Supervisor
Kieran Belshaw
Concept Artist
Jeff Dillinger
VFX Supervisor & CEO, Megalis
Jochen Willemsen
Cinematic Director, Guerilla Games
Munjal B. Shroff
Co-Founder, Graphiti Studios
Alexandre Poncet
Director, Composer, Film Historian
Eloi Champagne
Head, Technical Direction and Production Technology, National Film Board of Canada
Victor Agulhon
CEO & Producer, TARGO
Ernst Janssen Groesbeek
Stylized Rendering Look Development Artist, 9to3animation
Christos Obretenov
Owner & Lead Developer RenderMan Stylized Looks, Lollipop Shaders
Denver Jackson
Animator & Visual Effects Artist
Matthias Buehler
Founder & CTO | MSc Arch ETH Zurich
Michael Coldewey
Professor of Concept Art, Drawing & Design, Media Design University of Applied Sciences in Munich
Jonas Kluger
Founder, Das Element
Zane Swift
Filmmaker
Mark Dubeau
Art Director, Tippett Studio
Gary Mundell
CEO, Tippett Studio
Colin Geddes
Production Executive, Tippett Studio
Tom Gibbons
Animation / Stop-Motion Supervisor, Tippett Studio
Marc Morissette
VFX Supervisor, Tippett Studio
Ken Rogerson
Editorial Supervisor, Tippett Studio
Saint John Walker
Programme Leader, Postgraduate Media, University of Hertfordshire
Oleg Fryazinov
Associate Professor in The National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth University
Javier Romero
Animation VFX Supervisor
Ian Failes
Editor, befores & afters
Dimitri Vallein
Artist, Director, & Technologist
Srikanth Srinivasan
Senior Technical Supervisor, BOT VFX
Riccardo Russiano
UX Designer, Lifebonder
Brenda Ximena Roldan Romero
3D Animator, DNEG
Kate Gabriel
Creative Director CG, No. 8
Ethan Francis
CG Generalist, Black Kite Studios
Tomek Suwalkski
Director, Platige Image
Magdalena Rudnicka
Producer, Platige Image
Hayley Miller
Founder, World of VFX Day
Christian Tagliapietra
Environment 3D Artist, Skyup Academy
John Canning
Director Developer Relations – M&E, AEC, D&M, AMD
