Milan Schere | |
---|---|
Born | Milan Schere |
Years active | 2007-Current |
Spouse | Seema Schere |
Awards | Genie 2011 |
Milan Schere is a Canadian matte painter and filmmaker, best known for his work on Tron: Legacy. In 2011 he received a best Visual Effects in Canadian cinema award nomination by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for his 1907 New York City skyline period matte painting work in the feature film A Dangerous Method.
Before becoming a visual effects artist, Schere earned a master's degree in Digital Effects from Bournemouth University, England. He remained in England, working in broadcast design on a number of popular BBC documentaries and the motion picture Dredd.
He has overall had a great influence on the matte painting community as he was on the forefront of camera projection mapping and one of the first digital matte artists to implement the 3D texturing tool Mari into the digital environment creation process.
Schere co-authored the book D'artiste Matte Painting 3: Digital Artists Master Class in which he shares of his work process and industry experiences throughout his career. He has also published papers on the subject of matte painting. Interviews of Schere have been featured in multiple media and print publications such as Cinefex and the American Cinematographer for his work on Get On Up.
His filmography includes Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, RoboCop, The Shape of Water, Greenland and The Addams Family 2. In addition to his feature film work, he is also known to fans of the television series Vikings for the numerous digital backdrops he created.
Besides his matte painting experience as an artist, Schere has directed a number of commercials, music videos and short films. He has worked as visual effects supervisor on development projects and obtained a credit as digital effects supervisor on the Apple TV+ series Shantaram.
Today, Schere is the Head of Environments at award winning visual effects studio DNEG contributing to projects such as The Last of Us, Dune: Part Two and Mickey 17. The company, formerly known as Double Negative VFX, has received seven Academy Awards for its work on Inception, Interstellar, Ex Machina, Blade Runner 2049, First Man, Tenet and Dune.
Awards
- Canadian Screen Awards for Best Achievement in Visual Effects
for A Dangerous Method (2011)
- Canadian Screen Awards for Best Achievement in Visual Effects
for Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
Partial filmography
- Lift (2024)
- Dune: Part Two (2024)
- Mickey 17 (2024)
- Haunted Mansion (2023)
- Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
- Bullet Train (2022)
- Redeeming Love (2022)
- The Addams Family 2 (2021)
- The Water Man (2020)
- Greenland (2020)
- The Hunt (2020)
- Midway (2019)
- The Silence (2019)
- Goalie (2019)
- The Lie (2018)
- The Shape of Water (2017)
- American Made (2017)
- Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
- Legends of the Hidden Temple (2016)
- Sully (2016)
- Ben-Hur (2016)
- Zoolander 2 (2016)
- Ride Along 2 (2016)
- Crimson Peak (2015)
- The Dovekeepers (2015)
- Get on Up (2014)
- Noah (2014)
- Pompeii (2014)
- Endless Love (2014)
- RoboCop (2014)
- Carrie (2013)
- The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
- 42 (2013)
- Mama (2013)
- Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)
- Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
- Dredd (2012)
- The Vow (2012)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
- The Thing (2011)
- A Dangerous Method (2011)
- The Three Musketeers (2011)
- Hanna (2011)
- TRON: Legacy (2010)
See also
References
- Jean Oppenheimer (2014). Stephen Pizzello (ed.). August 2014 Issue of American Cinematographer (1 ed.). ASC Publishing.
- Yusei Uesugi; Max Dennison; Chris Thunig (2008). Daniel P. Wade (ed.). D'artiste Matte Painting 2: Digital Artists Master Class. Volume 2 of D'artiste digital artists master class (2, illustrated ed.). Ballistic Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 978-1921002410.
- Milan Schere (2009). "Advanced Photoshop #56". Imagine Publishing Bournemouth, UK.
{{cite magazine}}
: Cite magazine requires|magazine=
(help) - Milan Schere; David Luong; Damien Mace (2013). Daniel P. Wade (ed.). D'artiste Matte Painting 3: Digital Artists Master Class. Volume 3 of D'artiste digital artists master class (2, illustrated ed.). Ballistic Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 978-1921828966.
- Milan Schere; et al. (2013). "3D Total #February 2013". 3dtotal Publishing Ltd., Worcester, UK.
{{cite magazine}}
: Cite magazine requires|magazine=
(help) - "Advanced Digital Matte Painting for Film". Wingfox. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
- staff (Jan 14, 2014). "Concept Art World". Concept Art World. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
- Jennifer Wolfe (Sep 13, 2013). "Ballistic Unveils Matte Painting 3". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
- Marc Stein (2011). David Newcastle (ed.). Twilight Exposed! The Inside Story of a Billion Dollar Franchise. Nook Publishing.
- "Amazing examples of matte painting". 3D World. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- Vincent Frei (July 13, 2011). "HANNA Interview". Art of VFX. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- Gary A. Swaby (October 10, 2013). "d'artiste Matte Painting 3 – Ballistic Publishing". The Koalition. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- Tom McLean (Jan 17, 2012). "ACE Eddie and Canada's Genie Noms". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- "Hanna: Cold Hamburg Night". Adriene Hurst. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- Teoh Yi Chie (Sep 9, 2013). "Parka Blogs". Parka Blogs. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- "Meet the Thread :: Milan Schere". CG Society. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- Digital Matte Painting in Feature Animation
- TV Spielfilm Filmographie
- Vision Union
- Master 3D Landscapes
- Advanced Digital Matte Painting for Film
- VanArts brings Tron back to the big screen
External links
- Milan Schere at IMDb
- Artist's Official Site
- MR. X Inc. at The Foundry
- Career Success and Wedded Bliss
- FX Guide
- TR2N back to the Big Screen
- Case Study Forum Post
- Ballistic Publishing
- Digital Matte Art in VFX Production today