Talks

15 Years at Lola VFX

What Nobody Tells You About Getting a Job in VFX

Developing (and Re-developing) a Career in Animation

The Future of VFX

Trent Claus is an award-winning Visual Effects Supervisor with Lola VFX. Over the last 15 years with the company, he’s been at the forefront of human-based effects, including aging, de-aging, and the blending of digital effects with practical makeup.

He has worked on over 120 feature films, including 19 Academy Award nominees for Best Visual Effects (4 winners), 10 nominees for Best Picture (1 winner).

In 2012, he was awarded the Visual Effects Society (VES) Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture for his groundbreaking work on “Captain America: The First Avenger”. In 2020 he was nominated for Outstanding Compositing once again for “Captain Marvel” in which he de-aged the character Nick Fury, played by Samuel L. Jackson.
Over the course of Marvel Studios' history, Trent has contributed to 22 out of 29 films, including his work as a VFX Supervisor on “Avengers: Endgame”, “Captain Marvel”, “Captain America: Civil War”, “Avengers: Infinity War”, and others.
Most recently, he has been working on the Star Wars series “The Mandalorian”, “The Book of Boba Fett”, and “Obi-Wan Kenobi”.

Other notable films on which he has worked include: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, “The Social Network”, “Prometheus”, “Star Trek”, “Avatar”, and “Blade Runner”.