Confirmed Speakers VIEW 2026

Brad Bird

Writer & Director, Ray Gunn

Sir Roger Deakins

Academy Award Winning Cinematographer

James Ellis Deakins

Creative Work Partner of Roger Deakins

Joel Crawford

Writer/Director, Forgotten Island, Dreamworks Animation

Januel P. Mercado

Writer/Director, Forgotten Island, DreamWorks Animation

Kenna Harris

Co-Director & Co-Writer, Toy Story 5, Pixar Animation Studios

Daniel Chong

Director, HOPPERS, Pixar Animation Studios

Nicole Paradis Grindle

Producer, HOPPERS, Pixar Animation Studios

Tyree Dillihay

Director, GOAT, Sony Pictures Animation

Merlin Crossingham

Director, Aardman Animations

Jerome Chen

Overall VFX Supervisor, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Marvel Studios

Richard Kerris

Global Media and Entertainment Vice-President, NVIDIA

Cristobal Valenzuela

Cofounder and Co-CEO, Runway

Matthew E. Butler

Production VFX Supervisor, Disclosure Day

Liz Bernard

Animation Supervisor, Disclosure Day, Digital Domain

Joel Behrens

VFX Supervisor, Disclosure Day, Digital Domain

Andrew Jackson

Overall VFX Supervisor, DNEG VFX, Oscar winner

Yvett Merino

Producer, HEXED, Disney Animation Studios

Steve Emerson

Production VFX Supervisor, LAIKA

Robert Valley

Director, Animator, Character Designer

Paul Lambert

VFX Co-Supervisor, Project Hail Mary

Mag Sarnowska

VFX Co-Supervisor, Project Hail Mary

Alice Brooks

Award-winning Cinematographer

Michelle Grady

President, Sony Pictures Imageworks

Holly Edwards

President, Skydance Animation

Janet Lewin

Senior Vice President, General Manager, and Head, ILM

Ryan Carlson

Production Designer, Forgotten Island, DreamWorks Animation

Sean Sexton

Head of Character Animation, Forgotten Island, DreamWorks Animation

Hal Hickel

Animation Director, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Oscar, BAFTA winner

Ed Douglas

VFX Supervisor, Backrooms

Peter Timberlake

Overall Production VFX Supervisor, Obsession, Queen Studio

Alessandro Ongaro

Overall VFX Supervisor, Resident Evil

Eric Saindon

Senior VFX Supervisor, Avatar: Fire & Ash, Weta FX

Noelle Triaureau

Production Designer, SWAPPED & BLUSH, Skydance Animation

Stephanie Allen

VP, Global Partnerships & Development, Eyeline Studios

Alexander Seaman

VFX Supervisor, DNEG

Ben Anderson

Animation Supervisor, DNEG

Juan-Luis Sanchez

VFX Supervisor, SWAPPED & BLUSH, Skydance Animation

Chris Hurtt

Animation Director, Framestore

Sylvain Salame

VFX Supervisor, Mikros Animation

Michael McCusker

Award-winning Editor

Mohsen Mousavi

VP, Virtual Pioneering, Eyeline Studios

Dadi Einarsson

Overall VFX Supervisor, House of the Dragon Season 3, VES, BAFTA, Primetime Emmy winner

Amelie Dillig

VFX Producer, Accenture Song VFX

Emanuel Fuchs

Visual Effects Supervisor, Accenture Song VFX

Joseph Kasparian

VFX Supervisor, Rodeo FX

Julien Hery

VFX Supervisor, Rodeo FX

Benjy Riehl

Global Head of Business Development, Proof Inc

Chris McLaughlin

VFX Supervisor, DNEG

Bruno Velazquez

Game Director, God of War Ragnarök, Sony

Brian Wyser

Senior Animation Director, Wolverine

Brian Mullen

Senior/Lead Lighting Artist, Wolverine

Hitesh Shah

Founder and Chairman, BOT VFX

Scott Mann

Cofounder and Co-CEO, Flawless

Gretchen Libby

Director, Amazon Web Services, Specialists, Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sport

Gary Mundell

CEO & Co-Founder, LOFTAPPS

Remko Noteboom

Co-Founder and CTO, LOFTAPPS

Ron Frankel

Founder & CEO, Proof Inc

Shawn Walsh

COO of VFX & GM of Image Engine, Cinesite Group

Dylan Sisson

Artist & Designer, RenderMan, Pixar Animation Studios

Chris Bremble

Founder & CEO, Base Media

Jeff Dillinger

VFX Supervisor & CEO, Megalis

Alex Boya

Animator and Filmmaker, National Film Board of Canada

Jelena Popovic

Production Manager and Associate Producer, National Film Board of Canada

Chris Browne

VFX Supervisor, Filmmaker

Chris Lavis

Co-Founder, Clyde Henry Productions & Director, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, The National Film Board

Eloi Champagne

Head, Technical Direction and Production Technology, National Film Board of Canada

Habib Zargarpour

Virtual Production Supervisor, Interdimensional VFX, Co-head of Virtual Production, USC School of C

Setareh Samandari

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Interdimensional VFX

Tim McLaughlin

Dean, School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts, Texas A&M University

Mayet Andreassen

Instructional Associate Professor, Visualization Industry Relations, Texas A&M University, College

Junya Mochizuki

Senior Manager, Business Development, Sony Corporation, Visual Creation Division

Jaime Raffone

Senior Manager, Virtual Production, Sony Electronics Imaging

Jeff Kember

Principal Technical Evangelist for Media2, NVIDIA

Wayne Miller

Executive Producer/Head of Production, Texas A&M University, Virtual Production Institute

Marc St. Pierre

Collection Curator, National Film Board of Canada

Jan-Bart van Beek

Studio Director & Studio Art & Animation Director, Guerrilla Games

Scott Eaton

Artist, Designer, Creative Technologist

Simone Silvestri

Art Director, Saros game, Housemarque

Jochen Willemsen

Cinematic Director, Guerilla Games

Thomas Schelesny

VFX Supervisor, Image Engine

Simon Weisse

VFX Miniature Unit Supervisor and Props Designer

Lucy Weisse

Prop and Model Maker

Laurens Ehrmann

Founder & Creative Director, The Yard

Henrik Fett

CEO, Opsis Studio

Sarah Rumbley

Software Engineer & VFX Supervisor, Dear Upstairs Neighbors, Google

Mark Ulano

Sound Engineer, CAS, AMPS, Oscar winner

Patrushka Mierzwa

Boom Operator & Author

Kieran Belshaw

Concept Artist

Heiko Burkardsmaier

VFX Executive Producer, Head of Business/Legal Affairs, Accenture Song VFX

Ian Failes

Editor, befores & afters

Carlos Vilchis

Faculty, Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Simon Davies

Talent Acquisition Leader & Founder, DAX | Digital Arts Xchange

Debra Coleman

Founder, Career and Leadership Coach, Open Frame Coaching

David Li

Founder & Chairman of the Board, Dream Machine VFX

Alessandra Sorrentino

Art Director, Head of Story, 2D Animator

Chris Spry

Managing Director, FIN VFX

Christian Tagliapietra

3D Artist and Educator, Skyup Academy

Priya Singh

Project Manager and Co-Director/Project Coordinator, Women in Concept Art

Valeriia Konstantinova

Junior Concept Artist, Atomhawk Design Ltd, and Co-Director, Women in Concept Art

Emily Bland

Art Assistant, ILM and Founder and Co-Director, Women in Concept Art

Isobel Hine

Mid Concept Artist, INT/Night , Founder/Director of WCAA

Jessica Taylor

Senior Freelance Concept Artist and Illustrator, Community Manager of WCAA

Bogdan Amidzic

FX Supervisor, Crater Studios

Nikola Vucenovic

2D Supervisor, Crater Studios

Daniel Burch

VFX Supervisor & Head of Compositing, Blackpoint Studio

Juri Stanossek

VFX Supervisor, Accenture Song VFX

Alexandra Stautmeister

VFX & Animation Producer, Lavalabs Moving Images

Alexandre Poncet

Director, Composer, Film Historian

Kevin Baillie

Executive, Visual Effects Supervisor, Director, Founder, Leeme

John Canning

Director Developer Relations - M&E, AEC, D&M, AMD

Christina Caspers-Roemer

General Manager, Trixter, and Executive Producer, Cinesite Group

Trent Claus

VFX Supervisor, Lola Visual Effects

Tara DeMarco

Visual Effects Supervisor, Paramount Studios

Simone Favarin

Professor & Multidisciplinary Designer, Co-Founder & CTO, Shorium

Darren Frankel

Head of Film & Television, Adobe

Kate Gabriel

Creative Director CG, No. 8

Boyan Georgiev

Freelance Creative Professional, Chair, London ACM SIGGRAPH

Carolyn Giardina

Entertainment and Technology Freelance Journalist

Tom Gibbons

Animation / Stop-Motion Supervisor, Tippett Studio

Ernst Janssen Groesbeek

Stylized Rendering Look Development Artist, 9to3animation

Johnny Han

VFX Supervisor & 2nd Unit Director, The Penguin (HBO)

Sachitha Kalingamudali

General Manager, Mogo Studios

Siva Kumar Kasetty

Executive Producer & Partner, ZA Studios

Heike Kluger

VFX Supervisor

Jonas Kluger

Founder, Das Element

Rob Konuch

Digital Supervisor, One Piece, Netflix

Eva Krpanov

Treasurer, London ACM SIGGRAPH

Beata Parczewska

Vice-Chair, London ACM SIGGRAPH, 3D Artist

Christine Resch

Strategic Development Manager for Video, Adobe

Masha Shugrina

Senior Research Scientist & Manager, NVIDIA

Agata Soccini

Researcher, Head of the VR Lab, University of Torino

Saint John Walker

Programme Leader, Postgraduate Media, University of Hertfordshire

Sean Wallitsch

Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Visual Compute, Amazon Web Services

Hayley Miller

Founder, World VFX Day

Alexis Wanneroy

Senior Animation Supervisor, Fortiche Production

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

Adele Khawli

Marketing Consultant

David Lebensfeld

Founder, Ingenuity Studios

Larry Detwiler

Production VFX Supervisor, Netflix

Alessandro Salis

VFX Supervisor, 22DOGS

Eugenie Poncet

Director, Campus Artisan de l’Image, and Producer, Walking with Animators

Gaston Alvarez

Virtual Production & VFX Supervisor

Phil Moss

Concept Artist & Illustrator

Delphine Coudray

Head of Operations, Animation Ireland

Jamie Lang

Editor-in-Chief, Cartoon Brew

Francisco "Pakko" De la Torre-Rocha

Founder/Chief Innovations Officer, AIM World & AIM Previz

Jonathan Harris

CEO / VFX Supervisor, Dupe Visual Effects