Talks

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Sean was Weta Digital’s VFX Supervisor for Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, leading his team across the third-act battle, which included hero creatures, significant water simulations, and environment creation and destruction.

Sean built his career at Weta Digital and has worked on nearly every MCU film Weta has been involved with. Before Shang-Chi, Sean was VFX and Onset Supervisor for Black Widow and a VFX Supervisor on the Academy® and BAFTA-nominated Avengers: Endgame. Prior to this, he was CG Supervisor of the Academy Award® nominated films Avengers: Infinity War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Iron Man 3.

Sean’s early work in lighting as a Technical Director on the ground-breaking Avatar (2009), and later as a Lead on the acclaimed Planet of the Apes and The Hobbit trilogies, laid the foundation for his art direction skills and established his expertise in photoreal VFX for blockbuster films.