2013 / Producer
Gravity
- Career era
- Producer
- Role
- VFX Producer
- Studio
- Rising Sun Pictures
- Year
- 2013
I was VFX Producer on Rising Sun Pictures’ contribution to Gravity, helping produce the film’s re-entry sequence.
My part
RSP’s work brought together the breakup of the Chinese space station, debris and views of Earth during re-entry. My contribution was as VFX Producer on that work, alongside the studio’s visual-effects team.
As one part of that production contribution, I scoped and coordinated RSP’s Project Horus high-altitude balloon missions to obtain upper-atmosphere photographic reference for the re-entry work.
Why it mattered
The reference missions began with a practical question from the VFX work: what did the team need to understand about the view back towards Earth? Working backwards from that need connected real-world image capture with the requirements of the film.
Recognition
Gravity won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.