VFX Artist - Janek Sirrs

Purely because I love the film Dante's Peak (not even that sure why), I knew obviously the lava couldn't been totally real if at all. So I found out who was responsible for the majority of them and then appear Janek Sirrs. The best films are the ones that have VFX but you don't even realise them, you thought they were just real or they were so good that you didn't question them. Obviously it wasn't Janek himself who made these but he was supervisor of a large team who put the effects together, he drove it.

Instead of trying to research about Janek Sirrs himself, it's better to just look at some of the bigger films him and his team have had a hand in creating (which you'll be surprised). Let's start with older works, he starts from the late 80's to present. His major work has really been in the past ten years but that doesn't mean he has had gems in the past. As I mentioned earlier Dante's Peak (some of that lava was CGI!), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Braveheart (Personal Favourite) and funnily enough The Matrix Trilogy! There must be a trait in Janek that I find aesthetically pleasing!

As I mentioned above, his fame has came in the passed 10 years really. Branching from blockbuster films such as Batman: Begins and Iron Man 2 and almost most recently the Avengers. If someone of the videos I have seen are of him and his teams VFX work then no wonder he has been getting requests to do films such as this. Iron Man 2 is heavily CG of course, Batman: Begins not so much. As much as his latest supervised work is fantastic it seems to have moulder in to every other vfx companies style, because that's just how you do it now. I prefer his old work, less frequent it may be but it was almost magical to the point that you didn't question if half of it was even real. Don't get me wrong I could watch Batman: Begins and The Avengers over and over but sometimes it's nice to watch films that look natural and not heavily built from CG. Overall an incredible artist who surprisingly created many iconic scenes we take for granted now days.