Effi Wizen

Efraim "Effi" Wizen (born October 29, 1956, in Israel) is an Israeli computer animator and visual effects specialist.[1]

Effi Wizen
Born
Efraim Wizen

(1956-10-29) October 29, 1956
Occupationcomputer animator and visual effects specialist

Biography

Wizen graduated from ORT Israel, having studied architecture. He also earned a B.Sc. in architecture and city planning from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He is one of the first specialists in computer animation and visual effects, founding the first 3D animation company in Israel, “Dad_Pro”, in 1984.[2]

In 1987, Wizen created one of the first film digital compositing systems, called Toccata.[2][3] Wizen used the system in one of the first digitally composed movie Taxandria in 1989 and Neverending Story III in 1994.[2][4] He worked on both films as Digital Effects Supervisor. Also in 1994 he founded the post production house "Gravity VFX and Design", serving six years as the co-CEO.[5] He then opened Gravity VFX in Canada, aligning with "RhinoFX", and now known as "Gravity". In 1998, Wizen created the consortium[6] that was composed of Digital Domain, Kushner-Locke Company, Capitol Films of the United Kingdom, Israeli Financial Banking firm DLIN Ltd., and Israeli post-production facility Gravity VFX and Design (a VFX boutique with offices in Canada and Israel, of which he is CEO and creative director).[2][7][8]

In 1997, he handled digital effects for The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field.[9] In 2000/2001, he shared the Royal Television Society Craft and Design Award for Visual Effects – Digital nomination for Planet Storm.[10]

In 2010, he was the head of visual effects for São Paulo-based Estudios Quanta, a major regional film industry company.[11] In 2011, he combined with Brazilian producer Roberto d’Avilla and entrepreneur Perival Palesela to acquire Imarion, a Toronto visual effects and animation post-production company.[12]

References
  1. "Central do Assinante – O mais antigo jornal em circulação na América Latina" (in Portuguese). Diario de Pernambuco. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  2. "Idea Factory; Effi Wizen" (in Portuguese). Cargocollective.com. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  3. "Toccata"
    - Rauber, Heiko (October 23, 1994). "Special Effects: Kino-Toccata in D(igital) – Medien – Nachrichten". Focus Magazin (in German). Retrieved October 2, 2013.
    - "Die Unendliche Geschichte III – Rettung aus Phantasien (1994)". eofftv.com (in German). Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  4. Taxandria on iMDB
    - Neverending Story III on IMDb
  5. Gravity VFX
  6. "Digital Domain Inc. Joins a New Consortium in Acquiring Premier Visual Effects Studio in Germany", December 17, 1998
  7. "Digi Documentary". Computer Graphics World. October 10, 2006. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  8. Von Schmitt, Jörg (September 17, 2005). "Der Spiegel – Die Alptraumfabrik" (in German). Spiegel.de. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  9. "Effi Wizen – Filmography – Movies & TV". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  10. "RTS Craft & Design Awards 2000/2001 | Royal Television Society". Rts.org.uk. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
    - Awards for Effi Wizen at IMDb
  11. "The world's hottest production facilities; Brazil, Germany and others woo filmmakers". The Hollywood Reporter. May 6, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  12. "Moonshot Pictures goes to MIPCOM 2011; After the acquisition of Imarion (from Canada), Brazilian producer goes multinational". Brazilian TV Producers. September 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
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