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Visual Effects specialist  - providing creative, technical and production expertise for features, commercials, broadcast drama and docu-drama, and corporate projects in the UK and overseas.  

 

Extensive experience of working with clients from pre-production - devising visual effects, breakdowns and costing - through to delivery, including directing, on-set supervision, planning and problem solving, managing post-production schedules and co-ordinating teams in various locations.  

 

Work with international and local crews and proven success in finding practical solutions to creative challenges at short notice on location.  I have managed and mentored technical and creative teams.  

 

On-set supervision and production on shoots in countries including: UK, India, Thailand, South Africa, Morocco, Namibia, Malawi, Tunisia, Egypt, Ukraine, Malta, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Austria, Finland, Norway, Bulgaria, Hungary, Argentina, Ukraine

 

Technical photography for photogrammetry, matte painting and CGI.

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TV includes:

Funny Women 2 for Sky Originals, Dir. Oliver Parker; 

Black Doves for Netflix, Dir. Alex Gabassi

Mary & George for Sky Atlantic,  Dir. Oliver Hermanus

Erased: WW2's Heroes of Colour National Geographic 2024 , Dir Adeyemi Michael;

The Witcher Season 3 - Everyone’s Enemy Hocus Pocus Productions for Netflix.  Dir. Bola Ogun; DoP: Mike Spragg (Winner BAFTA TV Awards for VFX 2024)

The Last Kingdom Season 5  for Netflix. Dir. Jon East; DoP Mike Spragg

 

Sexy Beast  for Paramount. Dir: David Caffrey; DoP Mattias Nyburg

 

Sex Education 4   for Netflix.  Dir.Dominic Leclerc; DoP Andy McDonnell

 

Midtown for Netflix. dir. Seb Thiel; DoP Sam Heasman

 

Extraordinary  Sid Gentle Films for Disney+.  Dir: Toby MacDonald/Jennifer SheridanDoP: Dan Stafford Clark  (VFX supervision representing Atomic Arts and Flying Colour Company)

Consecration (for AGC Studios/BigScope Films/Moonriver Content.  Dir: Christopher Smith; DoP: Rob Hart/Shaun Mone

The Confessions of Frannie Langton for Drama Republic (for ITV Studios).  Dir: Andrea Harkin; DoP: Julian Hohndorf

Worzel Gummidge – 2021 specials Leopard Pictures for BBC. Dir: Mackenzie Crook; DoP: Andy Hollis

The Last Kingdom (series 5) - Carnival Film & Television.  Dir: Jon East;  DoP: Tim Palmer/Ashley Rowe

The Peripheral for Amazon Studios.  Dir: Vincenzo Natali/Alrick Riley; DoP Stuart Howell

Avenue 5 Series 1 for HBO.  Dir: Various

Succession Season 2 for HBO.  Dir: Becky Martin/Kevin Bray; DoP Christopher Norr

Barbarians Rising (8 hours of drama/documentary for October Films for History Channel.  Dir. Simon George/Declan O’Dwyer/Maurice Sweeney.  DoP: Gary Clarke/Richard Kendrick.   450 VFX shots, 3 month shoot in Bulgaria.  On set supervisor and VFX producer. 

Others include: Britannia (Amazon/Sky); And Then There Were None (BBC); The Roman Mysteries  (BBC); To the Ends of the Earth (BBC); Hornblower: Duty and Loyalty (ITV); Young Dracula  (BBC)

 

Film includes:

In production: Giant (Biopic, feature about Nasseem Khan);  Jingle Bell Heist ; The Pearl Comb   

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The Great Escaper for Ecosse Films production for Pathe, BBC Film and Ingenious Media Dir: Oliver Parker; DoP Christopher Ross

This is the Night Mail for Unquiet Skulls.  Dir: Joanne Reay/Andrew Goth;  DoP: Beatriz Sastre.   VFX producer/supervisor.

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As VFX supervisor for Lipsync Post: on-set and post-production, assigning tasks in Shotgun, part of wider production management team, involved in scheduling and as appropriate in grading, sound, graphics and final conform.  Various productions including: Boogie Man (Dir. Andy Morahan, for The Little Film Company) – shoot and post supervision; Hurricane (Dir. David Blair) – shoot supervision; City of Lies (Dir. Brad Furman, for Good Films) post production supervision with a coordinator; Living the Dream (TV series for Sky) – post supervision; Rise of the Foot Soldier 3  (Dir. Zackary Adler for Carnaby International) – post supervision.

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Post-production VFX Supervisor/producer: DXM (Feature for Terra Mater Factual Studios, Dir. Andrew Goth)  - 400 shots, 6 month post in Vienna;  

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VFX producer/director for Thoda Pyaar, Thoda Magic (Kunal Kohli Productions, Dir. Kunal Kohli) - 600 shots, shot in India and Thailand, post-production for Prasad Corp

 

Creative Director for Reliance Media, Mumbai – leading a 60 person visual effects team.  Managing budgets, workflow and post-production, as well as supervising shoots.  Devised and introduced a man-days billing system which significantly improved internal controls and client trust.  Films for Indian and international release including:  The Dirty Picture (Dir. Milan Luthria);  Zindegi na Milegi Dobara (Dir. Zoya Akhtar); Game I (Dir. Abhinay Deo); Beja Fry 2 (Dir. Sagar Ballary); Stanley Ka Dabba (Dir. Amole Gupte); Urumi (Dir. Santosh Sivan); Saat Khoon Maaf (Dir. Vishal Bhardwaj);  Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (Dir. Madhur Bhandarkar)

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On set supervision for other features including: The King's Speech (Dir. Tom Hooper); Ironclad (Dir. Jonathan English); Another Mother’s Son (Dir. Christopher Menaul); Fade to Black (Dir: Oliver Parker); Agent Crush (Dir. Sean Robinson); A Very Social Secretary (Dir. Jon Jones); In the Spider’s Web (Dir. Terry Winsor) – VFX production co-ordinator);  Les Fils du Vent (aka Sons of the Wind, the Great Challenge) (Dir. Julien Seri)

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Drone shoot supervision including for Barbarians Rising, and Dogs: An Amazing Animal Family for Offspring Films

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Commercials and promos include

 

Recent on-set supervision including working with Covert; JamVFX; Rascal; The Mill; Coffee & TV, Electric Theatre, Glassworks, No 8 London, Bubble TV and others for:

ASDA; Samsung; Dettol; East Midland Railways; ITV Postcode Lottery,  Snickers; Airtasker; Old El Paso; Madri; Tesco; TK Maxx; Halifax:  AirUp; New Balance; Electoral Commission; Pension Bee; Shell; BBC; ITV; NHS; Samsung; SkyBet; Stella Artois; Amex; Aramco; Wren Kitchens; Toyota; Virgin Media; Dunelm; FIFA; LNER; H&M; BetFair; Currys; LiveScore; JustEat; Sofology; Camelot; Lidl; Mattel; Castrol; AXA; KFC; Amazon; Rolls Royce; Next; EastEnders; USwitch; Department for Education; Deutsche Telekom; Calvin Klein; Dreams; Starling Bank; Sky Sports; IQOS; Rimmel; Debenhams; M&S; Glo Oxygen; Pampers; Nivea; JD Sports; Royal Mail; SMA; Ikea; Esso; Jo Malone; Crew 2; iZettle; Nike; Baileys

 

 

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After completing an HND in Broadcast Engineering at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design I worked initially in TV broadcasting.  I then worked in postproduction facilities in London, editing commercials, music promos, TV idents and title sequences before becoming a specialist in visual effects. 

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I was awarded an MA with distinction in Digital Documentary from Sussex University in 2014.  Alongside my visual effects work I undertake commissions for documentaries, promotional films and photography, mainly for not-for-profit organisations.

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Contact  
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neilcunninghamvfx@me.com
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+44 (0)7802 419798
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