Nicolas Brooks Visual Effects Supervisor/2nd Unit Director


2nd Unit Directing/Visual Effects Credits

April 2007- present The Nutcracker
VFX Supervisor

Jan 2007 – Candyman
Set Supervisor – Money Shots
Matthew Rolston for Christina Aguilera Music Video - Radical Media

Dec 2006 – Nike Breath
Set Supervisor – Money Shots
Paul Hunter Commercial for Nike - HSI

Oct 2006 – Live!
Co-VFX Supervisor – Money Shots

Nov 2006 HD Feature for Atlas Entertainment.
Directed by Bill Guttentag – 120 shots

Feb 2006 – April 2006 Killzone Liberation PSP
Director/VFX Supervisor – Sony SCEA
An Intro HD Cinematic for Guerilla Games and Sony PlayStation – 1:20 mins

May 2005 – July 2005 Playstation 2 – MLB
Freelance Compositor
Two commercials for Playstation 2’s MLB Game franchise.

Sept 2004 – Feb 2005 The Celestine Prophecy
VFX Consultant/2nd Unit Director
An Independent Feature project produced by Barnet Bain Films – 150 shots.

April 2004 Jolly Filter
VFX Supervisor/2nd Unit Director
Green Light Test work for Warner Bros. feature proposal directed by Joel & Jim Hodgson

May 2002- Dreamkeeper
VFX Supervisor/2nd Unit Director - Hallmark

April 2003 2004 Emmy winner for Outstanding Special Visual Effects
3 hour mini series for ABC, produced by Hallmark Entertainment, directed by Steve Barron - 625 shots.

Dec 2005 Idlewilde
Freelance Compositor
HBO film featuring OutKast directed by Bryan Barber

Oct 2001 - March 2002 Blade II
Visual FX Supervisor – New Line Cinema
Feature produced by New Line Cinema, directed by Guillermo del Toro – 700 shots

Oct 2000- Jan 2001 Monkeybone
Freelance Compositor
Feature produced by 20th Century Fox, directed by Henry Selick

July 1999- Sept 1999 Fight Club
Freelance Compositor
Feature produced Fox 2000, directed by David Fincher

Sept 1996- Sept 1998 What Dreams May Come
Visual FX Supervisor - Mass Illusion
1999 Academy Award winner for Special Visual Effects
Feature produced by Interscope/Polygram and directed by Vincent Ward. Supervised the R&D and completion of the Painted World sequence for Mass. Illusion – 100 shots

Oct 1996 - Dec 1996 Shadow Conspiracy
Digital FX Supervisor - Mass Illusion
Feature produced by Cinergi and directed by George Cosmatos – 50 shots

June 1996 - Oct 1996 The Matrix (Green Light Test)
Digital FX Supervisor - Mass Illusion
Produced by Warner Bros and directed by the Wachowski Brothers. Creation of Bullet-Time Effect.

Oct 1995 - June 1996 Eraser
Digital FX Supervisor - Mass Illusion
Feature Produced by Warner Bros and directed by Chuck Russell – 70 shots

Sept 1994-June 1995 Judge Dredd
Senior Digital VFX Animator - Mass Illusion
Feature produced by Cinergi and directed by Danny Cannon – 700 shots

Sept 1994 - Dec 1994 Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Lead Digital Compositor - Mass Illusion
Feature produced by 20th Century Fox, directed by John McTiernan – 40 shots

April 1994 - Dec 1994 First Knight
Digital FX Supervisor - Cinesite UK
Feature produced by Columbia Pictures and directed by Jerry Zucker – 120 shots

Feature Visual Effects Credits - Short

1995 Restoration dir: Michael Hoffman
Lead Compositor Cinesite

1995 The English Man who went up a mountain hill and came down a mountain dir: Chris Monger
Lead Compositor Cinesite

1994 No Escape dir: Martin Campbell
Lead Compositor Cinesite

1994 Frankenstein dir: Kenneth Branagh
Compositor CFC

1993 Much ado about Nothing dir: Kenneth Branagh
Lead Compositor CFC

1993 Hudsucker Proxy dir: Coen Bros.
Compositor CFC

1993 Little Buddha dir: Bernado Bertolucci
Lead Compositor CFC

1993 Last Action Hero dir: John McTiernan
Compositor CFC

1993 Arizona Dream dir: Emir Kusturica
Compositor CFC

1993 Map of the Human Heart dir: Vincent Ward
Lead Compositor CFC

1993 The Secret Garden dir: Agnieszka Holland
Lead Compositor CFC

1992 Wuthering Heights dir: Peter Kominsky
Lead Compositor CFC

1992 Muppet Xmas Carol dir: Brian Henson
Lead Compositor CFC

1992 1492 ; Conquest of Paradise dir: Ridley Scott
Lead Compositor CFC

1992 The Year of the Comet dir: Peter Yates
Compositor CFC

1991 The Fisher King dir: Terry Gilliam
Lead Compositor CFC

1991 Ma Vie est un Enfer dir: Josiane Balasko
Compositor CFC

1991 Blond Fist dir: Frank Clarke
Compositor CFC

1990 Memphis Belle dir: Michel Caton-Jones
Compositor CFC

Music Video Directing – directing partnership under the aka Honey
Represented by Partizan – www.partizan.com

2007 “A Womans Love”
Alan Jackson - Sony BMG

2006 "I'm not missing you"
Stacie Orrico - Virgin

2006 "Suddenly I see"
KT Tunstall - Virgin

2006 "Number 1 in Heaven"
Nemesis - Stilleto/Logo

2006 "Anti-Hero"
Lisa Loeb - Mojo

2006 “Dreams”
Deep Dish - EMI/Positiva

2005 “Let it Slide”
Joanna - Interscope

2005 “Everyman/Everywoman”
Yoko Ono - Columbia

2004 “Ain’t Comin’ Home
Silvertide – J Records

2004 “Turning Me On”
Shifty – Maverick Records

2004 “They”
Jem – ATO records/RCA

2003 “Molly’s Chambers”
Kings of Leon – RCA

2003 “Stone Cold”
Deuce Project - Maverick Records

2003 “Starry eyed Surprise”
Paul Oakenfold – Maverick Records

2003 “Up all Night”
Unwritten Law – Interscope

2002 “Rexall”
Dave Navarro – Capitol

2002 “Get Over Yourself”
Eden’s Crush – Warner

2001 “Butterfly”
Crazytown – Columbia

2000 “Guerilla Radio”
Rage against the Machine – Epic

2000 “Alien”
Pennywise – Epitaph

Awards

2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects Dreamkeeper – Mini-Series
2002 Nominated MTV awards for best solo performance Rexall – Music Video
2002 Channel 4 and UK Film Council Completion Fund Ozone – Short Film
2001 Longest Running VideoNo.1 on MTV – 16 weeks Butterfly – Music Video
2000 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance Video Guerilla Radio – Music Video
2000 Best Latin Performance VideoDazed Magazine Guerilla Radio – Music Video
2000 Nominated MTV awards for best hard rock performance Guerilla Radio – Music Video
1999 Academy Award for Visual Effects What Dreams May Come - Feature
1999 Golden Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects What Dreams May Come - Feature
1999 INA Imagina : PRIX PIXEL for Visual Effects What Dreams May Come - Feature
1999 INA Imagina : Special PRIX PIXEL for Visual Research What Dreams May Come - Feature
1999 Golden Nica : Visual Effect What Dreams May Come - Feature



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