Six new hires to join The VFX & Post Talent Agency
Oct 1, 2021
The VFX & Post Talent Agency add six VFX luminaries to their roster. The new signings coincide with the company’s 1st year’s anniversary of business.
The new starters are: Associate VFX producer Alex Belgeonne (No Time to Die, MGM), VFX supervisor and artist Jorge Cañada Escorihuela (The OA, In-house at One of Us, Netflix), VFX editor Anna Fuller Clarke (The Last Bus, Netflix), VFX supervisor Oliver Cubbage (The Witcher S1&2, In-house at One of Us, Netflix), VFX producer Jan Guilfoyle (Wheel of Time, In-house at Union, Amazon), and VFX producer Sarah Tulloch (Cruella, Disney).
Starting her career as a VFX PA on the Harry Potter franchise Sarah Tulloch has risen the ranks to become a world class VFX producer. Her credits include the HETV series DEVS (DNA Films), Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams (Amazon), Man from UNCLE (Warner Bros), Assassins Creed (New Regency), and most recently Cruella (Disney).
Jorge Cañada Escorihuela is a phenomenally creative and technical VFX supervisor, who has worked both in-house and production-side. Popular with some of the world’s finest directors his credits include Cloud Atlas (Warner Bros), Under the Skin (Film4) and The Crown (Netflix). Jorge has also produced and directed several short films and worked on a number of art installations.
Bluebolt gave Jan Guilfoyle his first job as a VFX PA on S1 of Game of Thrones, rising the ranks at the facility to become the VFX producer on the award-winning War & Peace (BBC) and Peaky Blinders (Carnival). After a stint at Union VFX, Jan has now transitioned production side and is working on S2 of Avenue 5 (HBO).
Stepping up to an associate VFX producer role, Alex Belgeonne has worked production-side throughout her career and is a master at running shoots and all aspects of VFX production. Working across film and HETV with some of the best talent in the industry on projects including Aladdin (Disney), MI: Fallout (Paramount) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Disney).
Stemming from a Concept Artist and 3D background the VFX Supervisor Oliver Cubbage has built a superb reputation for his creative flare and technical ability. With a capacity to translate the Director’s vision into workable, effective, stunning results his recent credits include multi-award winning The Midnight Sky (Netflix), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal) and The Crown (Netflix).
Beginning her career at John Downer Productions as an assistant editor, Anna Fuller Clarke has taken on multiple roles on a tremendous array of award-winning natural history films, IMAX and TV series. Anna is a phenomenal VFX editor with a fantastic eye and extensive knowledge of editing, post-vis, VFX composition, 3D stereo and colour. Moving away from natural history Anna is currently working on sci-fi series The Last Bus for Netflix.
MD Harriet Donington said: “I am so proud and grateful for the opportunity to guide, nurture and mentor established talent and rising stars. Our search for emerging talent continues daily and we have big plans to develop and expand the ‘Futures Scheme’, an initiative to help emerging VFX and post stars get onto the next rung of the career ladder.
“Launching mid pandemic certainly brought its own set of challenges but the support, dedication, trust and loyalty of clients, studios, network and Producers has been overwhelming.”
Donington also plans to launch a VFX and post consultancy service next year.