London post production and VFX studio UNIT has unveiled  a bespoke new eight-storey facility in Fitzrovia and has announced the appointment of VFX supervisor Nuno Pereira to lead long and short form creative at the company.
As a creative director and VFX supervisor, Pereira has extensive on-set experience dealing with directors, producers, MPs and other productions’ creative leads. He has previously held senior roles over 20 years, honing his craft at established VFX and post houses across the globe including The Mill, MPC and Prime Focus amongst others – working on commercials, TV shows and feature films.
His extensive experience has seen him collaborate with high profile clients such as Netflix, Amazon Studios, HBO, SKY, BBC, Google, Apple, Sony, Playstation. His VFX credits include: The Rig, Avenue 5, Britannia, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part2, as well as The Chronicles of Narnia.” Pereira’s most recent work include Universal’s Genie.Â
“Nuno has experienced the full gamut of requests, from CGI futuristic cities set in outer space, to photo-real creatures and everything in between,” said Ian Luxford, managing director, UNIT. “He has such a wealth of project experience working on Harry Potter to X men features – this has developed his extreme calmness and honed his understanding of the creative and technical challenges our team faces on a day to day basis. I am delighted to welcome Nuno and I am excited to watch him lead the team into the next era further elevating our creative output.”
Pereira added: UNIT is growing both in size and quality of offering and currently going from strength to strength. The approach of an end-to-end offer under the same roof is really enticing and it will allow me to collaborate and develop creative work across multiple departments in a seamless fashion.”
