Nicholas Brooks

Los Angeles CA

VFX Supervisor | 2nd Unit Director | Music Video Director | Compositor

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Senior VFX Supervisor

2002-Present
2010
2009
2008
2004
2002
1998
Twilight: Eclipse
Point Break Indo
The Nutcracker
Dreamkeeper
Blade II
What Dreams May Come
David Slade
Jan de Bont
Andrei Konchalovsky
Steve Barron
Guillermo del Toro
Vincent Ward
Summit Entertainment
Rescheduled
Independant - Xmas 2010
ABC/Hallmark Mini-Series
New Line Cinema
PolyGram | Interscope

Freelance

1998-Present

Stereo Conversion | Creative and Technical Supervisor

Overall creative and technical supervision of feature conversion of the Nutcracker in 3D for Xmas 2010 release.


VFX Supervisor | VFX Producer | Compositor

I have worked across Film, Commercials and Gaming with a number of studios including:
Summit, New Line Cinema, Interscope, Universal, Warner Bros, Partizan, Chiat-Day, Sony Computer Entertainment America, BBM&D, Wieden+Kennedy, JWT, HSI, RSA.

Projects include films such as Mr & Mrs Smith, Fight Club, Idlewild, Monkeybone.
Commercials for Nike, Lexus, Playstation. Music Videos for Justin Timberlake, Outkast and Christina Aguilera.

Music Video Director

Represented by Partizan. I have directed 18 music videos for artists such as:
Rage against the Machine, Kings of Leon, Yoko Ono, KT Tunstall, Alan Jackson, Crazytown.

Mass Illusion
Lenox, MA

1994-1998

Digital FX Supervisor | Digital Stage Manager | Lead Compositor

Ran the Digital Dept, Previs, Motion Capture and 3D integration to three Motion-Control stages.

Films include:
What Dreams May Come, The Matrix, The Eraser, Shadow Conspiracy, Judge Dredd, Die Hard III.

Cinesite
London

1994

Digital FX Supervisor | Lead Compositor

Films include:
First Knight, Burnt by the Sun, Restoration, The English Man who went up a mountain (and came down a mountain), No Escape.

CFC / Framestore London

1990-1994

Digital FX Supervisor | Lead Compositor

Films include:
Frankenstein, Much ado about Nothing, Hudsucker Proxy, Little Buddha, Last Action Hero, Arizona Dream, Map of the Human Heart, The Secret Garden, Wuthering Heights, Muppet Xmas Carol, 1492 ; Conquest of Paradise, The Year of the Comet, The Fisher King, Ma Vie est un Enfer, Blond Fist, Memphis Belle.

Awards

Feature Film
2004
2004
2004
1999
1999
1999
1999
Emmy Award for Outstanding Special VFX
Nominated for Saturn Award
Academy Award for Visual Effects
Golden Satellite Award for Visual Effects
INA Imagina : PRIX PIXEL for Visual Effects
INA Imagina : PRIX PIXEL for Visual R&D
Golden Nica : Visual Effect

Awards

Music Video
Directing
2008
2002
2002
2001
2000
2000
2000
Nominated for MVPA Award for best Visual Effect
Nominated MTV awards for best solo performance
Channel 4 and UK Film Council Completion Fund
Longest Running Video No.1 on MTV - 16 weeks
Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance Video
Best Latin Performance Video - Dazed Magazine
Nominated MTV awards for best hard rock performance

Affiliations

Represented for Music Videos by Partizan

AMPAS | BAFTA

Full Credits

Feature
2010
2010
2009
2008
2006
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2004
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1998
1996
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1991
1991
1990
The Nutcracker
Twilight: Eclipse
Point Break Indo
The Nutcracker
Live!
Mr & Mrs Smith
Idlewilde
Constantine
Dreamkeeper
Blade II
Monkeybone
Fight Club
What Dreams May Come
Shadow Conspiracy
The Matrix
The Eraser
Judge Dredd
Die Hard III
First Knight
Restoration
The English Man
No Escape
Frankenstein
Much ado about Nothing
Hudsucker Proxy
Little Buddha
Last Action Hero
Arizona Dream
Map of the Human Heart
The Secret Garden
Wuthering Heights
Muppet Xmas Carol
1492 ; Conquest of Paradise
The Year of the Comet
The Fisher King
Ma Vie est un Enfer
Blond Fist
Memphis Belle
Andrei Konchalovsky
David Slade
Jan de Bont
Andrei Konchalovsky
Bill Guttentag
Doug Liman
Bryan Barber
Frances Lawrance
Steve Barron
Guillermo Del Toro
Henry Selick
David Fincher
Vincent Ward
George Cosmatoc
Wachowski Bros.
Chuck Russell
Danny Canon
John McTiernan
Jerry Zucker
Michael Hoffman
Chris Monger
Martin Campbell
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh
Coen Bros.
Bernado Bertolucci
John McTiernan
Emir Kusturica
Vincent Ward
Agnieszka Holland
Peter Kominsky
Brian Henson
Ridley Scott
Peter Yates
Terry Gilliam
Josiane Balasko
Frank Clarke
Michel Caton-Jones
Stereo Conversion Supervisor
Snr. VFX Supervisor
Snr. VFX Supervisor
Snr. VFX Supervisor & VFX Unit Director
Compositor
VFX Consultant (on-set)
Compositor
Compositor
Snr. VFX Supervisor & 2nd Unit Director
Snr. VFX Supervisor
Compositor
Compositor
Snr. VFX Supervisor
Digital FX Supervisor
Bullet Time Developer
Digital FX Supervisor
Snr. Digital FX Animator
Lead Compositor
Digital FX Supervisor
Lead Compositor
Lead Compositor
Lead Compositor
Compositor
Lead Compositor
Compositor
Compositor
Compositor
Compositor
Lead Compositor
Lead Compositor
Lead Compositor
Lead Compositor
Lead Compositor
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Lead Compositor
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Full Credits

Commercial
Music Video
Shorts

2009
2008
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2007
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In My Head
Holiday
Nike Breath
Life is Beautiful
KZ Liberation
My Love
Candyman
A Woman's Love I'm not missing you
Suddenly I see
Playstation 2 – MLB
Playstation 2 – MLB
Number 1 in Heaven
Anti-Hero
Dreams
Let it Slide
Everyman/Everywoman
Ain't Comin Home
Turning Me On
Reincarnation
They
Molly's Chambers
Stone Cold
Starry eyed Surprise
Up all Night
Ozone
Rexall
Get Over Yourself
Butterfly
USPS Stamps
Guerilla Radio
Alien

Alex Kogan
Dilana
W+K
Vega 4
Sony SCEA
Justin Timberlake
Christina Aguilera
Alan Jackson
Stacie Orrico
KT Tunstall
Chiat-Day
Chiat-Day
Nemesis
Lisa Loeb
Deep Dish
Joanna
Yoko Ono
Silvertide
Shifty
Short Film
Jem
Kings of Leon
Deuce Project
Paul Oakenfold
Unwritten Law
Short
Dave Navarro
Edens Crush
Crazytown
JWT
Rage against the Machine
Pennywise

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June 2010