Feli di Giorgio

Feli di Giorgio is a native of New York city who spent an extended period of his youth in Europe.

Of Italian ancestry he was raised in a household of opera singers and developed an interest in the arts at an early age.

Upon returning to the United States he studied industrial design at Rochester Institute of Technology and character animation at the California Institute of the Arts (CalARTS). 

Visual Effects

Before returning to CalARTS for his final year of studies Feli di Giorgio was recruited by then startup Digital Domain, founded by James Cameron, Stan Winston, Scott Ross and the IBM corporation, as one of their first artists.

He quickly rose through the ranks and to date has worked on dozens of commercials and over 40 feature film projects. These include classics like True Lies, Apollo 13, Titanic and contemporary titles like Where the Wild Things Are, TRON: Legacy, Iron Man III and The Avengers.

During his tenure in the visual effects business he has worked for such noted companies as Digital Domain, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Sony Imageworks, Method Studios, MPC, Framestore, Prime Focus VFX, The Mill and ScanlineVFX; serving as a senior artist, supervisor and department head.

Recently he completed a 3 year stint at Apple Inc. as a visual effects supervisor and colorist.

His work has been recognized with wins and nominations by the Visual Effects Society (VES) and Clio Gold Award. 

He is currently working in Los Angeles and points beyond as a Visual Effects Supervisor and Senior Compositor.

Directorial

In recent years he has begun to position himself as a director and has completed several short films.
He is currently pursuing the development of his first feature film while continuing to shoot smaller projects.

Photography

A life long photographer he specializes in photojournalistic and street photography. He primarily works in black and white film and with natural light. He is warming up to the idea that digital is not just a passing fad and that color in photography may not be as a big a distraction as thought.

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Film / Industrial Design

California Institute of the Arts (CalARTS) 
Character Animation

Filmography

Avengers: Age of Ultron
Mortdecai
Robocop (2014) 
Iron Man 3 
Man of Steel
Men in Black 3
Lawless
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Big Year 
Tron - Legacy
Westflug
Hier Kommt Lola
Wale
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Fred Clause
10,000 BC
Mr Brooks 
Flags of our Fathers
Gridiron Gang
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 
Hostage
Paycheck
The Cat in the Hat
Vanilla Sky
The Time Machine
The Grinch who Stole Christmas
X-Men
Red Planet
Oh Brother Where Are Thou?
Dinosaur
Titanic
Terminator 2 / 3D
Apollo 13
Interview with the Vampire
True Lies
Color of Night
Buried Alive 

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Flame Artist



 

Commercials
(Highlights) 

Nike 'Speed Chain'
Directed by David Fincher          

Adidas 'Mechanical Legs'
Directed by David Fincher      
 

Mezzo 'Leap'
Directed by Joseph Kosinski

Mezzo 'Race'
Directed by Joseph Kosinski

Compositing Supervisor
VES Award Nominated

Compositing Supervisor
2002 - Clio Gold Award Winner                     VES Award Winner
 

Senior Nuke Artist
VES Award Nominated

Senior Nuke Artist
VES Award Nominated