NFTS Digital Effects grads are working across a multitude of genres from action movies like Suicide Squad to dramas like Poldark, documentaries such as Voyage of Time – Life’s Journey and comedies like Bridget Jones Baby and Nice Guys. Nearly all (96%) of our Digital FX graduates are in employment from Soho to São Paulo to Singapore, working on the latest films, TV shows, VR experiences and all kinds of digital visualisation.
Here are a few examples of roles you can expect to aim for after graduating from this exciting two-year MA:
Dean Koonjul is working as Compositor on Inferno, the latest adaptation of Dan Brown’s bestselling novel and stars Tom Hanks who reprises his role as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon.
Victor Tomi and Giacomo Matteucci are Digital Compositors on Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, a movie based on the novel of the same name about a mystery that spans different worlds and times.
Felipe Olid Guerrero is Compositor on three episodes of the second series of hit TV Drama, Poldark.
Dillan Nicholls is Lead Compositor on Bridget Jones Baby, which has seen huge success at the UK Box Office and stars Rene Zellweger, Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey.
Andy Quinn is Compositing Supervisor on Nice Guys, a movie which is set in 1977 about a down-on-his-luck private eye (Ryan Gosling) and a hired enforcer (Russell Crowe).
Manuel Perez is Digital Compositor on Captain America: Civil War which Empire describes as ‘matching its blockbuster scale and spectacle with the smarts of a great, grown-up thriller, Captain America: Civil War is Marvel Studios’ finest film yet.’
Rob Rankin and Graham Dorey are Digital Compositors on Anthropoid based on the extraordinary true story of "Operation Anthropoid," the code name for the Czechoslovakian operatives' mission to assassinate SS officer Reinhard Heydrich.
James Brennan-Craddock is credited as CG Lead on documentary Voyage of Time – Life’s Journey which is directed by Terrence Malick and described as a collage film that intends to illustrate the birth and death of an undiscovered universe.
Carlos Ciudad is Visual Effects Production Manager: MPC for X-Men:Apocalypse and Suicide Squad, which also credits Chris Gooch as Lead Compositor: MPC. Carlos says of his work: “I love my job and get a huge buzz from working on the latest big blockbusters; it’s great to work with so many highly creative people and to have the opportunity for millions of people around the world to see your work!”
if working in Digital Effects sounds like the career for you, you can apply now to start in January 2017!
