Origin in Hollywood

John P. Hughes: VFX Entrepreneur, Founder, CEO, Executive Producer

  • Worked in engineering with the legendary Hollywood initiator of VFX industry,RA&A for 10 years. Founded and operated his own VFX global enterprise R&H for 26 years. 3 times won Oscar the Best Visual Effect Awards, 4 times won Oscar the Best Technical Achievement Awards. 
  • A member of Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, as members of its Technology Committee –Digital Film Tech Committee. He is also a Conciol of California Art Education League, A member of Los Angles Human Resource Investment Committee, Chairman of Education Committee of Digital DigitalCoast Roundtable.
  • John Hughes studied Chinese in Beijing Institute of Languages. His team leaders some worked more than 4 years as VFX Supervisor for 4+ years; in Asia the teams are made up of hundreds artists, trainers and workers, many of them are bilingual. He visited China many times, and lives in Beijing since 2017, where he had speeches and forums on many film industrial occasions. John Hughes team is associated in major contributions to China VFX major productions, such as tje Wandering World, Crazy Alien, Yin-yang Master and Skyfire. Director Ning Hao called him the  “Maestro”. 
  • Since 2014, John Hughes reorganized and co-founded Tau Films (US, Canada, Malaysia and India) in conjunction to his own John Hughes Institute (JHI) headquartered in Los Angeles. John Hughes team has been accumulatively trained (9-month intensive session) 1000+ entry-level VFX artists worldwide, among them R&H Studio hired 700+.JHI achieved Malaysia state certification for Film Visual Effective Diploma.
  • In 2015, John Hughes projected his Five China Developments. With Jin Luo formed the partnership JH Film Tech PEK, Ltd. Since then it patiently accumulated 300+ man-years of senior visual artists, converged into an international cluster of creative development and productions.in 2017-2019 his China Film Project Pipeline reached US$10M.

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Craig Talmy: VFX Supervisor, Animation Director, Chief Creative Artist

  • Craig Talmy has been visual effect supervisors in many Hollywood hit VFX movies.
  • Craig is a creative cinematic script and graphics developer, productive in feature films, children animations, animal and crime comedy actions, mystery and Sci-Fi thrillers.
  • He follows technology trends in visual effect Pipelines, from the earliest robot motion capture design and operation, to the latest virtual production methodologies of immersive scenes and LED Volume lighting.
  • Since 2017, he started to involve John Hughes’ China film production contracts. Specifically, he helped Chinese director Ning Hao created and directed the first CG Characters as leading role, ever in the China Films. Crazy Alien made CN¥2.4B (USD370M) box office, a record in China.
  • Craig’s skills are versatile, starting at high school he apprenticed in a renowned San Francisco music recording studio, the sound engineer of a legendary US heritage music tour for years. He has skills also hands on in stages as a sculpture, prop builder, lighting, grip team leader, robot operator, beside is whole line of skills as a VFX stage supervisor as well Animation Director.
  • Craig teaches Visual Effect Pipeline guideline courses. His vivid lecture with hundreds of his own visual creations filled along the whole process flow, has been welcomed by professionals, students, administrators and matures, in various lengths from 4 hours to 4-week, or live on a forum.

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Linda Wall, PhD: Motion Graphics Designer & Producer, the Educator

  • AMotion Graphics artist, New Media designer and producer, as well a hands-on commercial-entertainment venue analyst and programmer. She graduated from Stanford with a BA in Designs, then from UCI with MS in Computer Science, and PhD in Business-Recreational Environment Analysis and Design.
  • She is an international designer who began her career in Italy in the 1980s doing work for Artemide and Campari. The excitement in Europe for technological innovation (e.g., the birth of Macintosh, Pagemaker, the laser printer, hypercard and Photoshop) led Linda back to the United States to get advanced degrees in computer graphics and ultimately a PhD in environmental analysis and design with a specialization in virtual environments.  
  • She has been fortunate to live and work in two very diverse fields. The first being the academic world of theory and research, mentoring students through teaching and research projects. The second being the commercial world of media production, initially being a designer and motion graphics artist, and ultimately leading teams of artists in production work. 

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Joel Hynek: Visual Effect Supervisor, & Virtual Production Advisor 

  • Joel Hynek is a Hollywood veteran VFX artist. He has been Visual Effect Supervisors and Set Supervisor. Joel supervised VFX in many major VFX-intense films. He has extensive experience in front-end production of visual effect, including the recent cutting-edge knowledge of virtual production. Joel has extensive experience in front-end production of visual effect, including cutting-edge knowledge of virtual production.
  • Theory and Research: Linda works on the conceptualization and research in how people navigate virtual environments and how they interact, and in turn, impact physically-based environments. This includes studies in:  human-computer interaction, sociology of information, and the social analysis of technological systems. This has ultimately led to her conservation and charity work in environmental preservation and behavior modification through technology. 
  • Commercial Client Projects: Due to her extensive background in information analysis and design, Linda now manages creative and production pipelines spanning multiple technological and creative disciplines.

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Jon Meier: Visual Effect Supervisor, & Virtual Production Advisor 

  • Meier has been a visual effect supervisor for many tears. He directed international artists to produce visual effects of motion pictures and themed immersive VR rides. He worked many years with John Hughes’ R&H Studio, as VFX Lighting and Look Artists. He contributed team leadership in Life of Pie (Oscar Best Visual Effect, 2012) and Jungle Book (Oscar Best Visual Effect, 2017) .
  • In China Jon contributed John Hughes’ Tau Films, for VFX production of Skyfire and Yin-yang Master
  • In recent years Jon is dedicated to practices and projects using Unreal Game Engine and its MetaHuman visual design flow, landed his specialty in virtual character designs.

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Rosemond Perdue: Producer and Distributor

  • Rosemond Perdue has spent her career at the intersection of marketing, production and content distribution. Her international focus began as a founding partner of Bungalow 3, bringing TV shows and channels to international markets for clients such as: Sony, CBS, and Universal.
  • Her passion for Asian entertainment led her to found Breakthrough Now Media — focusing on Asian broadcasters, production companies and helping creators like Sera Film Turkey, Keyring Animation Korea, and TV Asahi Japan reach new viewers and platforms around the world. She wants the world to love Asian content as much as she does.
  • With her video production achievements, she was selected for the 2016 “BlogHer Voices of the Year”.
  • As a producer, she created TV and digital series for Discovery, HGTV, Lifetime, and Disney.
  • Rosemond was recently voted by the MIP TV conference as a 2020 “Global Producer to Watch”. She has been a guest lecturer and consultant for The Format People and KOCCA, the Korean government’s creative content agency.
  • Rosemond is on-board with Netflix | Stage32, is a blogger and distributor. She is in charge of recruiting renowned film askers to online forum, advising guide film workers.

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Chris Consani: Art Design, Animation Design, VFX, Pop Fine Art

  • Consani is an animation and visual effect artist. He has 30+ years of Hollywood contributions, in many hit motion pictures, as: visual effect supervisor, art designer, production designer and character developer.
  • Consani is a renowned popular fine art designer. His Blvd. of Dreams collection featuring Four of the Type painting is one of the mostly sold worldwide, as original creations, as well in canvas printing merchandises.
  • He also led teams to produce 3D immersive VR rides for amusement parks in Dubai and China.

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