Stephen James

Academy & Emmy award winning VFX Supervisor. Dune: Part Two, The Last of Us, Furiosa.

[Stephen James @Sjamesvfx]

@stefceretti @Framestore They clearly just filmed that dog… and I won’t hear otherwise! :p

[Stephen James @Sjamesvfx]

@stefceretti @JamesGunn @Framestore @ILMVFX @weta_digital Congrats! It looks truly incredible.

[Stephen James @Sjamesvfx]

@Adam_Pearson It was wonderful to meet you! That’s me behind you and Ariana… 🤯 hope you enjoyed yourself!

[DUNE @dunemovie]

#DuneMovie is the winner of 4 @VFXSociety Awards including Outstanding Environment in a Photoreal Feature, Outstanding CG Cinematography, Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature, and Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in a Feature. Congratulations to the brilliant team of artisans on our visual effects team on this recognition!

[befores & afters magazine @beforesmag]

Excitingly, you can read about four of the five 2025 VFX Oscar nominees (Dune 2, Kingdom, Wicked & Romulus) in @beforesmag print mags!

Plus, there's a detailed online article on Better Man!

https://t.co/Qq8pzpfNsn

[Critics Choice Awards @CriticsChoice]

Congratulations to Dune: Part Two, winner of the Critics Choice Award for Best Visual Effects. #CriticsChoice #CriticsChoiceAwards #Dune
@eentertainment

[DNEG @dneg]

Hey, #Dune: Part Two fans! Want to see more of our team's incredible #VFX work? Click here: https://t.co/R4SRyj0c2j

[The Official Saturn Awards @SaturnAwards]

A big night, a big win! Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer take home Best Film Visual / Special Effects for #DunePartTwo Keep watching on #ElectricNOW. Link in bio.

[Paul Debevec @debfx]

Congratulations to the ten films shortlisted for the Best Achievement in Visual Effects Oscar:

Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Civil War
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Mufasa: The Lion King
Twisters
Wicked

https://t.co/zOvDVMLZnq

[Stephen James @Sjamesvfx]

@debfx Thanks, Paul!

[befores & afters magazine @beforesmag]

**NEW podcast at @beforesmag**

The VFX of 'Dune: Part Two' with VFX supe Paul Lambert.

The opening eclipse moments, sandworm riding, attack on the spice harvester, how Giedi Prime was made, the battle of Arrakis & how Fremen blue eyes were achieved.

https://t.co/p35u424NyB

[DuneInfo @DuneInfo]

Exactly two years ago today #DunePartTwo filmed Paul & Chani's attack on the Spice Harvester in Abu Dhabi.

@UnrealEngine was used to plan the shot, and how many cranes would be need to replicate the shadows of the legs of the giant Harkonnen harvester.

[Variety @Variety]

‘Dune 2’ Cinematographer Greig Fraser breaks down the process behind shooting the sandworm ride scene and what elements were created "in camera" vs. VFX https://t.co/KsO4t7ilw3 | Variety Inside the Frame presented by @LGE_Global

[Stephen James @Sjamesvfx]

@aegies It’s so awful now for so many reasons.

[Stephen James @Sjamesvfx]

Happy TLoU day 🌿

[The Last of Us @TheLastofUsHBO]

Season II.

The HBO Original Series #TheLastOfUs returns in 2025 on @StreamOnMax. #TLOUDay

https://t.co/H0SFAacunS

[Stephen James @Sjamesvfx]

@HugoCGuerra @beforesmag Me watching LOTR dvd behind the scenes as a teenager: ‘I thought this was real. Disappointing’

[befores & afters magazine @beforesmag]

Direct link to the @ViewConference programme. There's an INSANE number of incredible speakers like @fedalvar, Jonah Nolan, @CooleyUrFaceOff, @ShannonTindle_1, @alec_gillis, @rbredow, @ArfKeldo, @Mr_Sisson, @haydzilla, @habibzargarpour and so many more!

https://t.co/cb54zrYnGB

[Stephen James @Sjamesvfx]

@stefceretti Actors will need additional protection from their performance and likeness being used in the data itself. There’s nothing stopping every single performance of George Clooney being applied to an AI actor, or another actor, so long as it doesn’t look like him.

[Stephen James @Sjamesvfx]

@stefceretti I was wondering whether we’d first see lawsuits, or studios making deals with these companies. It’s clear that investors want pushes into AI, so it seems likely that every studio will train on their library. Some of the largest studios are already doing it with their own teams.