Pipeline Development Engineer / Artist Will Anielewicz (Alias Research, ILM, The Orphanage) | CGI Fridays - Episode 8
09/16/22 • 50 min
Will Anielewicz is an artist. Others have at various times used engineer or developer or sequence supervisor to describe what he does, but the Polish-born Canadian is motivated by a purer force. For all the credits on his IMDb, his proudest achievement is undeniably having his work exhibited in SIGGRAPH’s first-ever exhibition of computer art back in 1981.
As a Pipeline Development Engineer / Artist, Anielewicz has been instrumental in developing the RenderMan, MentalRay and shader pipeline at Industrial Light & Magic, which is fitting given his role in launching the workstation that would become Maya.
Will Anielewicz is an artist. Others have at various times used engineer or developer or sequence supervisor to describe what he does, but the Polish-born Canadian is motivated by a purer force. For all the credits on his IMDb, his proudest achievement is undeniably having his work exhibited in SIGGRAPH’s first-ever exhibition of computer art back in 1981.
As a Pipeline Development Engineer / Artist, Anielewicz has been instrumental in developing the RenderMan, MentalRay and shader pipeline at Industrial Light & Magic, which is fitting given his role in launching the workstation that would become Maya.
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His full IMDb lists his credits as
Axanar (visual effects supervisor) (announced)
Into the Wolves Den (visual effects supervisor) (pre-production)
The Black Demon (visual effects supervisor) (post-production)
Servant (TV Series) (Post VFX Supervisor - 1 episode)
Episode #4.1 (2023) ... (Post VFX Supervisor: Powerhouse VFX)
Queer as Folk (TV Series) (visual effects supervisor - 1 episode)
Babylon (2022) ... (visual effects supervisor)
Lady of the Manor (visual effects supervisor)
Fear of Rain (visual effects supervisor)
The Hurricane Heist (visual effects supervisor)
Powers (TV Series) (visual effects supervisor - 10 episodes)
Pee-wee's Big Holiday (visual effects supervisor)
Self/less (visual effects supervisor)
Away & Back (TV Movie) (on-set visual effects coordinator)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (visual effects supervisor - uncredited)
My Mistress (additional visual effects)
Prelude to Axanar (Short) (on-set visual effects supervisor)
Cosmos (TV Mini Series documentary) (visual effects consultant - 13 episodes)
So You Think You Can Dance (TV Series) (visual effects artist - 1 episode)
American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (TV Series) (visual effects artist - 16 episodes)
Last Vegas (visual effects supervisor)
The Internship (visual effects consultant)
The 85th Academy Awards (TV Special) (visual effects supervisor - segment "Sally Field and sock puppet sketches", uncredited)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (visual effects supervisor)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (visual effects supervisor)
Tower Heist (visual effects consultant)
Unknown (visual effects supervisor)
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