Franz Brandstaetter

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Franz Brandstaetter (* 1980 ) is an Austrian visual effects artist, supervisor and professor at the Vienna Film Academy .

Life and work

Franz Brandstaetter graduated from the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences in 2005 in the field of MultiMediaTechnology. He started his career in Germany in computer visualization, especially for the automotive industry. a. for BMW , Audi , Lamborghini or Maserati . The results of this can be seen today in the BMW Museum .

In 2011 he made his way to London, where he worked on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011) by David Yates and Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides (2011) by Rob Marshall . He then was the lead compositing artist for the film Hugo Cabret (2011) by Martin Scorsese . His team was awarded the Oscar for the best visual effects in 2012.

In 2012 he returned to Germany and worked as a freelance VFX supervisor, compositing supervisor and compositing artist on numerous films, including Marvel's The Avengers (2012) by Joss Whedon , Cloud Atlas (2012) by Tom Tykwer , Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski and the television drama Our Mothers, Our Fathers (2013) by Philipp Kadelbach .

In 2012, together with Laura Langhammer (BA), he founded the full-service agency Flavor3d with a focus on the implementation of high-quality CGI projects, from concept to finishing.

From mid-2014 Franz Brandstätter returned to the artist's desk and was hired by Baran bo Odar as a compositing supervisor for Who Am I - No system is safe (2014) . Many other films as an artist or supervisor followed, including Point Break (2015) by Ericson Core , The Shallows (2016) by Jaume Collet-Serra and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) by Michael Bay .

In addition to Hollywood films, he was also involved in a number of domestic films, for example as VFX supervisor in the successful film Willkommen bei den Hartmanns (2016) by Simon Verhoeven , Das Pubertier - Der Film (2017) by Leander Haußmann or the Stuttgart Tatort: ​​Stau (2017) .

Teaching

Since 2008 he has been teaching color correction and film compositing in the MultiMedia Art course at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences , both in the bachelor's and master's degree . From 2016 to 2019 he taught digital set extension in the Digital Art - Compositing course at the Vienna Film Academy . Since October 2019 he has been University - Professor for Digital Art - Compositing at the Film Academy Vienna - Institute for Film and Television at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna .

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personal data
SURNAME Brandstaetter, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian visual effects artist, supervisor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1980