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​Biography

JON THUM is an award winning visual effects supervisor who has worked on dozens of Hollywood films since the late nineties.  He won an Oscar for his work on the landmark sci-fi film 'The Matrix' in 2000.  Below is a selection of reels, show-and-tells and interviews from his film work.

 In the eighties he dropped out after university and travelled the world for eight years, as chronicled in the memoir  'WHAT KIND OF LIFE' .  He now lives in North London with his wife and two children.
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VFX Supervisor showreel

Visual effects work that includes:
Dark City 1998
The Matrix 1999
The Bone Collector 1999
Mission: Impossible II 2000
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 2003
The Matrix Reloaded 2003
Troy 2004
Kingdom Of Heaven 2005
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory 2005
Superman Returns 2006
The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian 2008
Quantum Of Solace 2008
Dredd  2012

For a complete list of film credits visit:
-  IMDB  -

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'MAKING OF' VIDEOS - DREDD 3D
Winner of "The Art of 3D" award at the Empire Awards

Dredd 3D - Augmenting reality
A discussion of the design process behind the film's ultra slo-mo sequences.
Dredd 3D - Technical breakdown
Show and tell of the films visual effects

Dredd's Megacity One effects
How we turned Johannesburg and Cape Town into Megacity.
Dredd 3D - Depth perception
The process of previsualisation in the planning stages.
Day Of Chaos - The Visual Effects of Dredd
Interviews with the production's main players.

Dredd 3D - Pitch previs
Pitch previs for a key slo-mo scenes from the script. Book-ended by concept paintings.


VFX Supervisor 'show and tell' reel
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​On set supervision

​1998 THE MATRIX: Dfilm supervisor in Sydney.

2001 PLUTO NASH: CFC supervisor in Montreal.
2002 THE MATRIX RELOADED: Production and ESC supervisor in San Francisco.
2003 TROY: Framestore supervisor in Malta and Mexico.
2004 CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY: Framestore supervisor in Pinewood.
2005 SUPERMAN RETURNS: Framestore supervisor in Sydney.
2007 PRINCE CASPIAN: Framestore supervisor in New Zealand, Poland, Slovenia.
2008 QUANTUM OF SOLACE: Framestore supervisor in Pinewood and Sienna.
2011 DREDD 3D: Production and Prime Focus supervisor in Cape Town.
2014 THE GUNMAN: Prime Focus supervisor in Logrono (bullfight) and Barcelona.
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2018 BRAHMASTRA: Production and Double Negative supervisor in Bombay and Sofia.


AWARDS / NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS 

WON  - Best visual effects
2000 - The Matrix 

NOMINATED  - Best visual effects
2007 - Superman returns

BAFTAS

WON  - Best visual effects
2000 - The Matrix

NOMINATED  - Best visual effects
2006 - Charlie and the chocolate factory

NOMINATED  - Best visual effects
2007 - Superman returns

VES AWARDS

NOMINATED  - Best supporting VFX
2005 - Troy

NOMINATED  - Best single visual effect
2006 - Charlie and the chocolate factory

NOMINATED  - Best compositing
2008 - Quantum of solace


For a full list of awards and nominations visit:
-  IMDB  -
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