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| Popular As | Steffen M. Wild |
| Occupation | Visual Effects |
| Age | 57 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Born | November 6, 1966 (Erlangen, Germany) |
| Birthday | November 6 |
| Town/City | Erlangen, Germany |
| Nationality | Germany |
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Steffen Wild serves as SVP Digital Puppetry Studio and Visual Effects of The Jim Henson's Creature Shop's Digital Studio and as Visual Effects Supervisor on the company's new projects to oversee the studio's innovation and cutting-edge technology.
Wild joined the Jim Henson Company in 2007 and is charged with spearheading the Creature Shop's expanding efforts in innovative animation and developing new ways of visual storytelling. Recently he served as Visual Effects Supervisor and Co-Producer on the Henson created projects 'Sid, the Science Kid' (PBS), 'Word Party' (Netflix) and on the marine-biology based adventure series 'Splash and Bubbles' (PBS) as well as on numerous theme park attractions for third-party clients around the world.
Amongst others Wild's expansive expertise is in leading large teams of Visual Effects and Animation Artists, workflow and pipeline responsibility from design through shot finalizing, including editorial and color correction; He works directly with the Head of Studio, Directors and Show Producers and leads R&D in the field of Motion Capture driven VR and AR production and advances the usability of game-engine platforms in productions; Besides his hands-on involvement in facility infrastructure design and implementation he deeply cares about client & vendor relations incl.
establishing and overseeing remote collaborations with overseas studios in Europe and China.A 25-year industry veteran, Wild, moved to Hollywood in 1995 to work on the academy award winning visual effects for 'Independence Day' and became Digital Effects Supervisor and later Visual Effects Supervisor for Centropolis Effects, a Culver City-based effects house where he was responsible for developing the facility's production workflow and oversaw close to 200 digital artists.
A role he later continued for The Jim Henson's Creature Shop where he managed series animation and visual effects-intensive projects.Wild also fosters co-production opportunities with outside animation studios and oversees visual effects houses and creates technologies and procedures that allow teams worldwide to creatively thrive as one virtual studio.
This became a key element in his partnership with FX3X Animation Inc and its partner company in Macedonia and The Jim Henson's Creature Shop, which successfully produces high-end animation, game and VR/AR projects for all international markets.
Other notable projects in which Wild played a key role include 'The Faculty', directed by Robert Rodriguez, 'Thirteenth Floor', a US-German co-production produced by Roland Emmerich, the academy award nominated 'Stuart Little 1', 'Where the Wild Things Are', and the 'The Simpson's Movie'.
Prior to joining the Jim Henson Company, Wild worked with his company Cirque Digital, LLC on asset management and innovative software solutions for clients such as Walt Disney Toons Studios and ABC.Wild is a member of the Visual Effects Society and the Producer's Guild of America.
He studied Film Production and Digital Imagery at the Filmakademie in Stuttgart, Germany.
