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Andras Kavalecz
CEO
CheckpointVFX
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https://www.checkpointvfx.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andraskavalecz/

Andras Kavalecz

Andras has started creating CGI in 1989 on the Atari ST. Since then he worked in the TV/Film and Computer Games industry were he held positions such as Principle Artist, Lead Artist, Lead VFX artist and CG supervisor. His career started 1994 in the German Computer Games industry and in 2003 he moved to London to work at Passion Pictures and on a CGI TV series in Pinewood Studios just outside of London. In 2006 he moved to San Francisco where he worked on projects such as Alien Covenant, MARS, Stranger Things, The Walk, Agent’s of SHIELD, GRIMM, Minority Report.

In January 2016 he founded CheckPointVFX, LLC – an independent VFX studio specialized in CGI Production for Film, TV and Games, Look-development and in the creation of high-detailed 3d assets and textures.

 

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