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Gonzalo Carrion
Independent VFX Executive & Business Consultant
Nexus Pixel Forge
gce.carrion@gmail.com
ES

www.nexuspixelforge.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gonzalo-carrion/

Gonzalo Carrion

 Gonzalo Carrión 

1974, Madrid, Spain

Graduated in Fine Arts with a Master's in 3D and an MBA, Gonzalo began his career as a CG Artist in Daiquiri in 1988 and has worked in different companies such as Telson, Mad Pix Company, and Molinare. 

In 2004, he founded his company, La Bombilla VFX, where he served as CEO and VFX Supervisor until 2016, developing himself on a business and creative level.

In 2016, he joined El Ranchito,where he led its restructuring, professionalization, building its culture, improving its technical capacities and performance, doubled its value, and served as General Manager until its sale to a New York investment fund.

As President of AEPA and Vice President of DIBOOS and ALIA, and formerly of PROFILM, he plays an active lobbying role for the Spanish animation and VFX industry, participating in negotiations related to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Artist’s Statute, the Film Law, and improvements to international tax incentives. He has contributed to publications such as the Spanish White Book of Animation and VFX and the Spanish White Book of Virtual Production, and collaborates and serves as a lecturer at universities including Carlos III, UTAD, and Voxel. He currently works as an executive business consultant, attracting international investment to Spain.

Current positions:

CEO & Executive Business Consultant – GCE VFX. January 2025 - Present

www.gcevfx.com

Partner & Executive Producer – NEXUS PIXEL FORGE. July 2025 - Present

www.nexuspixelforge.com

Chairman of the Board – AEPA (Spanish Animation Producers Association) April 2023 - Present

Vice Chairman of the Board – ALIA (Spanish Federation of Animation Producers and Visual FX ) October 2019 - Present

Vice Chairman of the Board – DIBOOS (Spanish Federation of Animation Producers and Visual FX ) October 2019 - Present

Former Vice Chairman of the Board – PROFILM (Spanish International Service Film companies) July 2019 - Present

 

Work Experience

Nexus Pixel Forge - Partner. July 2025 - Present
GCE VFX - CEO & Executive Business Consultant. January 2025 - Present
Chairman of the Board – AEPA (Spanish Animation Producers Association) April 2023 - Present 
Vice Chairman of the Board – ALIA (Spanish Federation of Animation Producers and Visual FX ) October 2019 - Present 
Vice Chairman of the Board – DIBOOS (Spanish Federation of Animation Producers and Visual FX ) October 2019 - Present Vice Chairman of the
Board – PROFILM (Spanish International Service Film companies) July 2019 - May 2024 
Board Member – Pixel Cluster of Madrid. January 2021 - May 2024 
Director Corporate Finance and Marketing. El Ranchito. 2023 - Present 
COO. El Ranchito. 2022 – 2023 
General Manager - VFX Supervisor. El Ranchito. 2019 – 2021 
Deputy General Manager - VFX Supervisor. El Ranchito. 2016 – 2019 
Director MA. Directing Film and VFX. Trazos. 2013 – 2016 
CEO & Founder. Pixmit Media. 2011 – 2016 
CEO & Founder - VFX Supervisor. La Bombilla FX. 2004 – 2016 
CG Senior Artist. Molinare. 2003 – 2004 
CG Senior Artist. Mad Pix Company 2002 – 2003 
CG supervisor. Cinematica 2001 – 2002 
CG Senior Artist. Telson. 1999 – 2001 
CG JuniorArtist. Daiquiri 1998 – 1999 
Production Assistant. Mima Films. 1995 – 1998 

Film Credits

2023 Leave the world Behind (vfx coo)
2022 Stranger Things (TV Series) (COO - 3 episodes)
2021 The Vault (managing director: El Ranchito)
2020 La Unidad (TV Series) (vfx general manager - 6 episodes)
2020 Westworld (TV Series) (visual effects manager - 4 episodes)
2020 Locke & Key (TV Series) (vfx general manager - 3 episodes)
2019 The Neighbor (TV Series) (vfx general manager - 10 episodes)
2019 Lost in Space (TV Series) (visual effects general manager - 6 episodes, 2019) (visual effects executive producer - 4 episodes, 2018)
2019 The Mandalorian (TV Series) (visual effects general manager - 3 episodes)
2019 Hernán (TV Series) (vfx general manager - 8 episodes)
2019T he Rodriguez and the Beyond (vfx general manager)
2019 Agur Etxebeste! (vfx general manager)
2019 Eye for an Eye (vfx general manager)
2019 John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (technical manager: El Ranchito)
2017 - 2019Game of Thrones (TV Series) (visual effects - 2 episodes)
2019 Pain and Glory (vfx general manager)
2019 Off Course to China (vfx general manager)
2018 Superlopez (vfx general manager)
2018 Gun City (vfx general manager)
2018 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (TV Series) (visual effects executive manager - 2 episodes)
2018 The Laws of Thermodynamics (visual effects supervisor/vfx supervisor)
2017 Geostorm (visual effects executive producer)
2017 Still Star-Crossed (TV Series) (visual effects supervisor on set - 2 episodes)
2009 Doctor Mateo (TV Series) (cg supervisor - 1 episode)
2008 The Conspiracy (cg supervisor)
2006 Isi/Disi: Alto voltaje (cg artist - uncredited)
2006 Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer (visual effects)
2005 Beneath Still Waters (cg supervisor - uncredited)
2005 The Secret Life of Words (cg artist)
2004 Las cajas españolas (Documentary) (cg artist)
2004 The Sea Inside (cg artist)
2004 Torapia (cg artist)
2003 Tiempo de tormenta (cg artist)
2001 The Devil's Backbone (cg artist)
2001 Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella (cg artist)
1999 Nobody Knows Anybody (cg artist)
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