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Michelle Eisenreich
PROFILE MICHELLE EISENREICH
VFX EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
CAREER HISTORY
Multiple award-winning industry veteran Michelle Eisenreich has led a long and successful career in the entertainment industry.
Michelle joined Industrial Light & Magic's Vancouver studio in 2020 as an Executive Producer.
Previously, she was an Executive Producer at DNEG responsible for planning, budgeting, and casting on episodic projects such as Locke & Key, The Boys, Away, and Star Trek Discovery for which the team received an Emmy. She also served as VFX Producer on Blade Runner 2049 which received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, BAFTA and VES award in 2018. She followed that by serving as VFX Producer on First Man, which won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 2019.
Michelle’s skills have been developed through her work on major titles for video games, television and film. She has also spent time on set, providing VFX production and supervision on nine different projects.
Graduating from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Michelle quickly moved from short films and independent productions to feature film with 2000’s ‘X-Men’. Since then, she has worked on over fifty films and television shows.
AWARDS
ACADEMY AWARDS – won for Best Visual Effects for First Man................................... 2019
ACADEMY AWARDS – won for Best Visual Effects for Blade Runner 2049................... 2018
BAFTA AWARDS – won for Best Special Visual Effects for Blade Runner 2049............. 2018
VES AWARDS – won for Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature for Blade Runner 2049......................... 2018
CHANDLER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – Won Award of Excellence (Best Visual Effects) for The Secret of Joy (2015) 2016
HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL MOVING PICTURES FILM FESTIVAL – Won Award of Recognition (Visual Effects) for The Secret of Joy (2015) 2016
NORTH AMERICAN FILM AWARDS – Won Festival Award (Best Visual Effects) for The Secret of Joy (2015) 2016
VISUAL EFFECTS BIOGRAPHY
AS VISUAL EFFECTS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Foundation (Season 1)...................... 2021
Locke & Key ...................................... 2020
Away .................................................. 2020
Sacred Lies (Season 2) .......................2020
Star Trek Discovery ................. 2019/2020
The Hot Zone ..................................... 2019
The Boys (Season 1) ........................... 2019
Catch 22 ............................................. 2019
War Dogs ............................................ 2016
The Originals (Season 3) ........... 2016/2015
The Vampire Diaries (Season 7) ......... 2016/2015
The X-Files (Season 10) ...................... 2016
AS VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCER
First Man ............................................ 2018
Pacific Rim: Uprising ......................... 2018
Father Figures .................................... 2017
Bastards .............................................. 2017
Blade Runner 2049............................. 2017
The Walking Dead (Season 6-7) ............ 2016
Containment (Season 1) ...................... 2016
Getting On (Season 3) ......................... 2015
Concussion .......................................... 2015
The Secret of Joy (Short) .................... 2015
Aloha ................................................... 2015
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water ........................... 2015
Fury ...................................... 2014
As Above, So Below ............................. 2014
Godzilla ................................................ 2014
Heaven Is for Real ............................... 2014
This is the End ..................................... 2013
42 .......................................................... 2013
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters .......... 2013
The Guilt Trip ........................................ 2012
People Like Us ....................................... 2012
Prometheus ............................................ 2012
Wanderlust ............................................. 2012
Paranormal Activity 3 ............................. 2011
Bad Teacher ............................................ 2011
Fast Five .................................................. 2011
The Green Hornet ................................... 2011
Paranormal Activity 2 ............................. 2010
Salt ........................................................... 2010
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ...................... 2010
Stop-Loss........................................................................................................................................................................... 2008
Martian Child................................................................................................................................................................... 2007
The Heartbreak Kid....................................................................................................................................................... 2007
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer ........................................................................................................................ 2007
Blades of Glory................................................................................................................................................................. 2007
Norbit.................................................................................................................................................................................. 2007
The Nativity Story........................................................................................................................................................... 2006
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift................................................................................................................... 2006
Last Holiday...................................................................................................................................................................... 2006
Get Rich or Die Tryin’..................................................................................................................................................... 2005
Just Like Heaven............................................................................................................................................................ 2005
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story ......................................................................................................................... 2005
The Interpreter................................................................................................................................................................ 2005
The Ring Two................................................................................................................................................................... 2005
The Chronicles of Riddick............................................................................................................................................ 2004
2 Fast 2 Furious............................................................................................................................................................... 2003
X-Men 2.............................................................................................................................................................................. 2003
The Core ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2003
The Tuxedo...................................................................................................................................................................... 2002
White Oleander............................................................................................................................................................... 2002
Blue Crush......................................................................................................................................................................... 2002
Undercover Brother ...................................................................................................................................................... 2002
Showtime........................................................................................................................................................................... 2001
Joe Somebody................................................................................................................................................................. 2001
The Fast and the Furious............................................................................................................................................ 2001
Dr. Dolittle 2...................................................................................................................................................................... 2001
Someone Like You….................................................................................................................................................... 2001
Red Planet ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2000
X-Men................................................................................................................................................................................. 2000
