Meet the 2D VFX Team at Escape Studios. 2D VFX is all about compositing, and is primarily taught in Nuke, by The Foundry.
Our graduates in 2D Compositing have enjoyed considerable success in recent years, with a very high proportion of our students finding work in their chosen field. Compositing continues to be a vital part of the VFX Pipeline.
Below are the talented tutors who teach the art and craft of 2D VFX at Escape Studios, helping to ensure we remain the UK’s leading centre for the study of VFX.
Klaudija Cermak teaches the Art of Compositing for VFX at Escape Studios;
Klaudija teaches the
short course and MA in VFX Compositing.
Klaudija Cermak has over 20 years experience on commercials, broadcast TV and feature films. She has worked at most of the major post-production houses in London including MPC, Mill, Millfilm, Framestore, Double Negative and Glassworks.
Klaudija‘s feature film credits include hits such as Ridley Scott’s
Gladiator, ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ and
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’. You can
listen to Klaudija’s VFX Podcast here.
Sokratis Synitos
Sokratis Synitos has many years of experience in compositing for both film and TV, and teaches the
Art of Compositing to our 3rd Year Undergraduate VFX Students.
Clement Gharini
Clement Gharini teaches Cinematography and Compositing on our Visual Effects courses, especially our first and also third year undergraduate students.
Clement Gharini started 20 years ago as a cameraman on productions such as
Harry Potter and
Mission Impossible. Clement then turned to Visual Effects and became a Digital Compositor for 10 years, contributing to productions such as
Game of Thrones, Doctor Who as well as Oscar winning
Ex Machina. Clem also specialises in virtual production, creating photo realistic digital humans.
Clement teaches cinematography to our first year undergraduate students, in which students get experience with live action cameras. He also teaches compositing to our 3rd year VFX students, and runs the
motion capture pipeline at Escape Studios.
Lorenzo Maniccia
Lorenzo Maniccia is an experienced 2D VFX artist with skills in compositing and also matte painting.
As well as his experience in VFX,
Lorenzo Maniccia has also contributed to the creation of open source educational software (So.Di.Linux) for students.
Lorenzo Maniccia teaches 2D VFX (Compositing) to our first year undergraduate students. Students learn how to use Nuke, the industry-standard software for compositing. You can read more about
VX4001 here.
2D Compositing Resources
