John Hansen Email & Phone Number

John is a visual effects professional with 23 years of experience in film, streaming and real time graphics. Throughout his career, he pursued creative and technical innovations that inspired audiences. His present efforts include real time simulation and experimental world building concepts.John’s passion for technical innovation led to breakthroughs in FX quality and scalability. His dedication to storytelling produced award winning creativity in the area of photoreal visual effects. In addition to workflow development, John delivers customized training to fellow artists and supervisors. His teachings range from beginner artist classes to technical deep dives to visual reference style guides.As an FX supervisor at ILM, John led global teams with over 50 artists based in multiple countries. Having experience on 40+ productions, John’s FX leadership helped establish industry standards for magic, water, fire, destruction, procedural geometry and art direction. In addition to his FX expertise, John’s global perspective streamlined cross discipline coordination to enhance overall quality and efficiency.

Listed skills include Visual Effects, Fluid Simulation, Volume Rendering, Particle Effects, and 20 others.