Steve Griffith’s impressive IMDb page includes The Matrix sequels, Captain America: The First Avenger, Ant-Man, the Watchmen TV series, Jungle Cruise, and many more blockbusters. Over the course of 20 years, he’s gone from intern to VP of Production at Legend, taking in stints at major VFX studios including Rodeo FX, MPC, Luma Pictures, Atomic Fiction, and Digital Domain.
In this podcast, Chris and Steve reminisce about some of the projects they worked on together, including I, Robot and Stealth, before tackling the current state of the visual effects industry. They track the evolution of virtual production from Gravity and Oblivion to Murder on the Orient Express and The Mandalorian and discuss how real-time and AI are changing the way studios
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Chapters:
3:13 Steve’s origin story
8:13 I, Robot
12:08 The big studios Steve’s worked for
20:25 Industry trends
27:13 Thoughts on virtual production
34:29 “Murder on the Orient Express” effects
39:58 What virtual production means for directors
44:17 Thoughts on real-time
46:42 Real-time versus ray tracing
54:08 Cloud computing’s role in the industry
1:02:27 AI’s big role in VFX