MASTERSFX, an internationally renowned, full service Character Effects company specializing in film, television, and commercials, has named Emmy Award winner Steve Johnson as “Monster Maker in Residence.” Todd Masters, founder, MASTERSFX, made the announcement.
“Now is the time to look to the future of special effects and their place in the evolution of entertainment,” Mr. Masters said. “And since Steve Johnson has continually pushed the envelope with innovative techniques in the world of FX for over three decades, I can’t think of a better mind for our team.”
Regarding their new endeavor Mr. Johnson said, “Todd Masters is the only man in Hollywood that could bring me out of early retirement. We’re laying the groundwork now for ideas that will not only change the way audiences perceive FX, but will also change the way the entire industry works – for the better.”
About STEVE JOHNSON
Two-time Emmy Award winner Steve Johnson has blown the doors off the expectations of audiences with unbelievable characters and effects for some of the most astounding and beloved films of our time. His company, XFX, has been responsible for designing characters and illusions for over two hundred films, countless television shows, commercials and music videos. His work is extraordinarily diverse, ranging from the beauty and grace of the aliens in “The Abyss,” to the zany antics of the ghosts in “Ghostbusters;” and from the ground-breaking robotics seen in Robin William’s “Bicentennial Man” and the alien seductress from “Species,” to the multi-tentacled “Dock Ock” from “Spider-Man II.”
About MASTERSFX:
Founded in 1987 by Emmy Award winner Todd Masters, MASTERSFX is a full-service Character Effects company headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, with an additional studio in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The company has designed, created and produced prosthetics, animatronics, and character effects for many hundreds of motion pictures, television programs, and commercials.
Recently, MASTERSFX provided prosthetic FX for such high profile feature films and television series as “SUPER,” “True Blood,” “Underworld 3D,” “Slither,” “The Haunting in Georgia,” “Big Love” and “Fringe.” Historically, the company has contributed FX to such other hits as “Stargate SG1,” “The Horse Whisperer,”
“Star Trek: First Contact,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” both “Addams Family” films, “Six Feet Under,” “Tales from the Crypt,” “Battlestar Galactica,” and many more.
MASTERSFX is the winner of numerous entertainment industry awards, including an Emmy, a Saturn and a Gemini. The company has also been nominated for dozens of additional Emmy, Gemini, Leo, Saturn, and Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards. MASTERSFX’s Los Angeles office can be contacted by phone at 818/834-3000. The web is www.mastersfx.com.
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The Chelsea Film Festival, running from October 16th through October 20th, 2024, at Regal Cinemas here in Union Square, is set to host the East Coast premiere of Ǝvolution, a thought-provoking experimental micro-short film that proves big ideas can come in small packages and in perfect circles.
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