VFX supervisor Laurent Taillefer, who was behind the projects Ad Astra, Deadpool, Stranger Things, The Walk, and Ghost in The Shell, has joined Rodeo FX.
At a time when VFX training was scarce in his native France, Taillefer learned the ropes from artists and industry veterans, developing his expertise as a generalist on advertising projects in Paris. After arriving in Montreal in 2006, he helped build departments and teams at several studios, including Scanline, Atomic Fiction, Mokko Studios, Mikros Image and Raynault VFX.
“I’ve always been attracted to technology and how it can be leveraged by teams and integrated into processes. It led me to constantly rethink the structures in place to optimize production,” said Taillefer. “But after a while, I really wanted to get back into the creative side of things, I missed the magic.”
Taillefer collaborated with director Robert Emmerich on his blockbuster Moonfall. There Taillefer has a chance to go directly on set with the filmmaker. Taillefer’s most recent productions have all been box office successes such as Thor: Love and Thunder, Free Guy as well as the HBO series His Dark Materials.
Rodeo FX, which for the second year in a row received three Emmy nominations for Outstanding VFX, has just finished working on the new Netflix series The Witcher: Blood Origin, the Disney+ movie The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, and is currently preparing for the theatrical release of the fourth installment in the John Wick franchise.
