The Chronicles of Riddick

(Images courtesy of Universal Pictures)
Universal Studios hired Hammerhead Productions to create the world of the Necromongers in the sequel to Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick. With supervisor Peter Chiang, Hammerhead supervisor/partner Jamie Dixon delivered 100 shots of Helion, Necro star ships, the Conquest Icon and legions of soldiers. A variety of techniques were used to create these worlds including matte painting, miniature photography, 3D digital elements synthesis and 2D digital compositing. Hammerhead expanded it's workforce to over 50 talented artists to complete the production.

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HAMMERHEAD CREDITS

Visual Effects Supervisor

Jamie Dixon
 

Visual Effects Producer

Michelle Eisenreich
 

3D Supervisor

Paolo Moscatelli
 

Matte Painting Supervisor

Carlos Arguello
 

Technical Supervisor

Thad Beier
 

2D Supervisor

Constance Bracewell
 

Visual Effects Executive Producer

Dan Chuba
 

Lead Compositors

Justin Jones
Daniel Levitan
David Lingenfelser
 

Composite Artists
Aliza Chameides
Linda Tremblay-Geibel
Roger Huynh 		Kyle Entsminger
Brian Wolf
Kenneth Dackerman

Lead Digital FX Artist

David Rand
 

Lead Gravity FX Artist

Brian Lutge
 

Digital FX Artists

Matt Davies
Andy Chen
Robert Chapin
Michael Ramirez
Teunis De Raat
 

Procedural Animation Lead

Thomas Dadras
 

Lead Shader Writer

Brian Gardner
 

Lead Texture Painter

Aung Min
 

Lighting Artists

Steven Demers
Richard Matsushita
Todd Perry
Jason Yanofsky
 

Matte Painters
Michael Lloyd
Lubo Hristov
Ron Crabb
Thomas Esmeralda 		Dark Hoffman
Daniel Miller
Marcus Trahan
James Hegedus

Additional Matte Painting

Alejandro Farfan
Marvin Barillas
Ludwing Paniagua
 

Modelers

Michael Meyers
John Nguyn
Wayne Kennedy
Dan Wanket
 

Pre Visualization Animators

Alex Vegh
Peipei Yuan
Jeff Benoit
Rob Ostir
 

Matchmove Artists

Joel Merritt
Mamie McCall
 

Roto/Prep Lead

Gilbert Gonzales
 

Roto/Prep Artists

Jennifer Scheer
Siuan McGahan
Carrie Owens
George Oliver
 

Systems Administrator

Steve Kochak
 

I/O

Fatima Mojadiddy
 

Data Wrangler

Jason Puliti
 

VFX Coordinators

Jaimie Lee Jota
Brady Doyle
Jack Geist
 

VFX Assistant Coordinator

Bill Rust
 

Matte Painting Coordinator

Tim Cunningham
 

VFX Production Assistant

Lindsay Birmingham
 

Additional Compositing Supervisor

Jason Piccioni
 

Composite Artists

Randy Brown
Craig Crawford
Rimas Juchnevicius
Bill Schaeffer
 

Lighting and Texture Maps

Jongo Yuk
 

Particle FX

Brett Boggs
 

Assistant Visual Effects Editor

Daniel Arkin
 

Production Support Engineer

Matt Popham
 
 
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