Liz Hitt has worked across VFX departments on some very cool movies — and she’s not stopping there. Beginning at the legendary Dream Quest Images on Deep Rising and Mighty Joe Young, Liz built a name for herself as a talented production coordinator and producer via movies including Hollow Man, Spider-Man, Stealth (with Chris), The Golden Compass, Wonder Woman, and Spider-Man: Homecoming.
In this podcast, Liz reflects on her career, the roles she’s taken and the crews she’s worked with, sharing how she manages people. She shares a rough guide to the “small-but-global” VFX industry, revealing how new technologies often present more challenges, and giving her thoughts on the effects of the pandemic on both the way we work and the films and series we make.
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0:03:20 Inspired by "Star Wars"
0:07:22 Joining Dream Quest Images and moving up the ranks
0:13:50 "Stealth" and working with director Rob Cohen
0:18:03 Being a coordinator in the early days of VFX
0:23:08 From "Zoom" to "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and DI
0:27:30 Episodic work and changes in the industry
0:35:20 Is VFX a viable career?
0:41:27 Have industry conditions improved?
0:47:02 Quality, quantity — and interest rates
0:52:59 What it's like to work with Liz
Chris is a CG industry veteran and Director of Chaos Labs. He can also be heard regularly as the host of the CG Garage podcast which attracts 20,000 weekly listeners. With a background in both VFX and Design, Chris has worked for Gensler, Digital Domain, Imageworks and Method Studios. His credits include Maleficent, Oblivion and Tron: Legacy.