Presenter

Florian Witzel is a multi-award winning Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic. Most recently, Florian oversaw more than 1,200 effects-heavy shots for Twisters. He is well known for his collaborative backing of clients’ visions and storytelling with compelling, innovative visuals, and, from there, leading teams to push the envelope of visual effects both creatively and technically to achieve new moments in filmmaking.

In his 15+ years at ILM, he has innovated and supervised the effects work of Marvel’s Avengers, Doctor Strange, and Ant-Man franchises, with five of these films earning Academy Award nominations for their visual effects. Other representative work includes the Emmy-nominated Season 3 of The Mandalorian, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Transformers, Battleship, Pacific Rim, Lucy, and Rango. Florian has been honored with eight nominations for Visual Effects Society and Annie Awards, with two wins.

He is an active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Visual Effects Society, as well as a speaker/contributor to international conferences and publications on visual effects in the motion picture industry.