Confirmed Speakers VIEW 2025

Alessandro Carloni

Writer & Director, Cat in the Hat (2026), Warner Bros. Animation

Dean DeBlois

Writer/Director, How to Train Your Dragon, (Remote Presenter via video recording)

Glen McIntosh

Animation Director, How to Train Your Dragon

Pierre Perifel

Director, The Bad Guys 2, Dreamworks Animation

Matt Baer

VFX Supervisor, The Bad Guys 2, Dreamworks Animation

Maggie Kang

Director, KPop Demon Hunters, Netflix

Chris Appelhans

Director, KPop Demon Hunters, Netflix Animation

Alex Woo

Director, In Your Dreams, Kuku Studios

Nicky Lavender

Director, CG Supervision and Visual Effects Supervisor, In Your Dreams, Sony Pictures Imageworks

Sacha Kapijimpanga

Head of Character Animation, In Your Dreams, Sony Pictures Imageworks

Dale Newton

Animation Supervisor, Wicked: For Good, Framestore

Reid Collums

Actor, Writer, Special Effects Artist, and Partner, Pro Machina

Phil Tippett

Founder and Filmmaker, Tippett Studio

Ramsey Naito

President, Paramount, Nickelodeon

Fiona Walkinshaw

CEO Film & Episodic, Framestore

Rick Champagne

Director of Global Media2 Strategy and Marketing, NVIDIA

David Seager

Production Overall VFX Supervisor, TRON: Ares, Industrial Light & Magic

David Vickery

Overall VFX Supervisor, Jurassic World: Rebirth, ILM, Bafta, VES winner

Ian Hunter

Creative Director, VFX Supervisor, Co-Founder, New Deal Studios, Two-time Oscar & VES winner

Dylan Cole

Oscar-nominated Production Designer, Avatar: The Way of Water & Avatar: Fire and Ash

Stéphane Nazé

VFX Supervisor, Framestore

Daniele Bigi

VFX Supervisor, Fantastic Four: First Steps, ILM

Kevin Baillie

VP, Head of Studios, Eyeline Studios

Chris Lavis

Co-Founder, Clyde Henry Productions & Director, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, The National Film Board

Eric Pouliot

Tech Director, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, The National Film Board of Canada

Johnny Han

VFX Supervisor & 2nd Unit Director, The Penguin (HBO)

Goran Pavles

Founder & Visual Effects Supervisor, The Penguin (HBO), Stormborn Studios

Eugene Bondar

VFX Supervisor, The Penguin (HBO), Frost FX

Shane Valdez

Founder & CEO, SuperFile

Sandro Blattner

Overall Visual Effects Supervisor, The Studio

Martin Pelletier

VFX Supervisor & Studio Head Quebec City, The Sandman, Rodeo FX

Apollonia Hartmann

VFX Producer, Accenture Song VFX

Ara Khanikian

VFX Supervisor, The Rings of Power, Rodeo FX

Melaina Mace

DFX Supervisor, DNEG

Roberto Rodricks

FX Supervisor, DNEG

Kris Pearn

Director, Sony Pictures Animation

Martin Nebelong

Freelance Artist and VR Pioneer, main client Google Envisioning Studio

Espen Nordahl

Head of VFX, Storm Studios

Antoine Moulineau

CEO & Creative Director, Light Visual Effects

Hal Hickel

Animation Director, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Oscar, BAFTA winner

Dylan Sisson

Artist & Designer, RenderMan, Pixar Animation Studios

Pawl Fulker

Creative Director & Sr. Visualization Supervisor, Proof London Ltd.

Jan-Bart van Beek

Studio Director & Studio Art & Animation Director, Guerrilla Games

Asa Mathat

Award-Winning Photographer

Terrence Masson

MFA Computer Arts Chair, School of Visual Arts (SVA), NYC

Francesco Casetti

Sterling Professor of Humanities and Film and Media, Yale University

Giulia Carluccio

Deputy Rector, University of Turin

Gabriella Taddeo

Associate Professor in Media Theory and History, Department of Humanities, University of Turin

Habib Zargarpour

Virtual Production Supervisor, Interdimensional VFX, Co-head of Virtual Production, USC School of C

Tara DeMarco

Visual Effects Supervisor, Upside Down Productions

Jeff Dillinger

VFX Supervisor & CEO, Megalis

Alexandre Poncet

Director, Composer, Film Historian

Eloi Champagne

Head, Technical Direction and Production Technology, National Film Board of Canada

Denver Jackson

Animator & Visual Effects Artist

Luca Prasso

Sr. Technical Artist, Android Perception Team, Google

Zane Swift

Filmmaker

Mark Dubeau

Art Director, Tippett Studio

Gary Mundell

CEO, Tippett Studio

Colin Geddes

Production Executive, Tippett Studio

Marc Morissette

VFX Supervisor, Tippett Studio

Remko Noteboom

Principal Software Engineer, Tippett Studio

Ken Rogerson

Editorial Supervisor, Tippett Studio

Javier Romero

Animation VFX Supervisor

Serena Tripepi

Director, Maga Animation Studios

Massimo Carrier Ragazzi

Executive Producer & Show Runner, Maga Animation Studios

Monica Galantucci

Founder & CEO, M74

Tomek Suwalkski

Director, Platige Image

Magdalena Rudnicka

Producer, Platige Image

Matteo Pessione

Coordinator, OGR Tech, OGR Torino

Darshana Jayemanne

Reader in Digital Cultures, Abertay University

Valerio Di Donato

CEO, 34BigThings

Gennaro Esposito

Head of CG, Digital Shark Studio

Agata Soccini

Researcher, Head of the VR Lab, University of Torino

Stuart Ward

Creator

Arissa Ackerman

Film Major, SCAD

Siva Kumar Kasetty

Executive Producer & Partner, ZA Studios

Barbara Robertson

Journalist

Dan Sarto

Co-Founder & Publisher, Animation World Network

Camille Jaulent

Cinematographer & Director, Campus « Artisan de l’image » (CMQ) / Ecole Méliès, Paris

Simon Davies

Talent Acquisition Leader & Founder, DAX | Digital Arts Xchange

Eva Krpanov

Treasurer, London ACM SIGGRAPH

Dan Laustsen

ASC, DFF, Cinematographer, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein

Ian Massingham

Head of Developer Relations, Griptape

Carolyn Giardina

Entertainment and Technology Freelance Journalist

Callum McLennan

Journalist

Brian Glover

Senior-level Cloud & Systems Engineer / Architect

Saint John Walker

Programme Leader, Postgraduate Media, University of Hertfordshire

Heiko Burkardsmaier

VFX Executive Producer, Head of Business/Legal Affairs, Accenture Song VFX

Jochen Willemsen

Cinematic Director, Guerilla Games

Setareh Samandari

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Interdimensional VFX

Ian Failes

Editor, befores & afters

Filippo Robino

Co-Founder, Alps Studios

Christos Obretenov

Owner & Lead Developer RenderMan Stylized Looks, Lollipop Shaders

Ted Ty

Global Head of Character Animation, DNEG Animation

Matthias Buehler

Founder & CTO | MSc Arch ETH Zurich, vrbn

Doug Chiang

Senior Vice President and Executive Design Director, Lucasfilm, Recipient VIEW VISIONARY AWARD 2025

Michael Coldewey

Professor of Concept Art, Drawing & Design, Media Design University of Applied Sciences in Munich

Domee Shi

Director & VP of Creative, Elio, Pixar Animation Studios

Christian Manz

VFX Supervisor & Creative Director, How to Train Your Dragon, Framestore

Andreas Maaninka

VFX Supervisor

Ernst Janssen Groesbeek

Stylized Rendering Look Development Artist, 9to3animation

Mara Froehlich

Head of Production and VFX Producer, Alps Studios

Brenda Ximena Roldan Romero

3D Animator, DNEG

Beata Parczewska

Vice-Chair, London ACM SIGGRAPH, 3D Artist

Boyan Georgiev

Freelance Creative Professional, Chair, London ACM SIGGRAPH

Madeline Sharafian

Director, Elio, Pixar Animation Studios

Oleg Fryazinov

Associate Professor in The National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth University

Rochele Gloor

Assistant Director for Innovation Technologies MFA Computer Arts, School of Visual Arts

Hayley Miller

Founder, World VFX Day

Maciej Kuciara

Artist & Emmy-winning Co-Creator and Director, WHITE RABBIT, Shibuya Film

David Anastacio

CG Supervisor, Accenture Song VFX

Nathan Fox

Creative Director, Sucker Punch Productions

Jonas Kluger

Founder, Das Element

Janet Lewin

Senior Vice President, General Manager, and Head, ILM

Michael Ralla

Overall VFX Supervisor, Sinners

Jingyi Zhang

Founder, Corbel3D

Guido Wolter

VFX Supervisor, Rising Sun Pictures

Munjal B. Shroff

Co-Founder, Graphiti Studios

Tom Gibbons

Animation / Stop-Motion Supervisor, Tippett Studio

Simon Weisse

VFX Miniature Unit Supervisor and Props Designer

Riccardo Russiano

UX Designer, Lifebonder

Giaime Alonge

Full Professor in Film, Photography, and Television, University of Turin

Christina Caspers-Roemer

General Manager, Trixter, and Executive Producer, Cinesite Group

Kevin Buessecker

FX Supervisor, Wednesday: Season 2, Rocket Science VFX

Jethro Au

CG Supervisor, Wednesday: Season 2, Rocket Science VFX

Craig Hammack

Overall VFX Supervisor, Lilo & Stitch, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)

Maria Elena Gutierrez

CEO & Executive Director, VIEW Conference

Dimitri Vallein

Artist, Director, & Technologist

Pablo Helman

VFX Supervisor, Wicked: For Good, ILM

Victor Agulhon

CEO & Producer, TARGO

Kendra Ruczak

Managing Editor, Computer Graphics World (CGW)

Giulio Campiglia

VFX Global Business Executive, M74

Joseph Bell

Executive, Consultant, Speaker

Andrea Salvatori

3D Artist

Talia Finlayson

Creative Technologist and Senior Unreal Artist, Disguise

Luis Leca

Project Manager and International Consultant, INOVA+

Matteo Sapio

Chief Strategy Officer, Poncle

Jake Maymudes

VFX Supervisor & Founder, Wylie Co. VFX

Alexis Wanneroy

Animation Supervisor, Fortiche Production

Camille Balsamo-Gillis

Actress, Producer, Director, and Co-Founder, Pro Machina

Kyle T. Webster

Illustrator & Guru Digital Brush Designer, Procreate

Claudia Marvisi

Head of Texturing, Pixomondo

Kate Gabriel

Creative Director CG, No. 8

Tracy McCreary

Managing Director and Partner, BlueBolt

Ryan Tudhope

VFX Supervisor, F1 Movie, Framestore

Christian Tagliapietra

3D Artist and Educator, Skyup Academy

Heike Kluger

VFX Supervisor

Christine Resch

Strategic Development Manager for Video, Adobe

Srikanth Srinivasan

Senior Technical Supervisor, BOT VFX

Simone Natale

Associate Professor in Media Theory and History, Department of Humanities, University of Turin

Ethan Francis

CG Generalist, Black Kite Studios

Kieran Belshaw

Concept Artist

John Canning

Director Developer Relations - M&E, AEC, D&M, AMD

Fulvio Sestito

Founder, Executive Creative Director, Realdream

Morten Thorning

Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creative Consultant

Laurens Ehrmann

Founder & Creative Director, The Yard

Nicholas Cabana

Creative Director and Co-Founder, Claynosaurz

Andrea Bottino

Associate Professor, Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino

Wieke Schrakamp

Researcher, Valsplat