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 Mark Spatny

  Visual Effects for Film, Television, and Interactive Entertainment
   

 

 

 

 

SELECTED
PAST PROJECTS:

TELEVISION

  • Heroes
  • The Lost Room
  • Ruffian
  • Ugly Betty
  • Hidden Palms
  • Nightmares and Dreamscapes
  • Commander in Chief
  • The Book of Daniel
  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Gilmore Girls
  • Everwood
  • Birds of Prey
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch 
  • Sabrina Down Under
  • Baby Bob (pilot)

FEATURE FILMS

  • Idiocracy
  • I, Robot
  • The Last Samurai
  • League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • Ghosts of the Abyss
  • What Dreams May Come
  • Armageddon
  • Star Trek: Insurrection
  • Doctor Dolittle
  • Soldier
  • Payback
  • Species II
  • Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (trailer)

INTERACTIVE

  • ToonTown Online
  • Science Blaster Jr.
  • Undersea Adventure

THEATER

  • Rising Tide of Color
  • Beside Myself
  • Dance and the Railroad
  • House of Sleeping Beauties

 

NEWS (as of August, 2008): 

I recently received my 3rd Emmy Award nomination for my work on Heroes Episode 208 "Four Months Ago".

FXGuide.com did an article and podcast interview about the effects for Heroes. You can hear me and my colleagues at Stargate Digital discuss the show here

Here is a link to an article in the Hollywood Reporter about virtual sets, which mentioned some of the work we've done at Stargate.

My website contains the following areas for you to explore:

Biography:

Click the link above link for a short summary of Mark's professional career.

Photography Gallery:

Click the link above to see my photography portfolios. 

Some of my photos are available through Shutterstock.com:

My latest images for sale at Shutterstock:

My most popular images for sale at Shutterstock:

In 2005,  some of my photography was published in the book VESAGE, a collection of personal work created by artists in the visual effects industry. Copies are still available here.

Art Gallery:

A few digital paintings and sketches.

Resources:

Suggested reading for would-be visual effects professionals and software designers, and a comprehensive guide to project management for interactive productions such as CD-ROMs and web sites.


The Stargate crew on our stage in Van Nuys, shooting smoke elements for an episode of the NBC series Las Vegas

 

Mark Spatny wins VES Award
Accepting the VES Award for Outstanding Mini Series, Movie, or Special, 2007
"Nightmares and Dreamscapes"

Photo by Robert Coleman

Clippings...
News and  articles about projects I've worked on.

Heroes:
FXGuide.com
 
The Hollywood Reporter
Greg Beeman's Blog
 NBC VFX Featurette

The Lost Room:
The Hollywood Reporter
Dark Horizons
Comics2Film

Nightmares and Dreamscapes:
TNT Website

LXG:
VFX Pro
Dark Horizons

Ghosts of the Abyss:
Film and Video

Birds of Prey:
Gotham ClockTower
Dark Horizons
Shiny Shelf
Comics2Film

What Dreams May Come:
VFX Headquarters

Armageddon:
VFX Headquarters