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Visual Effects Supervisor
Bill Westenhofer is leading Rhythm & Hues’ team on “Land of the Lost,” the upcoming family-adventure-comedy for Universal Pictures starring Will Farrel.
Most recently, Bill harnessed the work of 500 digital artists at Rhythm & Hues on the “The Golden Compass,” and won the Academy Award for Achievement in Visual Effects, as well as the BAFTA Award for Special Visual Effects for the same film. He was previously Oscar-nominated for “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.”
Bill’s other credits as visual effects supervisor include: “Elf,” “The Rundown,” “Men in Black 2,” “Cats & Dogs,” “Stuart Little” I and II, “Frequency” and “Babe: Pig in the City,” the latter a BAFTA nominee.
Beginning as a technical director with Rhythm & Hues in 1994, Bill’s lighting and effects animation work was featured in "Batman Forever," and several commercials. Promoted to CG supervisor for "Speed 2: Cruise Control,” he continued in that role for "Spawn,” "Mouse Hunt,” "Kazaam" and "Waterworld."
Bill holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from George Washington University, where he studied the use of dynamics in physically based animation. He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Bucknell University.
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