John Bruno Director / Visual Effects Supervisor

Director JOHN BRUNO is an Academy Award winner and veteran of feature films and commercials. He won his Oscar for his work on THE ABYSS and was on the Academy Award Winning Visual Effects team of AVATAR. He has also been nominated for an Oscar six-times in the field of Visual Effects for his work on Ghostbusters, Poltergeist II, Batman Returns, Cliffhanger and True Lies. He is one of the most acclaimed and sought after visual effects artists and directors in Hollywood.
Bruno was a co-founder and commercial director at Digital Domain. He was also a co-founder at Boss Film Studios and while at Boss, the studio produced Visual Effects for such films as Ghostbusters, Poltergeist 2, 2010, Die Hard, Batman Returns and Cliffhanger. Bruno received a Belding Award for his short theatrical film THE RUN that ran in theatres in 2002. For the making of film, which introduced the 2003 Nissan 350 Z, Bruno �shut down� the city of Prague (Czech Republic) for 3 consecutive days. Between 1999 and 2000 Bruno directed multiple episodes of Star Trek Voyager and in 2001 served as Producer and second unit director on Jim Cameron�s �Ghosts of the Abyss� (3-D Imax). On that film, Bruno made two additional dives to the Titanic with the star of the production Bill Paxton. He would then team up with Cameron again for the 2009 Academy Award winning blockbuster, Avatar, as one of the film�s visual effects supervisors. In 1995, John spent 5 months in the pre-production phase of Titanic as Visual Effects Supervisor before being offered the opportunity to direct Virus, staring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland. Prior to this, he designed the Visual Effects for James Cameron�s Terminator II and Co-directed Terminator 2-3D with Cameron. In the early 80�s, he served as the department supervisor for animation effects at ILM during the productions of Poltergeist, ET, Star Trek II and Return of the Jedi. COMMERCIAL DIRECTING CREDITS 2008 Alien Vs Predator: Requiem DVD promo. Europe. 2007 Shark Week Promo Discovery Channel 2006 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Play Station & PS2 2006 Nissan SE-R (Nurburgring) Ring 2002 Nissan 350z The Run (Prague) Honda Del Sol (MOMA Award- Supervised with David Fincher) Timex Miss Liberty Esso/Exxon Growing Tigers RECIENT FEATURE CREDITS 2008 -2009** AVATAR Visual Effects Supervisor 2008 Monsters vs Aliens 3D consultant. Dreamworks God of War & Development. Brett Ratner Incredible Shrinking Man 2007- 2009 The Shipwreckers Producer, Director (Reality series in progress. Discovery) 2006 -2007 Rush Hour 3 Visual Effects Supervisor 2005 -2006 X-Men, the Last Stand Vfx Supervisor. 3rd Unit Director 2003- 2004 Alien vs. Predator Visual Effects Supervisor � 2nd unit Director 2001-2003 Ghosts of the Abyss � Titanic IMAX 3D Producer/2nd unit Director. (Four dives to the Titanic. 2001 & 1995 Expedition). League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Trailer) Director (FOX) The Run Director (Nissan 350 Z) 1999-2000 Star Trek Voyager Director (Season 6) Mission Impossible II Visual Effects Designer ImageMovers Director (Film Logo-Zamekis) ADDITIONAL CREDITS 1995-1996 At Digital Domain: Timex Director Miss Liberty (ran 4 years) (Cofounder) Esso/Exxon Director Growing Tigers (3 spots) Honda Del Sol (MOMA Award-Co-Directed with David Fincher) 1985-1992 At Boss Films: Honda Acura Car Cover (Cofounder) Days Inn Batman Returns 1998 Virus (feature film) Director 1997 Titanic Visual Effects Design - 2nd unit Director, (Included 2 dives to Titanic 1995 expedition) 1996 Waterworld Uncredited Director/2nd unit Director. VFX 1995 � Terminator 2/3D Co-Director with James Cameron Themed Entertainment award 1995 *+ True Lies Visual Effects Supervisor. 2nd Unit. Actor. Academy Award nomination Bafta nomination 1993 * Cliffhanger Visual Effects Supervisor Academy Award nomination 1992 *+ Batman Returns Visual Effects Supervisor Academy Award Nomination Bafta nomination 1991 Terminator 2 Visual Effect Design Supervisor. 1989 ** The Abyss Visual Effects Supervisor � 2nd Unit Dir. Oscar winner 1988 Born in East LA 2nd Unit Director. Title Design 1987 * Poltergeist 2 2nd Unit Director. Visual Effect Academy Award nomination 1986 Fright Night 1985 * Ghostbusters Academy nomination MEMBER OF: DIRECTORS GUILD ART DIRECTORS GUILD SAG: True Lies. (Custodian) Siege (Stunts) ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES. (Visual Effects Nominating Committee - Fifteen years) ** Academy Award * Academy Award Nomination + Bafta (British Academy Nomination) � Themed Entertainment Award Check credits on Imdb.com