Ariel Velasco-Shaw
| Ariel Velasco-Shaw | |
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| A photograph of Ariel Velasco-Shaw looking at the camera.Ariel Velasco-Shaw.jpg | |
| Born | Ariel Velasco Shaw |
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| 🎓 Alma mater | New York Institute of Technology |
| 💼 Occupation | Visual effects supervisor |
| 📆 Years active | 1984–present |
Ariel Velasco-Shaw is a Filipino-American visual effects supervisor. A pioneer of visual effects in digital filmmaking in the 1990s,[1] he is best known for his work of Disney Renaissance films and Final Destination franchise, notable for his collaborator with film director James Wong.
He received nominations of Academy Award and Primetime Emmy Award for his supervising in digital and visual effects.
Career
Velasco-Shaw began his career in 1984, when he joined the New York Institute of Technology, researching digital imaging. In 1989, he joined Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he established a dedicated digital imaging department.[2]
As a film coordinator and supervisor, he worked on the Disney Renaissance films The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and The Lion King (1994), along with Touchstone's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993),[3] which was nominated the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, the first Filipino–or Filipino-American–to be nominated an Academy Award.[4]
Velasco-Shaw left Disney to work for Boss Film Studios, where he worked on films including True Lies, The Scout and Drop Zone (all in 1994). He then worked at Warner Digital Studios on the films Batman Forever (1995) and Contact (1997), alongside with other films Lethal Weapon 4, Armageddon and Soldier (all in 1998).
In 1998, he was nominated a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for his work on the HBO series From the Earth to the Moon, the first Filipino–or Filipino-American–to be nominated in that category.[5]
He eventually joined Cafe FX and became notable for his visual effects on the supernatural horror film Final Destination and its standalone threequel, Final Destination 3; both were directed by James Wong.[6] He then again with Wong to worked on Dragonball Evolution, loosely based on the Japanese Shōnen Jump manga series Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama.[7] He later worked on another Final Destination film Final Destination 5, a prequel to the first film.[8][9]
External links
References
- ↑ Purnell, Kristofer. "'Triangle of Sadness' nominated for Oscars Best Picture; Dolly de Leon not nominated". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ↑ "Pinoy behind Hollywood's stunning visual effects". GMA News Online. August 13, 2011. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2025. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Evans, Greg (2023-09-18). "Pete Kozachik Dies: Oscar-Nominated 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Visual Effects Artist Was 72". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ↑ "Interview with Ariel Velasco Shaw". Amped Asia. August 14, 2011.
- ↑ "Ariel Velasco Shaw". Television Academy. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ↑ "'Final Destination 3': Going the Distance with VFX". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ↑ "'Dragonball Evolution': Ripe for VFX Film Picking". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ↑ Hazelton, John. "Final Destination 5". Screen. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ↑ Honeycutt, Kirk (2011-08-10). "Final Destination 5: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
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