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I delight in the difficulty of filmmaking. I build and lead teams to translate creative vision into executable plans—then supervise on-set execution and drive post-production delivery with senior-level attention from first conversation to final handoff. I’m a visual effects supervisor and creative technologist who integrates production, operations, and craft—helping productions grow, keeping creative alignment through review cycles, and delivering exceptional work on schedule.…I delight in the difficulty of filmmaking. I build and lead teams to translate creative vision into executable plans—then supervise on-set execution and drive post-production delivery with senior-level attention from first conversation to final handoff. I’m a visual effects supervisor and creative technologist who integrates production, operations, and craft—helping productions grow, keeping creative alignment through review cycles, and delivering exceptional work on schedule.

Paul Santagada

VFX Supervisor, Visual Effects Artist, Post-Production, +2

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I delight in the difficulty of filmmaking. I build and lead teams to translate creative vision into executable plans—then supervise on-set execution and drive post-production delivery with senior-level attention from first conversation to final handoff. I’m a visual effects supervisor and creative technologist who integrates production, operations, and craft—helping productions grow, keeping creative alignment through review cycles, and delivering exceptional work on schedule.…I delight in the difficulty of filmmaking. I build and lead teams to translate creative vision into executable plans—then supervise on-set execution and drive post-production delivery with senior-level attention from first conversation to final handoff. I’m a visual effects supervisor and creative technologist who integrates production, operations, and craft—helping productions grow, keeping creative alignment through review cycles, and delivering exceptional work on schedule.

Available to hire

I delight in the difficulty of filmmaking. I build and lead teams to translate creative vision into executable plans—then supervise on-set execution and drive post-production delivery with senior-level attention from first conversation to final handoff.

I’m a visual effects supervisor and creative technologist who integrates production, operations, and craft—helping productions grow, keeping creative alignment through review cycles, and delivering exceptional work on schedule.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Work Experience

Owner, VFX Supervisor, Producer at Agate Pictures

May 1, 2023 - Present

Founded Agate Pictures as a boutique post-production studio partnering in creative development beyond the standard vendor relationship. Provides senior-level VFX, color, and finishing support with close collaboration from early creative conversations through final delivery, emphasizing real teamwork and growth across the production lifecycle.

Visual Effects Supervisor (promoted from Compositing Supervisor → Digital Effects Supervisor) at FuseFX

August 1, 2014 - March 1, 2023

Led VFX delivery across 80+ film and television productions through successive leadership roles. As Visual Effects Supervisor: served as senior creative and technical authority for clients and showrunners; directed teams up to 200 artists across multiple simultaneous and distributed global facilities; partnered at pitch stage to scope work, negotiate contracts, and set creative expectations; established quality standards, workflows, and review processes adopted studio-wide. Expanded oversight mid-tenure from compositing into full-spectrum digital effects (CG, animation, lighting, effects simulation) and introduced pipeline efficiencies to reduce iteration cycles. Earlier tenure as Compositing Supervisor: led compositing departments of 10–30 artists, built training programs, and mentored talent into senior roles.

Project-based Compositor at Double Negative

April 1, 2014 - June 1, 2014

Contributed to high-complexity feature film sequences requiring advanced look development, deep rendering, and CG creature integration.

Lead Compositor (promoted from Compositor) at EntityFX

August 1, 2009 - March 1, 2014

Served as Lead Compositor across film and television productions. Also contributed to proprietary production tools and workflow improvements in Nuke and After Effects, improving throughput and consistency for the artist team, and translating production requirements into reusable technical solutions.