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Dane Allan Smith is a Canadian visual effects producer. He is known for his work on Deadpool (film) (2016), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013). His production company DANEIAM Inc, is based in Los Angeles and focuses on Post-production vendor management and client facing communication.[2]
Education
Smith attended York University in Toronto. He graduated with a Communications major in 1984.
Career
Menithings Productions
In 1999, Smith founded Menithings Productions which contributed visual effects for Hellboy (film). Menithings also produced The Freak and Battle for Terra, two short CGI animated films that earned a variety of awards at multiple film festivals. Smith helped with the original feature films for the company and in 2008 Battle for Terra was released. For his work on Battle of Terra, he won the Grand Prize for Best Animated Feature at the 2008 Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Stereoscopic Conversion
Smith's work on stereoscopic conversion included being a stereo producer on director James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge 3D production. He managed over 1,400 shots that featured modeling, lighting, particle animation, compositing and stereoscopic conversion. In addition Dane helped design the proprietary pipeline deployed to convert BATTLE FOR TERRA to stereoscopic 3D for theatrical release along with Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2, RIPD, and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.
Gnomon School of Visual Effects
In 2010 he joined the Gnomon School of Visual Effects as faculty where he instructs students in courses that include: Virtual Reality Production, The History of Visual Effects, and Stereoscopic Filmmaking techniques and practices.
Visual Effects
Smith has been the Visual Effects Producer on numerous VFX driven features, including Warcraft (film), San Andreas (film), Transformers: Age of Extinction, Bunraku (film), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 & 2, The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film) & Looper (film). In 2015 Smith was the Visual Effects Producer on Anomalisa directed by Charlie Kaufman. The film was nominated for an Oscar under the category for best animated feature.
Virtual Reality
Smith founded Ember Immersive in 2015 to bring premium cinematic VR experiences to the world through distribution/production of content, products (e.g. cameras), and VR Technology. Smith produced Stan Lee’s Cosmic Crusaders VR. The debut episode will be presented in virtual reality, with one episode airing each day during Comic-Con International 2016 via smartphone VR viewers to be handed out at the show.
Notable Film and Television Work
- Warcraft (film) (2016)
- Star Trek Beyond (2016)
- Deadpool (film) (2016)
- Rush Hour (TV series) (2016)
- In the Heart of the Sea (film) (2015)
- The Walk (2015 film) (2015)
- Anomalisa (2015)
- San Andreas (film) (2015)
- The Man in the High Castle (TV series) (2015)
- Game of Thrones (TV series) (2015)
- Selma (film) (2014)
- Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
- Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (TV series) (2014)
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
- Looper (film) (2012)
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film) (2012)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2012)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
- Bunraku (film) (2010)
- Battle for Terra (2007)