Francesco Panzieri

Francesco Panzieri is an Italian visual effects compositor. He is an active member of the Visual Effects Societyand the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

In 2008, Panzieri earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Film from the Academy of Image Arts in L'Aquila, Italy. Assessing the likelihood of deepening his VFX knowledge in the American entertainment business as higher than in the Italian one, he relocated to the United States of America and enrolled himself in the one-year 3D-animation & visual effects program at the New York Film Academy in New York City, NY. He rapidly became one of the most successful students of the NYFA and, since his graduation in May 2009, the New York Film Academy has been promoting its own 3D-animation & visual effects program claiming Panzieri's professional achievements as a result of his studies at the NYFA.

Panzieri has been working to date on a substantial number of movies & television shows. His visual effects work includes 300 hours of programming for Primetime American national television throughout over 70 television series and 13 feature films.

Flash Film Works

In September 2009, Panzieri was hired to work at the visual effects boutique Flash Film Works in Hollywood, California; under the guidance of the studio's owner, William Mesa, Panzieri started his career with his first assignment on the live-action web series The Blood Factory, a gory episodic created by screenwriter John Albo andactor & director Danny DeVito, whom Panzieri worked alongside with. His second assignment was on the 2010 feature film Clash of the Titans (2010 film), a remake of the original 1981 version.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

On October 2015, Panzieri was called to join the visual effects team at J.J. Abrams' production company Bad Robot Productions, where he had the opportunity of contributing with his work on the feature film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.