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Client: Level 5
Agency: Mistress

A small collection of work from my time with Millennium.  My role was VFX Producer and overall Supervising Creative Director

SCOTT COULTER

(818) 730-3344  
SCOTT@FXTRAK.COM 

SUMMARY

During my 20+ years as a VFX Producer and Supervisor I have consistently been able fulfill the Director’s vision while maintaining the Producer’s budget. I am well versed in all aspects of fx and am able to recommend the right methodology to achieve the best result. From awe inspiring practical effects to far reaching visuals utilizing the latest in digital imagery, I can bring it to today’s filmmakers.

My confidence comes from my many years of experience as both a client side supervisor, and by running a large VFX facility for a motion picture studio. These roles have enabled me to see the vfx challenge from all sides and propose the most creative and affordable solution. When visual effects costs for films and commercials are spiraling beyond the initial budget, it is more important than ever to carefully plan the budget and scope of the work during pre-production.

I have been fortunate to work in all budgets and genres ranging from $1–100 million. My experience as Head of VFX for a motion picture studio, building multiple facilities around the world, has given me a deep understanding of the challenges working worldwide. Working with vendors around the world, utilizing the best talent for the project, protects the producers from cost overruns, and ensures the director’s vision is not compromised. I have guided projects from being greenlit to final delivery. From initial breakdown and budgeting, design and filming, to final post, all steps are managed by myself closely.

As a client side supervisor, I am keenly aware of issues that can arise during filming and can offer an “on the spot” solution, insuring confidence in the director and production with the vfx department. As VFX Department head, it is my commitment to protect the Producer’s budget and Director’s vision. I offer tested experience managing the whole VFX process as an HoD.

• Visual Effects Supervisor & Producer with a strong creative vision and organizational skill set with extensive experience in production for VFX (Feature and Series) and VFX management.

• Provide breakdowns, creative methodologies, cost reporting and budget assessments.

• VFX shot design and tracking from conception through delivery

• Able to manage concurrent projects with remote teams across multiple continents and navigate the tax incentive compliance and reporting mazes.

• Expertise in worldwide location production.

• Erected full service facilities in 3 different locations/cities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Independent VFX Producer and Supervisor
Los Angeles, CA
September 2017 to Present
Producing and Supervising VFX on various productions in the Los Angeles area.

Puppetar
Senior VFX Producer
Los Angeles, CA and Seoul, Korea
March 2017 - September 2017 (6 Month Contract)
Responsible for Bidding, Budgeting, and Producing all visual effects work for the company. Personally brought 300K in business first 3 months of employment.

MastersFX
VP Digital Production
Los Angeles, CA  
2015 to 2016 
Responsible for all aspects of digital effects integration into a practical effects workflow. 

Millennium Films  
VFX Executive Producer  
Los Angeles, CA and Sofia, Bulgaria  
2001 - 2015
Oversaw visual effects for a motion picture studio. Budgeting, scheduling, allocation of resources and implementation of all visual effects for 5-10 features per year with an average of 400-800 shots per project. Responsibilities included assigning shots to in-house division and outsourcing sequences out of house.

Additionally founded and ran day to day operations for internal VFX division "Worldwide FX", located in Eastern Europe, encompassing 150-200 employees. Supervised build-out and hiring of staff. Instituted training regime and designed tracking software for vfx management and reporting.

NuImage
VFX Supervisor
Los Angeles, CA  
1999 - 2000 

Threshold Entertainment
VFX Supervisor 
Los Angeles, CA  
1997 - 1999

Available Light Ltd.
VFX Animator
Los Angeles, CA  
1995 - 1997

Recent Feature highlights (Partial)

• Reagan Vfx Supervisor

• The Belko Experiment VFX Producer

• Automata VFX Producer, VFX Studio Supervisor

• Criminal VFX Producer, VFX Studio Supervisor

• The Expendables 1-3 VFX Producer, VFX Studio Supervisor

• Olympus Has Fallen VFX Producer

• Rambo VFX Producer, VFX Studio Supervisor

• The Mechanic 1-2 VFX Producer

• Conan the Barbarian VFX Producer

• and numerous others as Vfx Producer or Supervisor.

ADDITIONAL

• Visual Effects Society Member in Good Standing

• Featured in the January 22, 2006 and July 8, 2007 issues of BusinessWeek Magazine as an expert in Eastern Europe business affairs.

• Speaker at FMX and EDiT.

BIOGRAPHY

Fueled by a lifelong interest in special effects work, noted Visual Effects Producer and Supervisor Scott Coulter has over three decades of experience in this field, having worked on more than 200 films which have integrated nearly every conceivable aspect of Special and Visual Effects. His credits span across numerous feature films, including "The Expendables", "Conan the Barbarian", "Dogma", "My Favorite Martian", "The Crow", and many others.

Scott Coulter began his lengthy film career as a production assistant on George Romero’s classic horror anthology, “Creepshow”. As his first love was special effects makeup and monsters, he worked on many FX films of the era - "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master", "Pet Sematary", and many that are now considered cult classics, "Street Trash", "Slime City", and "Class of Nuke'em High" among them.   While working on "The Crow", Coulter saw Jurassic Park, and was struck by the power of the groundbreaking digital visual effects. Seeing the writing on the wall, Scott immediately took a six-month sabbatical, learning everything he could about computer animation. He then began to supervise & produce Visual Effects.

In 2001, Coulter opened Worldwide FX, to meet the visual effects needs of Millennium Films.  He further expanded the facility in 2009, by opening a second branch in Shreveport, Louisiana.  Over 15 years, the companies have serviced hundreds of films, including "Olympus Has Fallen, "Automata", "The Mechanic 1&2”.

He returned to Independent VFX Work in 2016, overseeing mainstream films - "The Belko Experiment" and "Speed Kills"

FxPaks.COM

FxPaks is my sticker pack business. I offer them for the iMessage application on the Apple platform.

EECC Comics

A fun side project for me is a comicbook publishing company I operate in Eastern Europe.  I have collected some back issues and put them here for reading.  The magazines are published in Bulgarian and English. I have presented them in English wherever possible.  All copyright continues to be retained.

If you would like more information about licensing or publishing in Eastern Europe, get in touch