Alexis Wajsbrot

Alexis Mickael Wajsbrot is a French film director, producer, and visual effects supervisor best known for his 2016 horror film Don't Hang Up.

Alexis Wajsbrot
Wajsbrot in 2013
Born
Alexis Mickael Wajsbrot

Paris, France
Occupation(s)Film director, Visual effects supervisor, screenwriter
Years active2002–present

Wajsbrot's directorial debut was the short film Red Balloon,[1][2][3][4][5] a 13-minute thriller, which he co-directed. In 2010 he won the Directorial Discovery Award at the Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival[6][7] and 35 selections in others.

As well as being a director, Wajsbrot is a visual effects supervisor. In 2014 he won a Visual Effect Society Award on Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity for Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture.[8][9]

Filmography
YearTitleDirectorRole
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessSam RaimiVisual Effects Supervisor
Picture Book (in development)Alexis Wajsbrot and Damien MaceDirector
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home Jon WattsAdditional Visual Effects Supervisor
2020 Wonder Woman 1984 Patty JenkinsVisual Effects Supervisor
How I Became a Super Hero Douglas AttalProduction Visual Effects Supervisor
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Jon WattsVisual Effects Supervisor
2018 Mary Poppins Returns Rob MarshallAdditional Visual Effects Supervisor
2017 Thor Ragnarok Taika WaititiVisual Effects Supervisor
Don't Hang Up Alexis Wajsbrot and Damien MaceDirector / Visual Effects Supervisor
Geostorm Dean DevlinCG Supervisor
2016 Doctor Strange Scott DerricksonCG Supervisor
2014 PaddingtonPaul KingCG Supervisor
Men, Women & ChildrenJason ReitmanCG Supervisor
Edge of TomorrowDoug LimanCG Supervisor
2013 The Secret Life of Walter MittyBen StillerCG Supervisor
Percy Jackson: Sea of MonstersThor FreudenthalCG Supervisor
Iron Man 3Shane BlackCG Supervisor
GravityAlfonso CuarónCG Effects Supervisor
2011 Your HighnessDavid Gordon GreenFX Lead
2010 Red BalloonAlexis Wajsbrot and Damien MaceDirector / Visual Effects Supervisor
Prince of PersiaMike NewellFX Lead
The WolfmanJoe JohnstonSenior FX TD
2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraStephen SommersSenior FX TD
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceDavid YatesFX Lead
2008 Cloverfield (Viral Marketing)Matt ReevesSenior FX TD
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixDavid YatesSenior FX TD
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetTim BurtonSenior FX TD
2005 SomneIsidro OrtizCG Artist
20 CentimetrosRamón SalazarCG Artist

References
  1. http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog/red-balloon-short-film-shot-on-the-red-cam/1616/ Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Interview by Lightsfilmschool.com
  2. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfq8rc_bdcnews-2-bruitsdecourts_shortfilms interview video at festival of Villeurbannes
  3. http://vimeo.com/26524746 VFX breakdown on Vimeo
  4. Josselin, Emmanuel (14 February 2011), "Festival de court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand : les héritiers de Tim Burton", Le Post (in French), archived from the original on 3 October 2011, retrieved 13 April 2011
  5. http://www.frightmike.com/fright-filmmakers-forum/ Archived 2013-01-24 at archive.today Interview of Alexis Wajsbrot and Damien Mace
  6. http://www.film-festival.org/Horror_WINNERS10.php Directorial Discovery Award at Rhodes Island Horror film Festival
  7. "Horror Film Festival awards announced", Providence Journal, 12 November 2010, retrieved 13 April 2011
  8. "VES Announces Winners of the 12th Annual VES Awards | Visual Effects Society". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  9. "12th Annual VES Awards – the winners". 12 February 2014.


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