Difference between revisions of "Eric Carney"

From The Star Wars Minute Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (clean up, typos fixed: Award winning → Award-winning)
 
(5 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
Eric Carney is a three-time Emmy Award winning VFX Supervisor for Game of Thrones and one of the Co-Founders at The Third Floor, a multinational visualization studio. Eric continues to work on the hit HBO show as a Previs Supervisor and Additional VFX Supervisor, supervising the innovative filming of VFX shots on set.
Eric Carney is a three-time Emmy Award-winning VFX Supervisor for Game of Thrones and one of the Co-Founders at The Third Floor, a multinational visualization studio. Eric continues to work on the hit HBO show as a Previs Supervisor and Additional VFX Supervisor, supervising the innovative filming of VFX shots on set.


Eric studied filmmaking, cinematography, and animation at NYU Film School. His first big break was working on visual effects for ''Revenge of the Sith'', where he discovered [[What does it smell like?|what George Lucas smells like]]. It was Eric who called into the show to let us know that he overhead Lucas suggesting that the Jedi might be wrong about the Midi-chlorians. He has an extensive knowledge of motion capture and virtual production and has thrice teamed up with director Robert Zemekis to help compose dynamic shots for his motion capture and live action films.  
Eric studied filmmaking, cinematography, and animation at NYU Film School. His first big break was working on visual effects for ''Revenge of the Sith'', where he discovered [[What does it smell like?|what George Lucas smells like]]. It was Eric who called into the show to let us know that he overhead Lucas suggesting that the Jedi might be wrong about the Midi-chlorians. He has an extensive knowledge of motion capture and virtual production and has thrice teamed up with director Robert Zemekis to help compose dynamic shots for his motion capture and live action films.  


Recently, Eric co-wrote and directed his first live action short film, ''Tex'', debuting in 2017.
Recently, Eric co-wrote and directed his first live action short film, ''Tex'', debuting in 2017.
He is most known (by fans of ''THE STAR WARS MINUTE'') as the co-creator (along with [[PTR]]) of the Greedo fan site.
==Rank the Star Wars Movies==
==Rank the Star Wars Movies==
<!-- The order they rate the films in, from favorite to least favorite (rather than best to worst) -->
5, 6, 4, R1, 7, 8, 3, 1, 2
==[[Phantom Menace Number]]==
==[[Phantom Menace Number]]==
<!-- The number of times they saw the phantom menace in the theater (plus additional info about DVD etc if available ) -->
Realized after the 3rd viewing that George was a bad director and the movie wasn't good.


==Web Links==
==Web Links==
Line 16: Line 17:
*[[Jedi Minute 98: Chicken Sandwiches]]
*[[Jedi Minute 98: Chicken Sandwiches]]
*[[Phantom Menace Minute 52: Dark Jazz]] - heard on an [[8-DAY-GREEDO]] call
*[[Phantom Menace Minute 52: Dark Jazz]] - heard on an [[8-DAY-GREEDO]] call
 
*[[Revenge of the Sith Minute 71: Visual Effects]]
{{GuestFooter}}[[Category:Jedi guests]][[Category:All-Star guests]]
{{GuestFooter}}[[Category:Jedi guests]][[Category:All-Star guests]][[Category:Sith guests]][[Category:Worked on a Star War]]

Latest revision as of 10:04, 11 June 2021

Eric Carney is a three-time Emmy Award-winning VFX Supervisor for Game of Thrones and one of the Co-Founders at The Third Floor, a multinational visualization studio. Eric continues to work on the hit HBO show as a Previs Supervisor and Additional VFX Supervisor, supervising the innovative filming of VFX shots on set.

Eric studied filmmaking, cinematography, and animation at NYU Film School. His first big break was working on visual effects for Revenge of the Sith, where he discovered what George Lucas smells like. It was Eric who called into the show to let us know that he overhead Lucas suggesting that the Jedi might be wrong about the Midi-chlorians. He has an extensive knowledge of motion capture and virtual production and has thrice teamed up with director Robert Zemekis to help compose dynamic shots for his motion capture and live action films.

Recently, Eric co-wrote and directed his first live action short film, Tex, debuting in 2017. He is most known (by fans of THE STAR WARS MINUTE) as the co-creator (along with PTR) of the Greedo fan site.

Rank the Star Wars Movies

5, 6, 4, R1, 7, 8, 3, 1, 2

Phantom Menace Number

Realized after the 3rd viewing that George was a bad director and the movie wasn't good.

Web Links

Appearances


Back to the list of guests