Eric Carney
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
- Star Wars Minute 50: Poor Greedo - First mentioned as a potential guest
- Jedi Minute 98: Chicken Sandwiches
- Phantom Menace Minute 52: Dark Jazz - heard on an 8-DAY-GREEDO call
- Revenge of the Sith Minute 71: Visual Effects