Stéphane Ceretti

Stéphane Ceretti
Ceretti at the 2015 Oscars
Born (1973-09-24) September 24, 1973 (age 51)
France
OccupationVisual effects supervisor
Years active1996-present

Stéphane Ceretti (born 24 September 1973) is a French visual effects supervisor.

Career

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Stéphane Ceretti began his career as an animator later transferring over to a VFX supervisor at BUF Compagnie in Paris. He moved to London, UK in 2008 where he worked at Moving Picture Company and Method Studios.

In 2013, Ceretti moved to Los Angeles where he now lives and works.[1] In 2014, he worked on Guardians of the Galaxy as the Marvel Visual Effects Supervisor. He was nominated alongside Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould at the 87th Academy Awards[2] and at the 68th British Academy Film Awards[3] for Special Visual Effects.

In 2016, he worked on Doctor Strange as the Marvel Visual Effects Supervisor. Nominated alongside Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould at the 89th Academy Awards[4] for Best Achievement in Visual Effects and at the 70th British Academy Film Awards[5] for Special Visual Effects.

In 2017, Ceretti directed and co-produced with Nhut Le a short "Comfort". The short earned an Award of Merit at the Best Shorts competition in September 2017.[6]

In 2018, Ceretti worked on Ant-Man and the Wasp as the Marvel Visual Effects Supervisor in 2019. Additionally he was Visual Effects Supervisor for the additional second unit on Avengers: Endgame alongside Jesse James Chisholm.

In 2019–2020, Ceretti worked on Eternals as Visual Effects Supervisor.[7]

From Summer 2021 to 2023, Ceretti worked on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Visual Effect Supervisor.[8] He also worked on the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, a 42 minute show released on Disney+ in November 2022.

Filmography

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Year Title Director Roles Other notes
1997 Batman & Robin Joel Schumacher Animator: BUF
1998 The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time Jean-Marie Poiré Visual Effects: BUF Compagnie
2000 The Cell Tarsem Singh CG Supervisor: BUF
2002 S1m0ne Andrew Niccol Digital Artist: BUF Compagnie
2003 The Matrix Reloaded The Wachowskis Visual Effects Supervisor: BUF 1st of 3 collaborations with the Wachowskis
The Matrix Revolutions
2004 Alexander Oliver Stone
2005 Batman Begins Christopher Nolan 1st of 2 collaborations with Nolan
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Mike Newell Visual Effects: BUF 1st of 2 collaborations with Newell
Angel-A Luc Besson Digital Compositor: BUF
2006 Silent Hill Christophe Gans Visual Effects Supervisor: BUF
The Prestige Christopher Nolan
2007 J'attends quelqu'un Jérôme Bonnell Visual Effects
2008 Babylon A.D. Mathieu Kassovitz Visual Effects Supervisor: BUF
2010 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Mike Newell Visual Effects Supervisor: MPC 1st of 2 collaborations with producer Jerry Bruckheimer
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Jon Turteltaub Visual Effects: Method
2011 X-Men: First Class Matthew Vaughn Production Additional Visual Effects Supervisor
Captain America: The First Avenger Joe Johnston Additional Visual Effects Supervisor: 2nd Unit 1st of 9 collaborations with Marvel Studios
2012 Cloud Atlas The Wachowskis

Tom Tykwer

Production Visual Effects Supervisor
2013 Thor: The Dark World Alan Taylor 2nd Unit Visual Effects Supervisor
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn Production Visual Effects Supervisor 1st of 4 collaborations with Gunn

Nominated - Academy Award for Best Visual Effects With Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould

2016 Doctor Strange Scott Derrickson Nominated - Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

With Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould

2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Peyton Reed
2019 Avengers: Endgame Anthony and Joe Russo Visual Effects Supervisor: Additional 2nd Unit With Jesse James Chisholm
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Vince Gilligan Production Visual Effects Consultant
2020 Nomadland Chloe Zhao 1st of 2 collaborations with Zhao
2021 Eternals Production Visual Effects Supervisor
2022 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special James Gunn
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Nominated for Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

With Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, and Theo Bialek.

2025 Superman

References

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  1. ^ "Marvel Studios VFX Supe Stephane Ceretti on Guardians of the Galaxy". 2015-02-10.
  2. ^ "87th Academy Awards". Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  3. ^ "BAFTA awards 2015:Special Visual Effects".
  4. ^ "89th Academy Awards". 18 April 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "BAFTA awards 2017:Special Visual Effects".
  6. ^ "Award of Merit September 2017 |".
  7. ^ "Eternals".
  8. ^ "'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3' Enlists 'Hawkeye' Stunt Coordinator Heidi Moneymaker". September 2021.
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