Danny S Kim

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT DANNY S KIM

Danny Kim is a Global Freelance VFX Supervisor & Creative Director who’s been working in the VFX industry since 1997. Throughout the 25 years of his career, he has participated in numerous Hollywood, Chinese, and Korean projects. Based on his long experience and professional knowledge, he can provide effective and creative solutions regarding any problems in the VFX process, from pre-production to post-production. Danny recently returned from China after finishing last year’s major Chinese blockbuster, ‘The Battle at Lake Changjin ()’. During his 8 months stay, he worked directly under director Dante Lam. Supervising entire VFX pipeline from previz to on-set to final delivery. It was a very demanding project mentally and physically due to tight schedule. But thankfully, it just became the worldwide box office #1. With a strong art & design background, his career began as a Softimage 3D artist and Silicon Grail Chalice compositor. He has served several studios like Boss Film, House of Moves, and Square USA. In 1998, he co-founded LOOK! Effects Inc. in Hollywood, CA with Mark Driscoll, Henrik Fett, and Anthony ‘Max’ Ivins. LOOK! FX had a successful 15 year run, working on over 200 projects such as feature films, television productions, commercials, and special venue projects. Danny participated in most of these projects as a Supervisor, Creative Director and Artist, highlights including: ‘Warm Bodies’, ‘Captain America’, ‘Under World 3D’, ‘Avatar’, and the award-winning ‘Black Swan’. During this time, he was also managing well over 200 artists, balancing working out of offices in Los Angeles, New York, and Vancouver. LOOK! FX then merged with Psyops in 2013. After leaving LOOK! FX, Danny co-founded RASCA FX in Seoul, South Korea for 3 years. During that time, RASCA FX employed over 40 talented artists, and worked 15 major Korean feature films, including ‘Himalaya’, one of Korea’s biggest block-buster movies in 2015. In 2016, Danny turned freelance and now operates a Global VFX Consulting Service Company, called DKVFX Inc. With all of his experience and background, he would be a great asset hired in positions such as project based, on-set or full-time in house supervisor.