Escapee Matt O'Reilly Joins ILM

Matt O'Reilly joins Industrial Light & Magic

Many congratulations to Escapee Matt O'Reilly who has joined Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) as a FaceSwap Artist.

Industrial Light & Magic' is arguably the world's leading VFX house, responsible for multiple hit movies and series. 

Matt O'Reilly

Sea of Madness

Matt O'Reilly studied the Art of Visual Effects at Escape Studios, specialising in 2D Compositing.  While at Escape,  Matt worked on a number of award-winning projects including Sea of Madness, which has won multiple festival awards. 

FaceSwap Artist

a FaceSwap Artist is a technical role within the VFX pipeline in which artists create photorealistic digital faces and likenesses on screen.

Escapees at ILM

Many Escapees have joined ILM after graduating from Escape Studios; you can see some of them (the full list is much longer) below:

• Emmanuel Rahman Joins Jedi Academy
• Federico Guzzardo Joins ILM
• Kiah Maano animator at ILM
• Jasmine Patel joins Jedi Academy
• Ted Walker Joins Jedi Academy
• Zoe Walker Joins ILM's Jedi Academy
• Emma Richards Joins ILM's Jedi Academy
• Bruno Urzi VFX Artist at ILM
• Simone Costa - MoCap Animator at ILM
• Konrad Peczkowicz - MoCap Animator at ILM
• Eilin Berrio Pena - MoCap Animator at ILM
• Tendai Mande MoCap Animator at ILM
• Piotr Noworyta MoCap Animator at ILM
• Shannon Martin MoCap Animator at ILM

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