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Hilton Treves

Been working in the Animation and VFX business since 1988, where I started the very first 3D animation company in South Africa called DreamWave. We were using version 0.9 of Alias on the SGI 4D/20. Then went on to form The Refinery, BlackGinger and Cinegestix.

Designed to take advantage of the talent pool across the world. With partners in South Africa, USA, Canada, India and New Zealand. No project is too small or too big. From TV commercials to Feature films. Specialised projects including AI. Consulting on Film related projects, overseeing teams from Onset to final post production. Including designing Hybrid workflows with Ai and traditional pipelines. AI, Lidar, Photogrammetry, Concept art, storyboarding, editing, VFX, animation, grading and compositing.. On set Supervision. 2nd Unit Directing on features. Director (commercials, Amazon, Telkom, Ceres). On set VFX supervisor for Scott Stewart : Dominion, Adam Sandler's Blended, Free Willy, Strange New Things, Samson, The Avenger (Sam Elliot). Racheltjie DeBeer, Pulse (TV series-Showmax), Settlers The Lidar and Cyber Scanning Supervisor for The Giver (Meryll Streep/Jeff Bridges). Lidar/Cyberscanning/Modelling for BAFTA Awarded Troy-fall of a city (NetFlix - tv series). Origin - YouTube Red. Scorpion King (feature) VFX Supervisor ABC/DISNEY's Of Kings and Prophets (Ray Winstone), The Avenger (Sam Elliot), Samson the Movie. Pulse (TV Series - Showmax) 2nd Unit Director - Samson the movie, Pulse (Showmax)

Position: Independent VFX Supervisor
Schedule
2026-10-31 Panel Discussion
From Service Work to Original IP:
New Pivots in VFX & Animation Industry
Time: 11:15 a.m