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Award-Winning Vancouver VFX and Animation Studio DNEG Appoints Adriano Rinaldi as its New General Manager to Bolster Growth
Friday, January 20, 2023
New General Manager Bolsters Continued Growth of Award-Winning Vancouver Studio
Vancouver, BC, January 20, 2023--(T-Net)--DNEG, a leading technology-enabled visual effects (VFX) and animation company for the creation of feature film, television, and multiplatform content, announced today that Adriano Rinaldi has joined DNEG Vancouver as their new General Manager.
In his new role, Adriano will assume responsibility for the day-to-day operations of their Vancouver studio, which led their global teams on DNEG's recent Oscar and BAFTA award-winning work on Denis Villeneuve's Dune.
Adriano Rinaldi, General Manager, DNEG Vancouver
Leveraging his sixteen years of international industry experience, Adriano will oversee DNEG Vancouver's team of more than 600 employees and will collaborate closely with their global senior management team on wider initiatives.
Throughout his career, Adriano has worked both as a senior manager and as a creative supervisor, most recently serving as VFX Supervisor for Scanline on Marvel's Eternals.
Prior to this, he worked closely with noted director Dante Lam as On-Set VFX Supervisor on The Rescue.
Before working with Scanline, Adriano was Head of Creative Operations for MPC Vancouver, where he helped build the company's Vancouver presence and contributed to the design and development of workflow improvements, company processes and procedures, and raising standards for creative excellence.
On joining DNEG, Adriano said "To have the opportunity to join DNEG's Vancouver studio and to contribute to the company's success in creating world-class visual effects and animation is thrilling. I look forward to working with the talented teams at DNEG and to the continued delivery of innovative and outstanding work to our clients."
Jeannette Manifold, EVP - VFX Operations, DNEG
Jeannette Manifold, DNEG's EVP - VFX Operations said "I am delighted to welcome Adriano to DNEG, to lead our Vancouver studio. Adriano's combination of senior creative leadership experience and hands-on operational knowledge and know-how will be a great asset to our Vancouver team as we continue to scale and invest in our crew and infrastructure to take advantage of the opportunities before us. I look forward to working closely with Adriano to further expand Vancouver's role as a vital part of our global network of studios."
About DNEG
We are DNEG, one of the world's leading visual effects, animation and stereo conversion companies for feature film and television, with studios in London, Vancouver, Mumbai, Los Angeles, Chennai, Montréal, Chandigarh, Bangalore, Toronto and Sydney.
Since the opening of our first studio in London in 1998, we've always focused on building close working relationships with filmmakers. We thrive on collaboration and the creative energy this provides, and we are dedicated to delivering excellence on every project we are involved with.
We've brought home the Oscar for 'Best VFX' for six out of the last eight years. In total, we've been honoured with 7 Academy Award wins, 7 BAFTA Awards and 18 Visual Effects Society Awards for our visual effects work on shows like 'Dune', 'Foundation', 'Last Night in Soho', 'TENET', 'First Man', 'Altered Carbon', 'Blade Runner 2049', 'Dunkirk', 'Ex Machina', 'Interstellar', 'Inception' and 'Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2'.
Recent movie projects include: 'Dune', 'The Matrix Resurrections', 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage', 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife', 'No Time To Die', 'Jungle Cruise', 'F9: The Fast Saga', 'Zack Snyder's Justice League' and 'TENET'. DNEG Episodic recent projects include: 'Foundation', 'Doctor Who Season 13', 'The Wheel of Time', 'Shadow and Bone, 'The Irregulars', and 'Cursed'.
DNEG Animation has recently delivered DNEG's very first major animated feature - 'Ron's Gone Wrong' - for Twentieth Century Fox and Locksmith Animation, along with animated short 'Mr. Spam Gets a New Hat'.
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