Anthony Shafer

Creative Director in San Rafael, California

Anthony Shafer

Creative Director in San Rafael, California

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I grew up on a farm without electricity in Northern California where the Sierras meet the Cascades. These modest roots fed an unsatiated hunger to hack, the need to reconfigure, and the passion for making.

As a young pup at Lucasfilm, I created imagery all three Star Wars films, Transformers I, Jurassic Park 3 and Pirates 2.

As one of the three Disney "Stereographers", I became an expert in the field of 3D filmmaking with two useless patents.

As an Art Director, Creative Technologist and Visual Adventurer, I've built holograms of Michael Jackson, games in Unity, gizmos in Nuke, space ship control systems in Maya, xOPs in Houdini, contributing author in VFX, VES Award Nominee, evil geocaches that blend in with the real world seamlessly, awesome Halloween costumes on Instructables, stop-motion shorts, 3d-printed toys, three screenplays and try my best to never stop dreaming and inventing.

Holographic Michael Jackson @ CREATURE ART & MECHANICS
Stereographer @ DISNEY / IMAGEMOVERS DITIGAL
Visual Magician @ INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC
Creative Technologist @ SQOR.COM
Mastermind @ ABUNAI.CO
CoFounder @ STEREOBOX
Geovirus @ GEOCACHING.COM
Creator & Designer @ FETCHADOG DOG TOY
Engineering @ UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC
Contributing Author @ VES HANDBOOK OF VFX

  • Education
    • University of the Pacific