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About Bryant ...

Bryant Reif is an award winning artist with over twenty five years of experience in visual effects. Bryant is proficient in all aspects of visual effects post production from bidding phase though delivery, including creative treatment, pre-production and previs, on set supervision, team building and management and 3D/2D production. An adept problem solver, he excels at finding creative and innovative solutions to challenges.

Character animation test with IK, 1995

Character animation test with IK, 1995

From an early age, Bryant blended his love for computers and art. His journey led him to study Telecommunication Media Arts at Michigan State University, pioneering 3D graphics at the university's cable channel. Graduating magna cum laude in 1995, he attacted the attention of fledgling visual effects studio Computer Cafe (CafeFX) in Santa Maria, California.  Bryant was hired to add his character animation talent to their work on the Disney film "Flubber" and other projects.  After more than a year working on feature films at Computer Cafe, Bryant moved to Los Angeles to join visual effects start-up company Station X Studios as their first artist hire.  Here Bryant was given lead, and eventually supervisor, roles in several television commercials and feature films.

"The Incredible Mr. Limpet" test for Warner Bros, 1998

"The Incredible Mr. Limpet" test for Warner Bros, 1998

He then joined notable studios like Digital Domain, Rhythm and Hues, and co-founded Barbed Wire FX. Later, he contributed to Creo Collective and worked with major clients and artists at R!OT. In 2004, Bryant rejoined CafeFX, leading on films like "Memoirs of a Geisha."

In 2010, he joined King and Country as Visual Effect Supervisor helping to add high-end VFX to their motion graphics offerings and later did the same at Brand New School. Since 2015, he's offered his expertise as a freelance commercial VFX supervisor and consultant, helping companies expand their visual effects capabilities. In 2019 Bryant was recruited to join Fuse FX where he currently works as a DFX Supervisor and pipeline tool developer.