Meet the 2D VFX Team at Escape Studios. 2D VFX is all about compositing, and is primarily taught in Nuke, by The Foundry.
Our graduates in 2D Compositing have enjoyed considerable success in recent years, with a very high proportion of our students finding work in their chosen field. Compositing continues to be a vital part of the VFX Pipeline.
| Klaudija Cermak |
Klaudija Cermak teaches the Art of Compositing for VFX at Escape Studios; Klaudija teaches the short course and MA in VFX Compositing.
Klaudija Cermak has over 20 years experience on commercials, broadcast TV and feature films. She has worked at most of the major post-production houses in London including MPC, Mill, Millfilm, Framestore, Double Negative and Glassworks.
Klaudija‘s feature film credits include hits such as Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’. You can listen to Klaudija’s VFX Podcast here.
| Sokratis Synitos |
Sokratis Synitos has many years of experience in compositing for both film and TV, and teaches the Art of Compositing to our 3rd Year Undergraduate VFX Students.
Sokratis Synitos has worked on projects at studios such as DNEG, Cinesite and Warner Bros. Sokratis has degrees in computer engineering and also in film studies. He is also a graduate of the Compositing for VFX program at Escape Studios.
Sokratis Synitos has worked on many major films including: Spectre, Avengers: Endgame as well as episodes of Black Mirror, Altered Carbon and Dr. Who. You can find Sokratis here at the IMDB.
Clement Gharini teaches Cinematography and Compositing on our Visual Effects courses, especially our first and also third year undergraduate students.
| Lorenzo Maniccia |
Lorenzo Maniccia is an experienced 2D VFX artist with skills in compositing and also matte painting.
We have many online resources to support our students’ learning. You can see many tutorials in compositing in Nuke here at the Vimeo Tutorial Channel. To find them, scroll down to the bottom of the page.

