Our Evening Class in Producing for VFX is back, starting on 24 March 2026. Producing for VFX is an eight week evening class, taught two nights a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-10pm).
Producing for VFX is designed to give students a thorough understanding of how the VFX production pipeline works, and how to apply it in practice. VFX Producers and Line Producers remain a critical skills gap in industry.
Producing for VFX
What does a VFX Producer actually do? Students learn the full ecosystem of VFX production, taught by veteran VFX producer Martin Gabriel.
Martin Gabriel
| VFX Producer Martin Gabriel |
Martin Gabriel has worked in VFX for over twenty years, first as a VFX Coordinator and then as VFX Producer in London and Los Angeles.
Martin has experience of the process of VFX in film-making from pre-production to post, in film, television and commercials. Martin Gabriel’s film credits include X-Men, Harry Potter, King Arthur, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Underdog and Tomb Raider.
Hollywood and Indie Films
Martin has helped to create facility wide information systems to manage the flow of data. He has worked on large budget Hollywood projects as well as many smaller independent films.
Where & When
24 March 2026, evenings, 7-10pm, live online.
Producing for VFX
To find out more, visit the official site here.
Escapees in Production
Many Escapees have gone to fill animation, games & VFX production roles in the animation industry in recent years:
- Nickoel Izharuddin, Production Co-ordinator at MPC
- Lydia Layton, CG Dept manager at Cinesite
- Angie Cajigas VFX co-ordinator at Cinesite
- Maddison Gould, production assistant at Playstation
- Katerina Zacharakis, production assistant at Playstation
- Olivia Unwin, Production Assistant at Framestore
- Duncan Guymer, Producer at Sliced Bread Animation
- Callum Walters Production Supervisor at DNEG
- Sandeep Tuladhar Production Manager at Moonbug Animation
- Carine Ong Producer at Apple TV
- Manos Zervoudakis Production Assistant at Revenant
- Luis Yarroll Production Assistant at ILM
- Alisha Huxtable Line Producer at DNEG
- Barbara Robertson Producer at Blue Zoo Animation
Producing and Freelancing
To see other posts about producing and freelancing, see the links
below:
- What a VFX Producer does, exactly
- Seven Rules to Start Your Own Animation Business
- 16 Rules of Animation Freelancing
- How to Invoice a Client
- Eight Rules to Survive as a Freelance Animator
- Sole Trader -vs- Limited Company – which is best?
- Questions for your Client on Your First Freelance Job
- Producing Animation with Steve Burch
- What Does an Animation Producer Do, Exactly?
- Michael O’Sullivan Explains “The Art of The Pitch”
- Producing Animation by Zahra Dowlatabadi
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