DIRECTOR INTERVIEW: Interview with Tosin Akinwoye
Tell us a bit about yourself, education interests and future plans
My name is Tosin Akinwoye and I am a Digital Effects Technical Director, assisting in the creation of visual effects for various feature films for the US and UK markets. A few of my most recent film projects being Thor: The Dark World, Transcendence, Godzilla and Interstellar. I have a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and a Masters Degree in Digital Effects from Bournemouth University UK, one of the world’s leading animation institutions. I intend to continue creating beautiful images for Film.
Is this what you have always wanted to do
Growing up, I wanted to become some sort of computer guru. I had dabbled into some computer programming and later motion graphic design. During the days I worked in TV and Broadcast, I knew I had the interest for both the production and post-production side of film. Studying the digital effects course kind of pulled everything together and set me on purpose.
Give us an idea of a regular day at work
Most days usually start with going to dailies. This is where I present the progress and milestones on my work to leads and CG supervisors and also receive some form of feedback. From there, I return to my desk to set daily milestones for upcoming tasks as well as address the notes given to me by the supervisors. Because I always work with a team, this usually involves a lot of interaction with several other intelligent and talented artists and TDs either downstream or upstream the visual effects pipeline.
I just uploaded “Graduate Showreel 2011” to Vimeo: http://t.co/KfJmyITlp0
— Akinwoye Tosin (@TosinOris) July 8, 2014
What does a TD do
A Technical Director (TD) is a problem solver. More importantly, TDs apply their skills and experience in precisely interpreting a client’s brief according to the vision and direction of the CG or visual effects supervisor.
What part of Interstellar did you work on
In Interstellar, I was responsible for generating the CG thrusters that flamed from some of the space ships in the movie.
What is next for you, ILM?
For now, I think it’s the Moving Picture Company (MPC)
