Encore Hollywood has expanded its visual effects division and announced the appointment of three men to new roles.
“We now offer on-set visual effects supervision, complete plate production and an extensive library of models and effects,” says Bill Romeo, senior VP of Ascent Media’s Entertainment Television division. “Combined with key personnel additions, these moves represent our development as a business and an expansion of the VFX services we can provide.”
The company has named Stephan Fleet as creative director, Mitch Gates as CG supervisor and Tom Kendall as executive producer.
Fleet is a veteran of visual effects creation, including on-set supervision, previz and 2D artistry. Prior to joining Encore in his current capacity, Fleet freelanced for the company, overseeing work for shows such as HBO’s Big Love and ABC’s Castle.
Gates returns to Encore after several years working at other companies. Most recently, Gates supervised CG work and helped to develop new 3-D post pipelines for Prime Focus on such major releases as Avatar and Clash of the Titans.
Kendall is being promoted to the new role of executive producer, from which he will oversee Encore’s entire VFX operation. Kendall interfaces between clients and the company’s artists, producers and technicians to deliver visual effects shots for shows such as Fox’s House and ABC’s Castle.
