Jake Morrison (Visual Effects)

Jake Morrison is a British visual effects supervisor. He started his career working at a 35 mm slide bureau by day while experimenting at night with custom video mixers. He modified Atari computers to perform visual projections alongside live music. As the bureau transitioned to digital tools such as Quantel Paintboxes, 3D Studio and Alias PowerAnimator, he moved into freelance commercial work in Soho and steadily progressed into feature film compositing and CG supervision. He moved into high-profile film work as lead compositor on Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and as digital effects supervisor on Zack Snyder’s 300 (2006), followed by roles on Speed Racer (2008), The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003), Spider-Man (2002), Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Other Guys (2010), and Tooth Fairy (2010). His long collaboration with Marvel Studios began with second-unit visual effects supervision on Joss Whedon’s The Avengers (2012), after which he served as additional VFX supervisor on Thor (2011) and as...Read More