A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Brendan Seals is a visual effects supervisor at Luma Pictures, originally from Australia, currently based in Melbourne. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Curtin University (graduated in 2007), where his fascination with visual storytelling began with classic films such as E.T. and Jaws. His early experiments with filmmaking included staging lightsaber battles with friends, long before he entered the professional VFX arena. Seals's career path took shape when he joined the industry via Perth post-production house Boogie Monster, under the mentorship of Steve Vojkovic. There, he gained foundational experience in animation, lighting, and compositing. His trajectory soon led him to Luma Pictures in Melbourne, where he became a key creative force in their visual effects work. Over the years, Seals has contributed to an impressive list of high-profile feature films. He began as a lighter and compositor on projects such as Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), progressed to lighting supervisor on Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), and then to sequence supervisor on Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Captain America: Civil War (2016). His credits later include serving as visual effects supervisor on Doctor Strange (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Black Panther (2018), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Captain Marvel (2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). At the Visual Effects Society Awards, Seals was nominated for Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature for Doctor Strange (2016). The same film also brought him a nomination at the AACTA Awards for Best Visual Effects or Animation. He followed this with another AACTA nomination for Black Panther (2018). That year, his work on Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) earned him both a Saturn Award nomination for Best Special Effects from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films and an AACTA nomination—and indeed a win—for Best Visual Effects or Animation. He continued this streak with an AACTA nomination for Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Additionally, his role in the Coca‑Cola commercial A Mini Marvel (2016) secured a nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial at the VES Awards. Beyond film, Brendan Seals has led the Melbourne VFX team at Luma Pictures on projects like Amazon's The Tomorrow War (2021), tackling intricate creature design, extensive environment creation, and time-travel sequences with creativity and technical finesse. His background in design, FX, lighting, and compositing has also made him a featured guest at industry forums discussing the evolving landscape of VFX, including the rise of real-time effects and LED StageCraft technologies.
Sequence Supervisor:
2015 Ant-Man
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
2016 Allegiant
Visual Effects Supervisor:
2015 Ant-Man
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
2016 Allegiant
2016 Doctor Strange
2016 Underworld: Blood Wars
2017 Alien: Covenant
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017 Thor: Ragnarok
2018 A Wrinkle in Time
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018 Black Panther
2018 Mary Poppins Returns
2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2019 Captain Marvel
2019 Jojo Rabbit
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home
2020 Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2021 Chaos Walking
2021 Godzilla vs. Kong
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 The Tomorrow War
2021 Those Who Wish Me Dead
2022 Elvis
2023 The Equalizer 3
2024 Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
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