Volker Engel
Visual Effects
Volker has spent 25 years as an independent VFX supervisor and producer in Los Angeles and is best known for supervising the ground-breaking visual effects for the blockbuster “Independence Day”, for which he received an Oscar®.
He was co-producer and VFX supervisor for the 2016 sequel “Independence Day: Resurgence”, the disaster epic “2012” and the action thriller “White House Down”. He was also executive producer and VFX supervisor for the period drama “Anonymous”.
After founding the production/VFX company Uncharted Territory in 1999 with his long-time collaborator Marc Weigert, they co-produced the limited series “Dark Kingdom - The Dragon King” and the Sci-Fi Channel limited series “The Triangle” for which they won an Emmy Award.
After a move to Germany in late 2020, the company is currently in development of several projects, among them two feature films based on novels by bestselling author Cornelia Funke and a reboot of the German cult SF series “Raumpatrouille”.
Volker is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Producer's Guild of America and the Visual Effects Society.
COMPANY
Uncharted Territory GmbH
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CONTACT
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