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Roy Sato

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  • Visual Effects
  • Director
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Roy Sato is known for Pixels (2015), Free Guy (2021) and Morbius (2022).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win total

    Known for

    Adam Sandler, Peter Dinklage, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, and Josh Gad in Pixels (2015)
    Pixels
    5.6
    • Animation Department
    • 2015
    Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi, Dwayne Johnson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, Jodie Comer, Owen Burke, and Joe Keery in Free Guy (2021)
    Free Guy
    7.1
    • Animation Department
    • 2021
    Jared Leto in Morbius (2022)
    Morbius
    5.1
    • Animation Department
    • 2022
    Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)
    Black Panther
    7.3
    • Animation Department
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Animation Department

    • Martin Klebba, Chris Pratt, Alan Tudyk, Anthony Mackie, Devyn Dalton, and Millie Bobby Brown in The Electric State (2025)
      The Electric State
      5.9
      • animator
      • 2025
    • Harrison Ford, Giancarlo Esposito, Anthony Mackie, Shira Haas, and Danny Ramirez in Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
      Captain America: Brave New World
      5.6
      • animator
      • 2025
    • Morena Baccarin and Anthony Mackie in Elevation (2024)
      Elevation
      5.7
      • animator
      • 2024
    • Jared Leto in Morbius (2022)
      Morbius
      5.1
      • previsualization artist: Digtal Domain
      • 2022
    • Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi, Dwayne Johnson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, Jodie Comer, Owen Burke, and Joe Keery in Free Guy (2021)
      Free Guy
      7.1
      • previs & postvis: Digital Domain
      • 2021
    • Daisuke Tsuji in Ghost of Tsushima (2020)
      Ghost of Tsushima
      9.2
      Video Game
      • animator
      • 2020
    • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
      Shadow
      7.0
      • animator
      • 2018
    • Steven Spielberg, Ben Mendelsohn, George Michael, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Perdita Weeks, Kamara Benjamin Barnett, Mandy June Turpin, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Stephen Mitchell, Neet Mohan, Win Morisaki, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Kae Alexander, Sarah Sharman, Robert Gilbert, Raed Abbas, Letitia Wright, Tye Sheridan, Asan N'Jie, Hannah John-Kamen, Cara Theobold, Olivia Cooke, Alphonso Austin, Amy Clare Beales, Jane Leaney, Kathryn Wilder, and Philip Zhao in Ready Player One (2018)
      Ready Player One
      7.4
      • lead previsualization artist: Digital Domain
      • 2018
    • Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)
      Black Panther
      7.3
      • previz artist
      • 2018
    • Elizabeth Banks, Becky G, Ludi Lin, Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, and RJ Cyler in Power Rangers (2017)
      Power Rangers
      5.9
      • previz artist
      • 2017
    • Kevin Kline, Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen, Audra McDonald, Emma Watson, Josh Gad, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beauty and the Beast (2017)
      Beauty and the Beast
      7.1
      • previz artist
      • 2017
    • Blake Lively in All I See Is You (2016)
      All I See Is You
      5.4
      • previz artist
      • 2016
    • Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
      Independence Day: Resurgence
      5.2
      • previz artist
      • 2016
    • Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong'o, and Neel Sethi in The Jungle Book (2016)
      The Jungle Book
      7.3
      • previz artist
      • 2016
    • Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool (2016)
      Deadpool
      8.0
      • animator
      • 2016

    Visual Effects

    • Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
      • previs artist
      • Post-production
      • 2027
    • Zendaya and Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
      Spider-Man: Brand New Day
      8.0
      • previs artist
      • 2026
    • Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)
      Final Destination: Bloodlines
      6.7
      • previz artist
      • 2025
    • Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Olga Kurylenko, Sebastian Stan, Hannah John-Kamen, and Florence Pugh in Thunderbolts* (2025)
      Thunderbolts*
      7.1
      • lead previz artist
      • 2025
    • Martin Klebba, Chris Pratt, Alan Tudyk, Anthony Mackie, Devyn Dalton, and Millie Bobby Brown in The Electric State (2025)
      The Electric State
      5.9
      • lead artist: Digital Domain
      • lead previsualization artist: Digital Domain
      • 2025
    • Harrison Ford, Giancarlo Esposito, Anthony Mackie, Shira Haas, and Danny Ramirez in Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
      Captain America: Brave New World
      5.6
      • previz artist
      • 2025
    • Morena Baccarin and Anthony Mackie in Elevation (2024)
      Elevation
      5.7
      • postvis: Digital Domain
      • 2024
    • Patti LuPone, Debra Jo Rupp, Kathryn Hahn, Joe Locke, Aubrey Plaza, Ali Ahn, and Sasheer Zamata in Agatha All Along (2024)
      Agatha All Along
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • animation: Digital Domain
      • lead previz artist
      • 2024
    • Angela Bassett, Florence Kasumba, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Dev Patel, Alex Livinalli, Michaela Coel, Letitia Wright, Mabel Cadena, and Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
      Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
      6.6
      • visualization lead: Digital Domain
      • 2022
    • Tatiana Maslany in She Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
      She Hulk: Attorney at Law
      5.2
      TV Mini Series
      • pre-viz lead
      • 2022
    • Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Xochitl Gomez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
      Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
      6.8
      • previs artist
      • 2022
    • Willem Dafoe, Jamie Foxx, Rhys Ifans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zendaya, and Tom Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
      Spider-Man: No Way Home
      8.1
      • visualization artist: Digital Domain 3.0
      • 2021
    • Jim Carrey and Ben Schwartz in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
      Sonic the Hedgehog
      6.5
      • previs artist
      • 2020
    • Jason Momoa and Amber Heard in Aquaman (2018)
      Aquaman
      6.8
      • postviz artist
      • 2018
    • Chris Hemsworth in Blackhat (2015)
      Blackhat
      5.5
      • previsualization artist
      • 2015
    • Tom Cruise in Oblivion (2013)
      Oblivion
      7.0
      • animator: Digital Domain
      • 2013

    Director

    • Lost Odyssey (2007)
      Lost Odyssey
      8.4
      Video Game
      • visual director
      • 2007

    Personal details

    • Other works
      Zen Hexagram (2003) Senior Animator on in game movie visuals. This Japan-only Final Fantasy type video game was canceled prior to release. Work was done at Sprite Animation Studios.

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