Biography

Leo Vezzali came to Los Angeles in 2001 after two years as Creative Director and co-owner of San Francisco based Shockwave Pictures. From 2001 through 2002 Leo worked as Lead Compositor in the Theatrical Finishing Department at Hammer Creative Advertising, logging hundreds of hours on the Tremor System, finishing 2K Trailers for Sony, Fox, Warner Brothers, Disney, Columbia, New Line, Paramount, Lions Gate and many more. In 2002, he moved to Reality Check Studios in Hollywood where he served as a visual effects supervisor, artist and finisher. During this time, Leo expanded into stereo 3D work; just prior to founding Identity Studios, Inc., he was the Digital Intermediate Production and pipeline Manager on James Cameron's 3D IMAX film, Aliens of the Deep. He then moved on to work on the critically acclaimed native stereo rockumentary U23D and created the Stereoscopic Promotional and Sales Reels for Real D. As Stereoscopic Supervisor of Identity FX Leo has co-developed a client list that includes Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, NBC Universal, Dreamworks, Columbia Pictures, Millenium Films, The Weinstein Company, Discovery Channel, Dimension Films, Magnolia Pictures and many more. Most recently, Leo made a significant contribution to perfecting the 3D experience for The Amazing Spider-Man and Prometheus and was the in-house 3D VFX Supervisor for Green Lantern, Conan The Barbarian, and Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Leo recently served as on-set VFX Supervisor for a major Nike commercial campaign, and heads up Identity FX's Stereo Optimization and 4K Theatrical Finishing Department, featuring the Mistika system.
- IMDb mini biography by: L. Vezzali