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Manolo Mantero

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Manolo Mantero
Manolo Mantero is a VFX Supervisor and Executive Producer with over three decades of experience in feature films, television, and large-scale advertising. He has supervised visual effects on major studio productions and high-end episodic content, bringing a strong production-first approach to visually complex storytelling.

In parallel with his narrative work, Manolo has overseen visual effects for more than 500 commercials, collaborating with leading global brands and agencies. This background has shaped a precise, design-driven methodology focused on efficiency, clarity, and creative problem-solving.

Having lived and worked across four continents, he brings a genuinely international perspective to filmmaking, with extensive experience collaborating with global crews, directors, and production teams. He is known for integrating visual effects seamlessly from pre-production through final delivery, aligning creative ambition with technical and budgetary realities.

Manolo continues to develop and package original feature projects while supervising large-scale productions worldwide.
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Oscar Isaac, Timothée Chalamet, and Zendaya in Dune: Part One (2021)
    Dune: Part One
    8.0
    • Visual Effects
    • 2021
    Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Visual Effects
    Alien: Covenant (2017)
    Alien: Covenant
    6.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 2017
    Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Eddie Redmayne, and Katherine Waterston in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
    7.2
    • Visual Effects
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Visual Effects



    • Ramayana
      • visual effects supervisor
      • Post-production
      • 2026



    • Agastya Nanda in Ikkis (2026)
      Ikkis
      6.1
      • production visual effects supervisor
      • 2026
    • Bureau 749 (2024)
      Bureau 749
      3.8
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2024
    • Jamie Lee Curtis, Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt, and Florian Munteanu in Borderlands (2024)
      Borderlands
      4.7
      • visual effects supervisor: DNEG / ReDefine
      • 2024
    • Dakota Johnson, Tahar Rahim, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, and Celeste O'Connor in Madame Web (2024)
      Madame Web
      4.1
      • Digital Domain (uncredited)
      • 2024
    • Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
      Stranger Things
      8.6
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain 3.0
      • 2022
    • Kenneth Branagh, Annette Bening, Dawn French, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Brand, Armie Hammer, Gal Gadot, Ali Fazal, Rose Leslie, Letitia Wright, Tom Bateman, and Emma Mackey in Death on the Nile (2022)
      Death on the Nile
      6.3
      • digital visual effects supervisor: DNEG
      • 2022
    • Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Oscar Isaac, Timothée Chalamet, and Zendaya in Dune: Part One (2021)
      Dune: Part One
      8.0
      • digital effects supervisor: DNEG
      • 2021
    • Kristen Stewart in Underwater (2020)
      Underwater
      5.9
      • cg supervisor: MPC
      • 2020
    • Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Tim Blaney, Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, and Kumail Nanjiani in Men in Black: International (2019)
      Men in Black: International
      5.6
      • digital effects supervisor: DNEG
      • 2019
    • Benjamin Flores Jr., Jack Gore, Miyako, and Alessio Scalzotto in Rim of the World (2019)
      Rim of the World
      5.3
      • vfx supervisor: DNEG
      • 2019
    • The Predator (2018)
      The Predator
      5.3
      • cg supervisor: MPC
      • 2018
    • Alien: Covenant (2017)
      Alien: Covenant
      6.4
      • cg supervisor: MPC
      • 2017
    • Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Eddie Redmayne, and Katherine Waterston in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
      Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
      7.2
      • lighting lead: MPC
      • 2016
    • Lewis MacDougall in A Monster Calls (2016)
      A Monster Calls
      7.4
      • digital artist: MPC (as Manuel Mantero)
      • 2016
    • Alexander Skarsgård and Margot Robbie in The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
      The Legend of Tarzan
      6.2
      • visual effects lead lighting and lookdev artist: MPC
      • 2016

    Animation Department



    • Return to Nim's Island (2013)
      Return to Nim's Island
      5.0
      • lead animator
      • 2013

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      • Manuel Mantero

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