Dale Duguid
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Dale Duguid is an Australian visual effects
supervisor and producer who is credited on multiple features and TV series. After a career spanning production design, art direction, directing & screenwriting, Dale established a viable visual effects industry for long form production within Australia through the creation of the Visual Effects design and production company Photon in 1991. Duguid was recognised with a medal from Queen Elizabeth II for having been a prime mover for the vfx industry in Australia.
Duguid’s vfx credits include “Superman Returns
,” “Australia
,” “House Of Wax
,” ”Ghost Ship,” and several others. Duguid has worked with some noted Hollywood talent, and contributed to visual effects nominated for an Oscar (on Superman Returns produced by Gil Adler), and an Emmy award (for mini-series, Moby Dick, which starred Patrick Stewart of Star Trek as Captain Ahab, and was produced by Francis Ford Coppola).
Presently Duguid is an executive producer and CEO of SMI-photon: a visual effects and animation multi-national with interests in Beijing, Hong Kong and Australia.
Visual effects
Visual effects are the various processes by which imagery is created and/or manipulated outside the context of a live action shoot. Visual effects involve the integration of live-action footage and generated imagery to create environments which look realistic, but would be dangerous, costly, or...
supervisor and producer who is credited on multiple features and TV series. After a career spanning production design, art direction, directing & screenwriting, Dale established a viable visual effects industry for long form production within Australia through the creation of the Visual Effects design and production company Photon in 1991. Duguid was recognised with a medal from Queen Elizabeth II for having been a prime mover for the vfx industry in Australia.
Duguid’s vfx credits include “Superman Returns
Superman Returns
Superman Returns is a 2006 superhero film directed by Bryan Singer. It is the fifth and final installment in the original Superman film series and serves as a alternate sequel to Superman and Superman II by ignoring the events of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace .The film stars...
,” “Australia
Australia (2008 film)
Australia is a 2008 epic historical romance film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. It is the second-highest grossing Australian film of all time, behind Crocodile Dundee. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood...
,” “House Of Wax
House of Wax (2005 film)
House of Wax is a 2005 horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. It shares the name of a 1953 horror film, which was a remake of the 1933 film Mystery of the Wax Museum. It was released in theaters on May 6, 2005 to negative reviews, but a financial success...
,” ”Ghost Ship,” and several others. Duguid has worked with some noted Hollywood talent, and contributed to visual effects nominated for an Oscar (on Superman Returns produced by Gil Adler), and an Emmy award (for mini-series, Moby Dick, which starred Patrick Stewart of Star Trek as Captain Ahab, and was produced by Francis Ford Coppola).
Presently Duguid is an executive producer and CEO of SMI-photon: a visual effects and animation multi-national with interests in Beijing, Hong Kong and Australia.