Bruce Branit
Bruce Branit is an American filmmaker with a strong background in Computer graphics and visual effects. He has received eight Emmy Award nominations for his work on shows such as Westworld, Breaking Bad and Star Trek: Voyager. He is the owner of Branit FX based in Kansas City which provides visual effects work for feature television, film and commercials.
Bruce Branit
- Name
- Bruce Branit
- Birthplace
- Kansas
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Born
- 1967 · Kansas.
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- University of Kansas · Shawnee Mission East High School
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Bruce Branit is an American filmmaker with a strong background in Computer graphics and visual effects. He has received eight Emmy Award nominations for his work on shows such as Westworld, Breaking Bad and Star Trek: Voyager. He is the owner of Branit FX based in Kansas City which provides visual effects work for feature television, film and commercials.
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His production company Lucamax Pictures is currently developing several long and short form entertainment projects. Branit created World Builder, an emotional short film demonstrating futuristic computer interfaces used to create a holographic world for a woman apparently in a medical coma. The movie won several short film awards such as the KC Filmmakers Jubilee, the Indianapolis International Film Festival and the Indy Shorts Fest. Branit is also known for his work on the short film "405". This 3-minute film, co-produced by Jeremy Hunt, shows a DC-10 airliner make a suspenseful emergency landing on a Los Angeles freeway.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Bruce Branit • Birthplace — Kansas • Occupation — Filmmaker • Years Active — 1989 - present • Website — http: www.branit.com/
Early life and education
Early life and education
Branit studied industrial design at the University of Kansas.
Filmography
Filmography
• 2000 – 405 • 2007 – World Builder • 2013 – State of the Union • 2014 – Gotcher • 2015 – Big Red Bow, Star Wars Spec Spot • 2017 – The Lucid Engine • 2019 – The Overlay (In production) • 2020 – The Branch Manager (In development)
Awards
2018 Shore Scripts - Feature Winner - Loop Thief (aka The Branch Manager) 2018 Visual Effects Society (VES) Nomination for Best Supporting VFX in a TV Series - Westworld 2018 Emmy Award Nomination for VFX in a TV Series - Westworld 2016 Emmy Award Nomination for VFX in a TV Series - 11–22–63 2014 Visual Effects Society (VES) Nomination for Best Supporting VFX in a TV Series- Breaking Bad 2014 Page Screenplay Quarterfinalist “Occupy Dawn (aka State of the Union)” 2013 Emmy Award Nomination for VFX in a TV Series - Breaking Bad 2009 WINNER Cineglobe (CERN) Film Festival - “World Builder” Short Film 2008 Seattle International Film Festival Finalist - “World Builder” Short Film 2001 Emmy Award Nomination for VFX in a TV Series - Enterprise 1999 Emmy Award Nomination for VFX in a TV Series - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1999 Emmy Award Nomination for VFX in a TV Series - Star Trek: Voyager 1998 Emmy Award Nomination for VFX in a TV Series - Star Trek: Voyager
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