Video Slot: Sophie Cherry

Posted Tuesday 21 May 2024

Video Slot: Sophie Cherry

Here is a video from Wētā FX featuring Sophie Cherry, a WIFT NZ member for approximately 17 years, and nowadays, serving as on our board of directors! Shewon the Robin Lang WIFT Women in Film and TV Award nearly 17 years ago, and now she’s a VFX producer at Wētā FX. Growing up in New Zealand, Sophie lived down the road from the film sets of Rivendell and Helms Deep and began her career in on-set production before joining Wētā as the Textures Department Coordinator on The Hobbit. Fast forward 11 years and her credits include VFX Producer on The Batman, We Can Be Heroes, Oscar award winning ‘Best Animated Short’ for WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko, and most recently The Mountain a New Zealand feature film directed by Rachel House.

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