Rocco Passionino

Digital Effects Supervisor

As Digital Effects Supervisor for VisionArt Design & Animation, Rocco Passionino recently oversaw the visual effects work created by VisionArt's team of 35 artists for the Sweetpea Entertainment/New Line Cinema feature film Dungeons and Dragons. Of the shots created for the film by VisionArt , as well as three other visual effects companies, 95 percent were entirely CG. Scheduled for release December 2000, VisionArt created all of the red and gold dragons for the film based on the popular role-playing game.

While at VisionArt, Passionino has also served as CG and Digital Effects Supervisor on such films as New Line Cinema's Adam Sandler starrer Little Nicky, House on Haunted Hill for Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox's Anna and the King. Prior to joining VisionArt, Passionino played a vital role in the creation of award winning visual effects on such films as Luc Besson's The Fifth Element, where he worked on the Corbin Dallas Cab chase through the futuristic digital rendition of New York City. He has also worked on such films as James Cameron's Academy Award winning Titanic for which he was part of the groundbreaking team that won Digital Domain it's Oscar for visual effects. He also worked on Sony's blockbuster giant monster movie Godzilla under the Centropolis Effects banner. Passionino began his career in visual effects eight years ago on Ron Howard's feature film Apollo 13.