Nick Epstein

His most recent work was as Visual Effects Supervisor on The Last of Us: Season 2 and his credits also include Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, Avatar: The Way of Water and Alita: Battle Angel. 

Prior to Wētā FX, Nick worked at Framestore on projects like Harry Potter, The Golden Compass, the Narnia films and Children of Men. He’s also spent time working at Rising Sun Pictures and Digital Domain.

Nick has a strong background in lighting, particularly creature lighting, and is very experienced in the procedural modelling, layout, and FX workflows required to create complex digital environments. 

He has been instrumental in helping to establish the lighting looks for films like The Hobbit trilogy and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets as well as the highly detailed character lighting effects for the Paul Walker face replacement in Furious 7.

Nick studied photography and has a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Digital Image Science. He has had some success as an amateur screenwriter and director, and loves to 'relax' by scrambling the mountain peaks of Vancouver in his spare time.