Episode 314 - Christian Debney - CEO at Stage 23

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christian Debney’s incredible career began awesomely and has only become more awesome: his first job was building lightsaber props for</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Star Wars: Episodes I</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">II</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. After learning 3D for his own short films, he created VFX for</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Farscape</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, directed music videos, made animations for the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, set up a VFX firm and second-unit-directed little-known but much-loved Australian comedy</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Swinging Safari</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Phew!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, Christian is putting his 20-plus years of experience in the movie industry to good use as VFX supervisor on sci-fi thriller</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ascendant</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and as director of three films (one in VR) and a documentary. In this podcast, Christian talks about his career so far and shares tips and anecdotes about how he’s learned to create great work within budgetary and time constraints.</span></p>