Escape Studios
GB
Klaudija Cermak
My career encompasses various creative roles in the creation of high end commercials, broadcast programmes and feature films. I have 40 years experience in the media industry and an in-depth knowledge of both production and post-production.
I am currently UG VFX Programme Leader and VFX Compositing Lecturer at Escape Studios London, UK.
I was a founding member of the AMV BBDO’s in-house post-production department, Digital Lab, where I was a Team Leader and Visual effects supervisor working on commercials for major brands including Walkers, Sainsbury's, Mars, Guinness and Homebase.
Prior to joining AMV BBDO I was a Senior Flame/Shake Artist at MPC, The Mill and Glassworks working on commercials, films and broadcast projects with, among others, Harald Zwart, Michael Fueter, Annand Tucker, Chris Oxley, Ridley Scott, Mark Denton, Traktor and Nick Lewin.
My film credits include ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, ‘Never Let Me Go’, 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', 'Troy' and 'Babe-Pig in the City'. I was part of the Millfilm's Visual Effects team on Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator' that won an Oscar for Visual Effects.
My broadcast credits include 'Virtual History' for the Discovery Channel, that won the VFX Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects.
I have also art directed and designed for many television promotions, title sequences, commercials, stings, idents and content graphics for the BBC, Sky, Channel4 and ITV, for which I won a number of awards, two of which were Golden Promaxes.
I have also given talks on post-production at Ravensbourne and Metropolitan universities and was a Compositing tutor at Escape Studios.
My articles on post-production have been published in the Showreel magazine.
I am the author of the book ‘How to Get Into and Survive Film, Advertising and TV Post-production – The Alternative Guide’.
Role with the VES
Board Manager London
Film Credits
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0148621/Skills & Titles
VFX Compositor/SupervisorAwards
AwardsDesign/Art Direction Awards
BTACA Finalist Visions of the Future
Screened on C5 and at Nuernberg International Human Rights Film Festival
Projected onto a building at Hamburg Rathausplatz to commemorate 60th Anniversary of Human Rights
New York Festivals Silver Award AS400 Blueprint for Change
Telecommunications and Computers
Promax UK Gold Award BBC Radio3 The Polish Season
Best TV or Cinema Advertisement
Promax USA Gold Medal BBC Radio2 National Music Day
Best TV Announcement for a Radio Station
AMI Festival Gold Award Oracle Accelerating Pace of Change
& Special Merit for Video Achievement Award
The Munich Multimedia Festival Silver Medal Oracle Accelerating Pace of Change
Images Festival Silver Medal Oracle Accelerating Pace of Change
Team Visual Effects Awards
VFX Society Outstanding VFX Virtual History
Academy Awards Oscar for VFX Gladiator
Programme Awards
Kerrang Awards Best Video Gay Bar
Q Awards Best Video Gay Bar