New course at fxphd
January 2018
Eran is proud to present his latest course at fxphd: SpeedTree Techniques for Visual Effects (SPT201).
New VFX reel for The Greatest Showman
January 2018
New VFX reel for Wonder Wheel
January 2018
July 2014
The 2014 July term at fxphd features a new course taught by Eran Dinur, Advanced Nuke and Digital Environments (nuk309). This 300 level course offers students the opportunity to work through 3 challenging shots – using (in addtition to Nuke) Maya, Arnold, SpeedTree and Hiero. Eran is truly excited to teach this course, his fifth at fxphd.
Watch the fxphd July term intro video
Eran joins the SVA faculty
September 2013
Eran is excited to join the faculty at the prestigious School of Visual Arts in New York. In his production skills course for the VFX senior class, Eran will focus on compositing, matte painting, and guiding the students in their senior thesis project.
Presentations at Mundos Digitales
July 2013
This year Eran gave two presentations at Mundos Digitales, the international event for VFX, animation videogames and arch-viz in Spain. In the first presentation, he focused on creating quality VFX on low budgets by discussing Brainstorm’s work on Boardwalk Empire and The Men Who Built America. The second presentation focused on creating highly detailed 3D plants and trees using SpeedTree.
Compositing workshop in Sweden
March 2013
Stiller studios have a beautiful facility in Stockholm, Sweden, with a fantastic motion control rig and a very smart CG pipeline support. They invited Eran to give a four-day compositing workshop. It was a truly memorable visit.
Podcast interview with Eran on fxguide
January 2013
Following Brainstorm’s VES nomination, Mike Seymour of fxguide talked to Eran about visual effects for television, his work as a VFX supervisor at Brainstorm Digital, Vue and more.
Visual Effects Society Award nomination
January 2013
Glenn Allen, Eran Dinur, Matthew Conner and Dave Reynolds of Brainstorm Digital were nominated for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program for the History Channel’s The Men Who Built America.
September 2012
What an exciting evening! Boardwalk Empire won the Emmy for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role. Eran shares the award with Dave Taritero, Robert Stromberg, Richard Friedlander, David W. Reynolds, Matthew Conner, Austin Meyers, Jonathan Dorfman and Steve Kirshoff. Congratulations to all, it is truly a fantastic achievement!
Fxphd interview at NAB
May 2012
John Montgomery of fxphd met Eran at the NAB show for a short conversation about teaching, VFX, Vue and career paths.
Brief magazine interviews Richard Friedlander and Eran Dinur
May 2012
Brief, the international journal of media, marketing, promotion and design features an article on the visual effects in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.
You can read the article here
Live Nuke presentations at the Foundry's NAB booth
April 2012
Leading VFX software company, The Foundry, held a series of demonstrations at their NAB 2012 booth in Las Vegas. Eran gave several presentations, showcasing the work of Brainstorm Digital on the second season of Boardwalk Empire. In particular, Eran focused on the Harrow face sequence, demonstrating how the Brainstorm team used Nuke for compositing these tricky shots.
Eran receives Two VES Awards
February 2012
A great evening at the Visual Effects Society awards event! Two awards for Eran and his teammates: “Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program or Commercial” and “Outstanding Models in a Broadcast Program or Commercial”, both for HBO's Boardwalk Empire.
Great achievement for the entire team and congrats to fellow winners David Reynolds, Austin Meyers, Matthew Conner, Szymon Weglarski and Anton Dawson.