Francesco Panzieri (born April 27, 1985) is an Italian-American visual effects compositing artist and supervisor. He has worked on the films of J. J. Abrams, James Mangold, Denis Villeneuve and Anthony & Joe Russo, among others.
Education
Panzieri was born in Pescara, Italy. He developed an interest in film-making and special effects from an early age. In 2008, Panzieri earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Film Science from the International Academy of Image Arts () in L'Aquila, Italy. He then enrolled in a one-year 3D-animation & visual effects conservatory program at the New York Film Academy in New York City, NY.
Career
In 2009, Panzieri was hired to work at the visual effects boutique Flash Film Works in Hollywood, California; under the guidance of the studio's owner, William Mesa, Panzieri started his career as Rotoscope / Paint artist on the live-action web series The Blood Factory, a gory episodic created by screenwriter John Albo and actor/director Danny DeVito. His second assignment was on the 2010 feature film Clash of the Titans, a remake of the original 1981 version.
Since then, Panzieri has worked on films such as Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
In October 2019, Panzieri joined the Netflix production Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey as in-house compositing supervisor. He also worked for Netflix on Red Notice.
From September to November 2021, Panzieri was hired by the visual effects company Wylie Co. to work on the Warner Bros. production Dune.
Industry roles
Since 2019, Panzieri has been serving as a member of the North American advisory board of the Abruzzo Film Commission. He is a member of the Visual Effects Society, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Italian Visual Effects Association (Associazione Effetti Visivi).