Andy da Costa

Founder & CEO at InTimid. Ex-VFX Supervisor, building AI-first matchmaking for introverts around trust, intent, and compatibility.”

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

About

I’m building InTimid because I got tired of how shallow and frustrating online dating feels, especially for Introverts. I wanted to provide a better way to meet people that are currently not seen or heard, one that starts with real conversation, not photos and swipe theater. The product uses AI to interview people more deeply, so we can focus on compatibility, intent, and safety from the start, irregardless of gender and orientation. Right now we’re pre-launch, with a 100+ person waitlist and a beta rollout starting in Los Angeles. Previously: Visual Effects Supervisor & Producer with 20 years of experience. Features, Music Videos, Commercials and Mono, Stereo and VR. Unreal Fellowship participant. Reliable and self motivated, team-oriented, used to tight deadlines and wowing the client. Budget conscious. Experience in bidding, scheduling and execution of vfx projects: Script Breakdown, Preproduction, onSet Shoot, Post Production to final DCP delivery. I led teams up to 45 Artists in feature film environments and fast paced commercial environments as well as TV episodic. Mentored junior artists and taught compositing classes. Proven technical problem solver and established template and pipeline builder at various Studios based on shotgun and sgTK 49+ features including academy award (Oscar) winners and nominees such as the Golden Compass, Pirates of the Carribean 2&3, Alice in Wonderland, The Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and x-men:First Class"​. Forum Admin of VFXTALK.com

Experience

  • cohort member - Ignite Program at 1752vc (Formerly Pegasus)
    May 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    InTimid got accepted into the prestigious 1752.vc (formely Pegasus) Ignite Program.

  • FOUNDER & CEO at InTimid
    Jun 2023 - May 2026 · 3 yrs

    InTimid- AI MATCHMAKING PLATFORM for introverts https://www.intimid.net

  • Visual Effects Supervisor (client side) at Trioscope
    Jan 2023 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Visual Effects Supervisor for feature Film "Takeover" (client side) over 1700 shots of Greenscreen inFull CG Enviroments + Trioscope Platform Graphic Enhancements

  • Principal Visual Effects Designer / Visual Effects Supervisor at Walt Disney Imagineering
    Jul 2022 - Nov 2022 · 5 mos

  • Visual Effects Supervisor at Chicken Bone FX Studios
    Apr 2022 - Jun 2022 · 3 mos

    Vfx supervisor for Apple’s “For all Mankind “