Louisa L.

VFX Producer & Operations Manager

London Area, United Kingdom

About

Valued for my integrity, spiritedness and hawk-eyed attention to detail, I'm a resourceful, versatile and ultra-organised producer with over a decade of experience in Film & TV Post who excels in delivering projects efficiently while taking great care of my crew. ๐ŸŽฌ Filmography VFX & Animation Production: โ€ข Surviving Earth (Mini Series, 2026) โ€ข Loki (Season 2, 2023) โ€ข The Wheel of Time (Season 2, 2023) โ€ข House of the Dragon (Season 1, 2022) โ€ข The Offer (Mini Series, 2022) โ€ข A Discovery of Witches (Season 3, 2022) โ€ข Blush (Short, 2021) โ€ข The One and Only Ivan (2020) โ€ข Artemis Fowl (2020) โ€ข Dolittle (2020) โ€ข His Dark Materials (Season 1, 2019) โ€ข The Lion King (2019) โ€ข Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) โ€ข Pokรฉmon Detective Pikachu (2019) โ€ข Dumbo (2019) โ€ข The Nutcracker & the Four Realms (2018) โ€ข All the Money in the World (2017) โ€ข Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) โ€ข Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) Independent Film Production: โ€ข Game On: Time to Pull the Strings (2010) โ€ข Wan Chai Baby (2010)

Experience

  • VFX Producer & Operations Manager - Milk France at Milk Visual Effects
    Jun 2023 - May 2024 ยท 1 yr

    โ€ข Invited to help set up the new Milk France studio and run its 1st show ๐‘†๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž.

  • Senior VFX Production Manager at Freelance
    Nov 2022 - Feb 2023 ยท 4 mos

    โžค ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น / ๐—ฉ๐—™๐—ซ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ - ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ซ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ยท Contract โ€ข Headhunted to explore possibilities of improving production workflow while managing ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘– (S2, 2023). โžค ๐—ฉ๐—™๐—ซ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ - ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—™๐—ซ ยท Part-time โ€ข Invited to help setting up the new studio and its 1st show ๐บ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  (Mini Series, 2023).

  • Outpost VFX ()
    • Senior VFX Production Manager & Production (ShotGrid) Stakeholder
      Nov 2021 - Nov 2022 ยท 1 yr 1 mo

      โžค ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—™๐—ซ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€ข Line-produced shows for all assets and shots through the entire VFX pipeline to final delivery. โ€ข Led Production & Creative crew of every level in all matters of the shows and client-facing affairs. โ€ข Managed every aspect of the schedule, anticipating issues and providing accurate data for reporting. โ€ข Advised and filled in for Producers. โ€ข Assisted in resources forecast. โ€ข Supervised and trained all Production staff on my shows, while working with others in cross-shows situations and also extending mentorship to all Production staff generally as needed. โ˜… Shows managed: ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‡๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ (S2, 2023), ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘› (S1, 2022), ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‚๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ (Mini Series, 2021) and ๐ด ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘  (S3, 2021) โžค ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€ข Performed as senior production member to mentor all Production staff from PAs to producers, regulating consistent practices on all shows. โ€ข Contributed as a key decision-maker to the development of Outpostโ€™s pipeline and workflow, building Shotgrid, defining protocols across all sites and ensuring smooth operation throughout the studio.

    • VFX Production Manager
      Jun 2021 - Oct 2021 ยท 5 mos

      โ€ข Line-produced shows for all assets and shots through the entire VFX pipeline to final delivery. โ€ข Led Production & Creative crew of every level in all matters of the shows and client-facing affairs. โ€ข Managed every aspect of the schedule, anticipating issues and providing accurate data for reporting. โ€ข Advised and filled in for Producers. โ€ข Assisted in resources forecast. โ€ข Supervised and trained all Production staff on my shows, while working with others in cross-shows situations and also extending mentorship to all Production staff generally as needed. โ˜… Shows managed: ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‚๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ (Mini Series, 2021) and ๐ด ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘  (S3, 2021)

  • VFX Production Consultant at Freelance
    Nov 2020 - Nov 2022 ยท 2 yrs 1 mo

    โžค ๐—ฉ๐—™๐—ซ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ - ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ยท Full-time โ€ข Invited to join at special capacity for the studioโ€™s 1st project since Illion merger - ๐ต๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ โ„Ž (Short, 2021), overseeing Assets & CFX and managing the crucial point in the pipeline bridging Assets, Anim & CFX to the final renders in LGT & Comp. โžค ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฉ๐—™๐—ซ - ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—œ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ยท Freelance โ€ข Invited to speak on the educational panel of the regular ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, helping train the next generation by providing insights of the VFX industry.

  • VFX Line Producer & VFX Coordinator at Framestore
    Apr 2019 - Nov 2019 ยท 8 mos

    โžค ๐—ฉ๐—™๐—ซ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€ข Took over Line Producer duties on ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  (Season 1, 2019), managing close to 1000 shots in CFX and ENV/DMP, with a crew of 25 under my leadership in London and remotely in India and Germany: scheduling, overseeing resources and tracking cross-dept. progresses. โžค ๐—ฉ๐—™๐—ซ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ โ€ข Took on ๐‘†๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ-๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘›: ๐น๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ (2019) as a first project while mastering Shotgun (now named Shotgrid), in charge of Assets and ENV/DMP, revamping their schedules and resetting priorities through the filmโ€™s final 5 weeks of delivery, with around 20 artists under my management. โ€ข Assisted on ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ (2020) during the film's final weeks of delivery, assisting the Producer and supporting the ENV/DMP, Lighting and Assets departments.