Rob Bredow
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Occupation | Visual effects artist |
Children | 2[2] |
Robert D. Bredow (born March 22, 1974)[1] is an American visual effects artist.[3] He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film Solo: A Star Wars Story.[4]
2025 TED Talk
[edit]In 2025, Bredow gave a TED Talk on AI's impact on the visual effects industry.[5] The talk featured a two-minute-long AI-generated film consisting of a series of aliens in an imagined undiscovered planet. The film, titled Star Wars: Field Guide, was slammed by reporters at PC Gamer and 404 Media, who criticized a lack of creativity in the design of the aliens, which mostly resembled hybrids of animals already existing on Earth.[6][7]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018; co-nominated with Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Dominic Tuohy)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Robert D Bredow, Born 03/22/1974 in California | CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ a b Giardina, Carolyn (8 May 2020). "ILM Head Talks AI, Deepfakes and 'Mandalorian' Visual Effects". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ Robertson, Barbara (12 February 2019). "Oscar-Nominated VFX Supervisor Rob Bredow on Solo: A Star Wars Story". StudioDaily. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "The 91st Academy Awards (2019) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Lucasfilm on AI: 'We need to use these tools thoughtfully and with the full permission of the talent'". Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ Carpenter, Lincoln (15 May 2025). "Lucasfilm declares creative bankruptcy with an AI-generated Star Wars film that's just 2 minutes of mostly normal animals jumbled together". PC Gamer. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ Maiberg, Emanuel (14 May 2025). "Star Wars Shows the Future of AI Special Effects and It Sucks". 404 Media. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Rob Bredow at IMDb