Born on March 14, 1964, Native Montrealer Frank D'Iorio
graduated from the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) with
a Bachelor's Degree in Graphic design. Within the program were Audio
Visual Classes that helped Frank realise that Moving images instead
of Print were his true passion.
Upon graduation, Frank worked at PMT Video (an affiliation of TVA,
one of Montreal's major television stations) from 1993 to 1998 creating
Award Winning Television Opens and Corporate Videos. Working as
both a 2-D animator and Artistic Director, this is where Frank got
his first taste of Digital Compositing doing Beta Testing for Discreet
Logic's Flint software.
In 1998 Frank took the opportunity to join Buzz Image Group, a Montreal
leader in Hi-End commercial and Film Visual Effects. Frank's very
first film composites at Buzz included François Girard's
highly acclaimed Red Violin, as well as national spots for Ford,
Blue Zone and L'oreal Paris. After 5 years with Buzz Image group
and completion on Confessions of a dangerous Mind and Extreme Ops,
Frank decided to take a new direction in his career... Starting
in 2003, Frank became a Freelance Digital Compositor.
With more then 13 years under his belt, he has Digitaly composited
in such motion pictures as Scooby Doo 2, Exorcist The begining,
Cursed, Fantastic Four and Final Destination.
As with most film proffesionals, Frank is also a huge Star Wars
collector. In 2000, he Frank created his personal website... NiubNiubsUniverse.Com.
Celebrating his love for Diorama building with a passion. Recreating
exact movie set duplicates in scale for the action figures, Frank
gives step by step instructions to his fans on how to re-create
his work at home. Including Free blueprints and Decal Downloads.
His passion and generosity led Lucasfilm to ask Frank to organise
the Diorama Builders sections at both Star Wars Celebration II and
Celebration III conventions in Indianapolis. There fans gathered
to recreate some of the largest Star Wars dioramas in the world.
Frank is currently working as Digital Compositor on Frank Miller's
300 at Meteor Studios Montreal until August 31, 2006.
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