About this episode

David Prescott discusses the VFX industry, imposter syndrome, and the importance of showers.

David Prescott, the VFX ninja grandmaster behind milestone box office hits like Titanic, Avatar, X-Men and Transformers, talks to Julia Smuts Louw about imposter syndrome, the importance of showers, and why there is nothing left for the VFX industry to do. Fighting talk...

People in this episode

Host: Julia Smuts Louw

Guest: David Prescott

Topics covered

• VFX industry
• imposter syndrome
• animation
• film
• showers

Keywords

• VFX
• David Prescott
• animation
• imposter syndrome
• film industry
• showers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Titanic, Avatar, X-Men, Transformers

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