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When I first heard of the study programme "Visual Effects & Immersive Media" at The Netherlands Film Academy, I realised I could actually change my hobby into a profession. Being a soon-to-be-graduate now, it is safe to say I am convinced I could not have made a better choice.

When I was in primary school, I watched the Lord of the rings series of Peter Jackson, I was deeply attracted by the scenes in the movie, and went to high school, I decided to engage in the conceptual design of film and television industry, including the design of characters and scenes

From the moment I started attending middle / high school (12~ years old) I already looked forward to attending the Mediacollege in Amsterdam to study Game Art, after that I decided that really what I wanted is to make (animated) films, so I applied to the Netherlands Film Academy and luckily made the cut, I'm currently in the second half of my second year.

I think it started when i saw the work of Ryoji Ikeda at Eye Film museum in Amsterdam and the vr film Carne y Arena.

I learned to draw from an early age, and I like drawing very much. I started watching cartoons from kindergarten, the first cartoon I watched is the 2D version of the Lion King(1994), and then I watched the first 3D cartoon I watched is a Dinosaur(2002). And then I realized that when I grew up, I want to create characters with life, feelings and stories.

I've been creative since I was a child, always drawing, writing stories, roleplaying with figurines rather than playing with make-up. My interests in movies and games was enormous. While attending a training course as a graphic designer I realised my interests in creating movies was bigger than designing corporate identities. After graduating I got into the Netherlands Film Academy in Amsterdam as an Immersive Media Visual Effects student and I knew this was the right place for me.

Ever since I discovered what can be accomplished on a computer, creating things out of thin air was a very satisfying and captivating experience. I began my journey in 3D eventually transitioning into 2D. I studied Cinematography and Film Production at the Beijing Film Academy. I believe that technical skills can be learned on your own but you must seek outside aid for guidance to find and develop yourself.

When my uncle showed me his VFX workplace, I knew I wanted to do what he did.

A long time ago when I was six years old I visited the animation studio in Disneyland Paris, after which I always told everyone I wanted to be a 'filmmaker'. Many years later I've found my calling in the film industry: becoming a pipeline TD.

After my first study as a photography student. After that study I came in contact with Cinema4D and I was hooked, starting to Animate objects and characters I made my self.

I always knew I wanted to do something creative. As a child I was always drawing or making movies with my friends. After high school I started studying film and editing, here I found out that this was the direction I wanted to take. I went to an open day at the dutch FIlm academy here in Amsterdam and when I ended up on the visual effects department I immediately knew that I wanted to continue with this. Because what could be better than being able to create your own fantasy worlds!

When I graduated high school I went to university where I followed a relatively 'creative' course. However, I soon realized it was too theoretical for me and I needed more creative freedom and space to practice new skills, instead of only researching them. I then applied for the Netherlands Film Academy where I felt I could fully fulfill my needs to practice new skills and create anything I wanted.

As a kid I started making my own stop motion videos. I wanted to make these videos even more interesting, so I decided to edit them in after effects. I found myself enjoying this process a lot more than creating the stop motion itself. The idea you can create stories digitally with only your imagination drives me.

I discovered pretty late that I wanted to work in the creative media and entertainment industry. In high school I decided I wanted to do something creative or with computers, but was not exactly sure what I wanted to do. So I went to the open day at The Netherlands Film Academy, with the idea to go study sound design. But that's when I discovered visual effects, and I was blown away by the possibilities. It was creative, technical, and you get to work in teams, so that's perfect.

The first time i realized I wanna word in the creative media and entertainment industry was 5 years ago when I worked allot in 3DMax. I loved creating and having no limits to what you can create. Than i started studying at the Netherlands Film Academy where I learned everything about Immersive media and visual effects. And started working with Houdini.

In middle school. I was 14 years old.

When I went to the open day of the Filmacademy in the Netherlands.

For me, getting into the visual effects industry was almost a practical choice. Someday I realized I got too old to actually do magic battles in the backyard. I had to find a way to justify this practices and "proove" that it wasn't childish behavior. As a consequence I started learning vfx to make my imaginations come to life. Soon I realized, there was no way back and this what I wanted to do.

I first realized I wanted to work in Visual Effects when I was studying Animation and Audio-visual Design. Slowly I did a transition into 3D, compositing and did Visual Effects internships at two different companies in The Netherlands. Creating models, textures and composites for cinematic and commercial films during that period I discovered I wanted to work in the creative media and entertainment industry.

when i saw jurassic park on vhs in 1993,i was totally blown away by the creature work and immediately i wanted to know how they were made

1988

I have always wanted to become an artist, as long as I can remember. Art is my passion and I want to share it

After I edited my first video.