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S04E05: Mike Lasker — Visualizing Imagination
Mike Lasker always knew that he wanted to make things no
one had ever seen before. Curious about early VFX and inspired
by Jurassic Park, The Abyss
and Terminator, Mike found himself at Syracuse
University, studying computer graphics. He eventually landed
in New York City, working on everything from medical animation
and architectural previsualization to commercials before
deciding that he wanted to make movies.
The need to expand his horizons eventually led him to LA
and a job at Sony Pictures Imageworks, where Mike has spent 16
years honing his skills, and doing what he always wanted to
do: make things no one has ever seen before.
We recently had the opportunity to speak with Mike about
how his early days in New York prepared him for his move to
Sony, working his way up the studio ranks, and how his passion
for wowing audiences keeps him motivated.
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Host: Marina Antunes
Produced by: Michael Edlund
©2022 Spark CG Society · All Rights Reserved.
Thank you to our sponsors!
TERABYTE: Creative BC.
MEGABYTE: AMPD Technologies · Animal Logic · Capilano
University · Netflix.
KILOBYTE: Atomic Cartoons · Bardel Entertainment Inc. ·
BRON Studios · DNEG · Mainframe Studios · Sony Pictures
Imageworks · WildBrain Studios.
BYTE: AMD · Animasia Animation · Centre for Digital Media ·
CMPA BC · DigiBC · Foundry · Ghost VFX · NGX Interactive · NOX
VFX · Scanline VFX · The Little Dev Shop · Unreal Engine ·
Versatile Media · Wacom Store Canada.
PARTNERS: ACM SIGGRAPH.
ORGANIZERS: Spark CG Society · Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH.
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By The Spark podcast is a production of the Spark Computer Graphics Society.Mike Lasker always knew that he wanted to make things no
one had ever seen before. Curious about early VFX and inspired
by Jurassic Park, The Abyss
and Terminator, Mike found himself at Syracuse
University, studying computer graphics. He eventually landed
in New York City, working on everything from medical animation
and architectural previsualization to commercials before
deciding that he wanted to make movies.
The need to expand his horizons eventually led him to LA
and a job at Sony Pictures Imageworks, where Mike has spent 16
years honing his skills, and doing what he always wanted to
do: make things no one has ever seen before.
We recently had the opportunity to speak with Mike about
how his early days in New York prepared him for his move to
Sony, working his way up the studio ranks, and how his passion
for wowing audiences keeps him motivated.
Episode Links
Host: Marina Antunes
Produced by: Michael Edlund
©2022 Spark CG Society · All Rights Reserved.
Thank you to our sponsors!
TERABYTE: Creative BC.
MEGABYTE: AMPD Technologies · Animal Logic · Capilano
University · Netflix.
KILOBYTE: Atomic Cartoons · Bardel Entertainment Inc. ·
BRON Studios · DNEG · Mainframe Studios · Sony Pictures
Imageworks · WildBrain Studios.
BYTE: AMD · Animasia Animation · Centre for Digital Media ·
CMPA BC · DigiBC · Foundry · Ghost VFX · NGX Interactive · NOX
VFX · Scanline VFX · The Little Dev Shop · Unreal Engine ·
Versatile Media · Wacom Store Canada.
PARTNERS: ACM SIGGRAPH.
ORGANIZERS: Spark CG Society · Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH.
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