New York-based editorial and VFX/motion design company Version2 welcomed the addition of Art Director/VFX Designer Niklaus Schlumpf.
Schlumpf is a visual artist and designer with many skills and an eclectic background in film production and drawing that has allowed him to produce a vast variety of inspiring and original work. H is a savvy Visual FX designer and flame artist and his acute sense of design and animation has benefited countless artistic and experimental endeavors.
He has lent his talents to such projects as HBO's The Sopranos for the episode "Resurrection," where he visually recreate the performance of actress Nancy Marshall after she passed away.
Show titles for DREAMS (Y&R and Sony) were displayed respectively at the MoMA and the Ziegfeld Theatre. In addition to directing many numerous short films, his Art Direction, VFX, and editing can be seen on such notable spots as Cadillac SUMMER EVENT, the Garnier campaign with Sarah Jessica Parker, and the Lil. Mama music video LIP GLOSS.
Schlumpf has worked with top-tiered post production and VFX companies including Spontaneous Combustion, rhinofx, Creative Bubble, PURE, and Brand New School. He double majored in Film and TV and Cinema Studies at NYU (Tisch School of the Arts).
Coming from a film background, he is constantly thinking about how to impact the viewer through a visual narrative. Schlumpf takes a hands-on approach to the production process by integrating himself in the different stages of pre-conceptualization, writing treatments, storyboarding, production, directing, and finally, overseeing post-production.
