Entity FX has named Tricia Pifer to the newly formed position of head of production. Pifer's industry experience spans more than a decade working with entertainment companies such as Jim Henson Prods. and ABC. She joined Entity FX in 2004.
"Tricia plays an important role day to day at Entity FX," stated Kymber Lim, exec producer, Entity FX. "Her detailed knowledge of scheduling, staffing and coordination ensures that our projects deliver smoothly, efficiently and on time. She is in tune with the artists, and she keeps things fun."
Pifer has shepherded production for a number of current and upcoming projects at Entity FX, including feature films INTO THE WILD, directed by Sean Penn, WEST 32ND by director Michael Kang and THE AIR I BREATHE, directed by Jieho Lee and starring recent Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker. Other notable credits producing and coordinating visual effects with Entity FX include SCARY MOVIE 4 and television shows SMALLVILLE, SUPERNATURAL and NIGHTSTALKER.
"Entity FX has a great team in Santa Monica and now also in our Vancouver, Canada, satellite location," Pifer said. "I'm thrilled to be working across the board with Entity FX supervisors, producers, artists and executives to help bring continued success to the company and each project."
Entity FX (www.entityfx.com) is an award-winning visual effects studio specializing in feature film, television and commercials. With facilities in Santa Monica, California, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Entity FX delivers creativity on the demands of today's production with a range of services in previs, on-set supervision, virtual backgrounds, matte painting, environmental effects, compositing, CG animation, specialty photography and more.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
