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Your mission, listener, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin on this week’s VFX Show #272 on Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1. As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This podcast will self-destruct in five seconds…🔥
Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin discuss the visual effects in the latest Lucasfilm adventure, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. “It’s not the years, it’s the mileage.” Listen for free on FX Guide.
This week on 8111, Don Bies! Don grew up in Chicago and discovered a love for movies at an early age when he first saw Frankenstein. He became fascinated with movie monsters, monster make up, special effects, and filmmaking. He loved pouring over the latest issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland.
After high school, Don considered college but eventually decided against it and worked in the local community theater doing set design, prop design, directing and even some acting.
A family connection led to a friendship with another Chicagoan, Keith Edmier, who was making his own monster makeup and film likeness make-ups. They both corresponded with Dick Smith (the Godfather of modern makeup effects) and drew inspiration and encouragement from him to pursue working in film.
Don soon moved out to California where he landed his first job working on David Cronenberg's remake of "The Fly" with Keith Edmier for Chris Walas. While there he became good friends with Jon Berg, John Gazdik, Michael Owens, and Howie Weed. Through Jon Berg he met several people at ILM. In 1987 Don was hired to operate R2D2 for Lucasfilm publicity events. Don later headed up the Lucasfilm archives for seven years working alongside Nelson Hall and Grant Imahara.
When George began making the prequels, Don went to work on set for all three films and even did a stint in the ILM model shop. Today Don works for KGS making highly realistic trauma training manakins for military and first responders. Don Bies is incredibly creative and a truly autodidactic problem solver. He's had an amazing career and it was an absolute blast to talk with him.
Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin sit down with a delicious cup of Chai tea….”What did you just say? Chai tea? Chai means "tea", bro! You are saying "tea tea"! Would I ask you for a "coffee coffee" with room for "cream cream"?
Okay, he’s got a point. Check out the latest episode of the VFX Show on FX Guide. We discuss the #VFX in Sony Animation’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”.
Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin discuss the visual effects of Guardians of the Galaxy - Vol. 3. Listen for free on FX Guide.
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