Steven Robiner

Steven Robiner is an internationally acclaimed artist, award-winning producer, director, and visual effects supervisor. He supervised the visual effects and co-produced the first-ever film featuring the Marvel comic book superhero Silver Surfer®. Loaded with photo-realistic computer graphics of this human-like character and visual effects seamlessly integrated with live-action scenes, this ground-breaking production began in 1990, at a time before Hollywood had not yet produced any such realistic computer graphics films other than the inhuman water tentacle from James Cameron's The Abyss.

Building on the glowing reviews and a set of awards for Silver Surfer, and following additional experience working on commercials and music videos, Robiner was soon scooped up by Hollywood where he quickly rose to prominence as the Senior Visual Effects Supervisor at Sony Pictures Studio's High Definition Center. He was selected by Sony & Director / Actor Bob Hoskins to be part of the core team of above-the-line designers on the first-ever, all digital motion picture, Rainbow, shot entirely in HD (High Definition), featuring Dan Aykroyd.

Robiner continued his Visual Effects Supervision career on The Long Kiss Goodnight starring Geena Davis,...

Bachelor Degree in Film Studies from the University of Rochester
Bachelor Degree in Cognitive Science (CS / AI) from the University of Rochester
MFA in Cinema from the University of Southern California,

Film Credit Summary

Elephant's Egg (2004) (Visual Effects Advisor)

Damned If You Do (2000) (Producer & Visual Effects Supervisor)

My Brother the Pig (2000) (Visual Effects Supervisor)

Story of Computer Graphics (1999) (Visual Effects Supervisor)

Race for Atlantis (1998) (Visual Effects Supervisor: PreShow)

Emissary: A Biblical Epic (1997) (Visual Effects Supervisor)

Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) (Visual Effects Supervisor: Night Vision Sequences)

Recon (1996) (Senior Visual Effects Advisor)

Rainbow (1995) (Visual Effects Supervisor)

Silver Surfer (1992) (Producer & Visual Effects Supervisor)

Plus numerous short subjects, commercials, and music videos

Honors

Winner, Crested Butte Gold Award, Best Comedy Award for DAMNED IF YOU DO ; 2000

Winner, Hollywood Film Festival, Best Short Award for DAMNED IF YOU DO

Winner, Marco Island Film Festival, Best Short Award for DAMNED IF YOU DO

Winner, Cleveland Internatonal Film Festival, Best Short Award for DAMNED IF YOU DO

Invited Lecturer at USC School of Cinema Visual Effects Supervising courses, 1997-1999

Founding Member, Visual Effects Society , 1997

Appointed Lead instructor for courses in Visual Effects...