Nhat Quang Tran
Award-winning VFX Supervisor with over 25 years of industry experience. Renowned for his blend of bold creative vision and deep technical expertise, Nhat has collaborated with some of the world’s most renowned directors, top global brands, and leading production companies and agencies.
Born in West Berlin as the first son of Vietnamese immigrants, Nhat was inspired by his parents' work ethic and perseverance. In 2004, he earned his diploma from the prestigious German Film School — one of Europe’s leading institutions for digital production — focusing on 3D facial animation and performance capture.
After starting his career in feature film, he transitioned to commercials in 2010, joining Europe’s post-production powerhouse nhb as a Production VFX Supervisor. In 2017, he became Head of nhb’s Berlin studio, before going freelance in 2019. His freelance journey led him to acclaimed studios including The Mill London, The Mill Berlin, Spellwork, and Storz + Escherich.
In 2020, he was awarded a D&AD Pencil for Creative Use of Technology for Art Helps – Rebuilt From Memories, a project that harnessed image data from Facebook and Instagram to digitally reconstruct cultural heritage sites in Syria lost to war and destruction — and made them accessible in VR for future generations.
In October 2021, Nhat relocated to Los Angeles and became a staff VFX Supervisor at The Mill LA, where he developed cutting-edge visuals and tools, including the Mill’s “HoloDrive” — the world’s first production use of Gaussian Splatting for photographic environment capture.
Following the closure of Technicolor and The Mill, Nhat joined PARIAH Creative, where he challenges conventional VFX workflows and leads the charge in harnessing AI and machine learning to reshape the creative industry.
Awards
2020
D&AD Wood Pencil for Creative Use of Data
SXSW Shortlist Innovation Award in the field of AI & Machine Learning
D&AD Shortlist Immersive Experiences
2021
AUREA Award
for
“Rebuilt From Memories”
Arthelps | Jung von Matt Neckar
2012
Epica Silver for best Visual Effects
Ciclope Shortlist best Visual Effects
for
“Smart Going Home”, directed by Robert Nylund
Cobblestone | BBDO Proximity
VFX Supervisor ON
Cannes Lions Nomination 2012 for “Smart Going Home”
Art Directors Club (ADC) Germany Award 2012 for “Smart Going Home”
Jury Memberships
Grand Jury German Advertising Film Award 2015
German Advertising Film Academy (DWA) Berlin
Grand Jury Animago Award 2011
Grand Jury Animago Award 2013
Digital Production Magazine Germany
Lectures
“A Strategic Look at VR and AR“
Art Directors Club Section Meeting Berlin 2017
“State Of The European Post And VFX Industry And The Challenges Ahead“
(Podium Discussion)
Screen4All Conference Paris 2015
“Success And Failure In High End VFX Commercial Productions“
Animago Award & Conference Potsdam 2014
“Mixed Influences: How Feature Film Workflows Get Adopted In Commercials World / Smart Heimkehr: Head Replacements For Commercials”
FMX Conference Stuttgart 2012
“On Set Motion Capture for Digital Characters“
Insight Out Symposium Potsdam 2010
“On Set Motion Capture for Digital Characters & Doubles“
FMX Conference Stuttgart 2010
“Photorealistic Talking Animals for ‘The Bremen Town Musicians‘“
Animago Award & Conference Potsdam 2009
„The Future Of 3D“
Munich Gaming Panel Discussion Munich 2009
“FACS Based Facial Animation“
The German Film School For Digital Production Elstal / Berlin 2005-2008
“FACS Based Facial Animation“
Babelsberg Film School Potsdam 2008-2010
“Digital Production Techniques“
ZDF (Second German Broadcasting Channel) Mainz 2006
PROUD Alumnus OF
The German Film School for digital production (GFS)
Graduated August 2003
Proud Member of
The Visual Effects Society (VES)
Member since 2021
The German Advertising Film Academy (DWA)
Appointed Member since 2016