For nearly a decade, Wallin worked as a digital compositor at Industrial Light & Magic, where he created 2D and 3D effects for movies such as “Twister”, “The Mummy”, “Star Wars: The Special Edition(s)” and “101 Dalmatians”. A full list of Wallin's credits can be found on IMDb.
Matt has worked for Warner Brothers, Tippett Studio, Weta Digital and MPC on numerous feature films including “King Kong”, “Matrix: Revolutions”, “Hellboy”, “Constantine” and “The Watchmen”.
Wallin served as Visual Effects Supervisor for the American artist, Matthew Barneyʼs “Cremaster Cycle”, “De Lama Lamina” and “Drawing Restraint 9”. From 1999 - 2008 Wallin directed and shot the feature documentary film "I Die Daily" on the making of the Cremaster Cycle.
Matt is an active member of the Visual Effects Society (VES) and a guest host on “The VFXShow” podcast, available for free on iTunes. Wallin is also a member of ACM-Siggraph, the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques.
Wallin has worked with several leading artists and filmmakers including; George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Peter Jackson, the Wachowski Brothers, Guillermo Del Toro, Matthew Barney, Madonna, Bjork, Richard Serra, Keith Edmier, Stephen Sommers, Robert Zemeckis, Barry Levinson, Francis Lawrence & Zach Snyder.
Today he lives on the East Coast and works as a writer, director, cinematographer, visual effects supervisor and educator.