Matt Wallin

A video frame grab, shot by me, from I Die Daily.  Guggenheim shoot for Cremaster 3.

On the floor of the Guggenheim in 2000 shooting footage of Barney directing Richard Serra on the turntable set.

Matthew Barney and I in NYC circa 1998.

A video frame grab, shot by me, from I Die Daily. Richard Serra on the turntable in the Guggenheim.  Barney looks watching the shot on the monitor in partial make up as "The Entered Apprentice"

Shooting footage for "I Die Daily" in the spire of the Chrysler Building, NYC.

A video frame grab, shot by me, from I Die Daily. Guggenheim shoot, Matthew Barney, Aimee Mullins & Chris Winget.

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3D graphics render test of scaffold and fog on actual photo of the Chrysler Building for Cremaster 3.

A video frame grab, shot by me, from I Die Daily. Barney and the Mighty Biggs in Northern Ireland at the Giant's Causeway.  Look at the size of Bigg's sneakers!

Compositing team crew photo on the Venture in New Zealand for Peter Jackson's King Kong.

Warner Brothers ESC Entertainment security card.  I worked at ESC on the Matrix: Reloaded, Matrix: Revolutions and Constantine.

My Weta Digital ID card.  I worked for six months at Weta in New Zealand on King Kong.  It nearly killed me.  So many hours...

My ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) security ID badge.  I worked at ILM for nearly a decade.  One of the best jobs I've ever had.  

Sony Imageworks security badge.  Worked at Sony on I Am Legend and Beowulf 3D.

The Jolly Green Giant

Screenshot of Katana in action.  A great production platform.

Comp script for a simple shot from Kong.  

CG crew on set for Drawing Restraint 9 in Greenpoint.

The Technocrane (+ operator) shooting Bjork in the tearoom set as it is being filled with water.

Matthew Barney and me on the barge shooting the Dejima live action plates for Drawing Restraint 9.  I was the Visual Effects Supervisor on the film.

My old desk at ILM.  Craig Hammack in the background was my office mate.  

Me and the Barney studio crew from Cremaster 3. 

The Mantron Corporation comptuer room and render farm for Drawing Restraint 9.

Whitesands, NM

Shooting footage for I Die Daily on the dental office set, Cremaster 3.

NYC at night from the Crysler Building, 2000.

In costume as an extra for the Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope Special Edition.  Scott Stewart standing to my right.  

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My "Apocalypse Now" moment on Star Wars.

My son, a future animator/filmmaker in training.