Eileen Moran (January 23, 1952 – December 3, 2012) was an American visual effects producer and former executive producer at Weta Digital.Moran was born in Queens, New York, on January 23, 1952, was raised Lindenhurst, New York, on Long Island. She attended the State University of New York at New Paltz with the initial goal of becoming an actor. Her classmates at SUNY New Paltz included actor John Turturro.After graduating from SUNY New Paltz, Moran appeared in off-Broadway productions while living in New York City. Her career path changed when she was hired as a television commercial production assistant, which eventually led to her promotion to production manager.Moran moved from New York City to Los Angeles, California where pursued an interest in music and worked for film director, Tony Scott. She was hired by Digital Domain, a special effects firm founded and owned by film director, James Cameron. Moran received industry buzz for her digital effects work on two Budweiser television commercials featuring ants, the Budweiser Frogs, and lizards.In 2001, Moran left Digital Domain and took a position at Weta Digital, the digital effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand, which had been founded by Peter Jackson.In 2005, Moran won her first Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture from the Visual Effects Society for her work on Peter Jackson's King Kong. Moran led the Weta Digital effects team which worked on James Cameron's Avatar, released in 2009. Moran and her team won the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture for their work on Avatar in 2009. She also received a Visual Effects Society Award nomination for her work on Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin.Her film credits included work on Fight Club, Lake Placid, and EDtv, all released in 1999; I, Robot in 2004; X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006; Eragon in 2006; Bridge to Terabithia, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, 30 Days of Night, and The Water Horse all released in 2007; Jumper, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and The Day the Earth Stood Still, all released in 2008; District 9 and The Lovely Bones in 2009; The A-Team in 2010; Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011; and Prometheus in 2012.Most recently, Moran served as a co-producer for the 2012 Peter Jackson film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. She was unable to attend the film's premiere on November 28, 2012, in New Zealand due to poor health.Eileen Moran died from cancer in Wellington, New Zealand on December 3, 2012, at the age of 60. She was survived by her children, Jack and Ava; her father, John G. Moran; and her three sisters - Janet Hamill, Patty Mathes and Jackie Meyer.
I oversee the visual effects production of a film. I oversee the crew, review the work with the director and visual-effects supervisor, oversee recruiting, attend the visual-effects reviews with the team, review assignments and work, troubleshoot, communicate with each department, ensure delivery, manage the budget.
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Visual effects producer.
Visual Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
Iron Man Three
2013
digital effects crew: Weta Digital
Prometheus
2012/I
executive producer: Weta Digital
The Adventures of Tintin
2011
visual effects producer: Weta Digital
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
visual effects executive producer: Weta Digital
The A-Team
2010
executive producer: Weta Digital Ltd.
Avatar
2009
producer: Weta Digital
The Lovely Bones
2009
executive vfx producer: Weta Digital
District 9
2009
executive producer: Weta Digital
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
executive producer: Weta Digital
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
executive producer: Weta Digital
Jumper
2008
visual effects executive producer: Weta Digital
The Water Horse
2007
visual effects executive producer: Weta Digital
30 Days of Night
2007
visual effects executive producer: Weta Digital
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
executive producer: Weta Digital
Bridge to Terabithia
2007
visual effects producer: Weta Digital
Eragon
2006
visual effects producer: Weta Digital
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
visual effects executive producer: Weta Digital
King Kong
2005
visual effects producer: Weta Digital
I, Robot
2004
visual effects executive producer: Weta Digital
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
visual effects producer: Weta Digital
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
visual effects producer: Weta Digital
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
visual effects producer: Weta Digital
Frequency
2000
visual effects producer
Fight Club
1999
visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Lake Placid
1999
visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Edtv
1999
visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
co-producer
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
co-producer
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
co-producer
King Kong
2005
co-producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Eel Girl
2008
Short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006
Video documentary
Herself
The End of All Things
2004
Video documentary short
Herself
Weta Digital
2004
Video documentary short
Herself
Weta Digital
2003
Video documentary short
Herself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2010
VES Award
Visual Effects Society Awards
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture
Avatar (2009)
2010
VES Award
Visual Effects Society Awards
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year
Avatar (2009)
2007
VES Award
Visual Effects Society Awards
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
2006
VES Award
Visual Effects Society Awards
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture
King Kong (2005)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2013
VES Award
Visual Effects Society Awards
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
2012
VES Award
Visual Effects Society Awards
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Motion Picture