| Larry Detwiler | |
| Known For: | Visual effects: and |
| Occupation: | Television director, miniature effects artist, and visual effects producer |
Larry Detwiler is a television director, miniature effects artist, and visual effects producer. After early experience in miniature effects, he took on a supervisory role in later films including Jane Austen's Mafia!, later progressing to the title of visual effects supervisor. He has served in this capacity on the television program as well as its spin-off series, , where he has directed several episodes.
Detwiler worked in miniature effects, on the 1994 television film Island City.[1] He served as miniature effects supervisor on the 1998 film, Jane Austen's Mafia!. For the 2001 film Tomcats, Detwiler was employed as the visual effects supervisor for its production. Later production roles included work on films Control Factor and Trapped.
Detwiler worked as visual effects supervisor for the television program .[2] He subsequently transitioned to the same role at .[3] In an interview with Daily Variety, Detwiler commented on the working environment with the rest of the production team on the show: "What makes us unique is that our visual effects department has gone in-house. On this show we're right down the hall from the director and the writers and can talk to them instantly about anything that's going on. It makes things a lot more collaborative and easier in terms of getting the look that's wanted for the effects." Detwiler utilized latex modeling, computer graphics, and green screen work to manipulate visual effects shots for CSI.[4]
| Year | Program | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Island City | Miniature effects |
| Tomcat Alley | Model maker | |
| 1997 | The Invader | Miniature effects |
| Asteroid | Miniature supervisor | |
| 1999 | Y2K | Visual effects coordinator |
| 2000 | Visual effects supervisor (2000–2004, 92 episodes) | |
| Quarantine | Miniature supervisor | |
| Running Mates | Visual effects supervisor | |
| 2001 | Trapped | Visual effects supervisor |
| Return to Cabin by the Lake | Visual effects supervisor | |
| 2002 | Visual effects supervisor (2002–2009, 99 episodes) | |
| 2003 | Control Factor | Visual effects producer |
| Do or Die | Visual effects producer | |
| 2004 | CSI: Miami, video game | Director |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami, episode: "Presumed Guilty" | Director |
| CSI: Miami, episode: "In Plane Sight" | Director | |
| 2010 | CSI: Miami, episode: "Spring Breakdown" | Director |
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Jane Austen's Mafia! | Miniature supervisor |
| 2001 | Tomcats | Visual effects supervisor |