| Stéphane Ceretti | |
| Birth Date: | 24 September 1973 |
| Birth Place: | France |
| Occupation: | Visual effects supervisor |
| Yearsactive: | 1996-present |
Stéphane Ceretti (born 24 September 1973) is a French visual effects supervisor.
Stéphane Ceretti began his career as an animator later transferring over to a VFX supervisor at BUF Compagnie in Paris. He moved to London, UK in 2008 where he worked at Moving Picture Company and Method Studios.
In 2013, Ceretti moved to Los Angeles where he now lives and works.[1] In 2014, he worked on Guardians of the Galaxy as the Marvel Visual Effects Supervisor. He was nominated alongside Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould at the 87th Academy Awards[2] and at the 68th British Academy Film Awards[3] for Special Visual Effects.
In 2016, he worked on Doctor Strange as the Marvel Visual Effects Supervisor. Nominated alongside Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould at the 89th Academy Awards[4] for Best Achievement in Visual Effects and at the 70th British Academy Film Awards[5] for Special Visual Effects.
In 2017, Ceretti directed and co-produced with Nhut Le a short "Comfort". The short earned an Award of Merit at the Best Shorts competition in September 2017.[6]
In 2018, Ceretti worked on Ant-Man and the Wasp as the Marvel Visual Effects Supervisor in 2019. Additionally he was Visual Effects Supervisor for the additional second unit on alongside Jesse James Chisholm.
In 2019–2020, Ceretti worked on Eternals as Visual Effects Supervisor.[7]
From Summer 2021 to 2023, Ceretti worked on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Visual Effect Supervisor.[8] He also worked on the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, a 42 minute show released on Disney+ in November 2022.
| Year | Title | Director | Roles | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Batman & Robin | Joel Schumacher | Animator: BUF | |
| 1998 | Jean-Marie Poiré | Visual Effects: BUF Compagnie | ||
| 2000 | The Cell | Tarsem Singh | CG Supervisor: BUF | |
| 2002 | S1m0ne | Andrew Niccol | Digital Artist: BUF Compagnie | |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | The Wachowskis | Visual Effects Supervisor: BUF | 1st of 3 collaborations with the Wachowskis |
| The Matrix Revolutions | ||||
| 2004 | Alexander | Oliver Stone | ||
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Christopher Nolan | 1st of 2 collaborations with Nolan | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Mike Newell | Visual Effects: BUF | 1st of 2 collaborations with Newell | |
| Angel-A | Luc Besson | Digital Compositor: BUF | ||
| 2006 | Silent Hill | Christophe Gans | Visual Effects Supervisor: BUF | |
| The Prestige | Christopher Nolan | |||
| 2007 | J'attends quelqu'un | Jérôme Bonnell | Visual Effects | |
| 2008 | Babylon A.D. | Mathieu Kassovitz | Visual Effects Supervisor: BUF | |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Mike Newell | Visual Effects Supervisor: MPC | 1st of 2 collaborations with producer Jerry Bruckheimer |
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Jon Turteltaub | Visual Effects: Method | ||
| 2011 | Matthew Vaughn | Production Additional Visual Effects Supervisor | ||
| Joe Johnston | Additional Visual Effects Supervisor: 2nd Unit | 1st of 9 collaborations with Marvel Studios | ||
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas | The WachowskisTom Tykwer | Production Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2013 | Alan Taylor | 2nd Unit Visual Effects Supervisor | ||
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | James Gunn | Production Visual Effects Supervisor | 1st of 4 collaborations with GunnNominated - Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsWith Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | Scott Derrickson | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsWith Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould | |
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Peyton Reed | ||
| 2019 | Anthony and Joe Russo | Visual Effects Supervisor: Additional 2nd Unit | With Jesse James Chisholm | |
| Vince Gilligan | Production Visual Effects Consultant | |||
| 2020 | Nomadland | Chloe Zhao | 1st of 2 collaborations with Zhao | |
| 2021 | Eternals | Production Visual Effects Supervisor | ||
| 2022 | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | James Gunn | ||
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. With Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, and Theo Bialek. | ||
| 2025 | Superman | |||