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These iconic images more or less translate very specifically to actual shots that the team made for the actual film. It was this artwork that Engel believes helped green light the new film and the team put the style frames in the production offices to serve as inspiration. 25, or 26 year relationship with Roland” joked Engel. In between, he would sit together with the team at Twitter and discuss what the artists had done and “I would second-guess what Roland would want, – which I guess I can do with my now. Engel met with Emmerich every second day to go through the latest versions of these images and discuss them.

Guggenberger hired five or six other artists from around the world that he had worked with and it “became a bit of an undertaking that spanned all over the globe”. “Simone Kraus, one of the owners of Trixter and supervisors, together with Luis myself, and Roland, we were the four people banging out these images.” “At that time, they had an art director called Luis Guggenberger ” explained Engel. In October 2014, Engel stated working with visual effects company Trixter in Santa Monica to create these key iconic images that would be the visual template for the film. Roland explained to me it would be very beneficial for them to also see a slate of images,” said Engel. “At the same time, Fox had received the screenplay. This was key as Emmerich decided to start the process by making a series of approximately 20 key images that would indicate the look and feel of the film. With Engel co-producing, it meant that he started very early with the project. “I’m happy to say, it was actually Roland who convinced them (Sony Pictures) that the people who are responsible for the visual effects on these gigantic projects deserve another credit,” explained Engel. Since then, Engel has both produced and vfx supervised, although his connection to director Roland Emmerich illoes back even further to their start in the industry in Germany many years before.

on the film 2012, both Engel and Marc Weigert became co-producers (Weigert joined this film, Independence Day Resurgence, midway through). VFX Supervisor Volker Engel also has co-producer credit on the film.

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