Max Wood

Max Wood is the visual effects supervisor for Walt Disney's The Nutcracker, directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston. The film features several complex effects, including CG characters, environments, and FX simulations. Max worked with director Ben Stiller as VFX Production Supervisor for Zoolander 2, before leading the MPC team as VFX Supervisor on Suicide Squad and San Andreas.
Max was one of the few VFX artists under 30 to be promoted to CG Supervisor. Between 2009 and 2013 he led MPC's CG teams on 8 major films including Watchmen, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Total Recall, World War Z and Terminator Genisys.
Max was nominated for a VES award for visual effects for his work as CG supervisor on Robin Hood, directed by Ridley Scott in 2010.
His career at MPC began in 2003 as a Matchmove Artist and CG Modeller, working on films such as Ella Enchanted, AVP, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He progressed rapidly, becoming Lead CG Modeller on Poseidon and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, before taking on the role of Modeller and Lead Groom & Fur Dynamics on 10,000 BC.
Max began his career working as a visual effects generalist at Tandem Films after studying Animation at Bournemouth University.