Hayden Jones
Biography
A Primetime Emmy Award-winning Visual Effects Supervisor, Hayden Jones has over 25 years of experience in the industry. He was VFX Supervisor on Netflix’s Lost Ollie, a live-action/animation hybrid family series directed by Peter Ramsey, for which he also won an Emmy for outstanding VFX. Hayden was most recently serving as VFX supervisor on the Netflix animated feature, Ultraman: Rising.
Jones joined ILM in 2019 to launch the studio’s episodic portfolio, and served as a VFX Supervisor on season one of The Mandalorian out of ILM’s London studio. Working with the team tasked with bringing Grogu to the screen, he received both a Primetime Emmy and Visual Effects Society Award for his work on the show.
In addition to his contributions to feature films such as Armageddon, Les Miserables, Mission: Impossible 2, and Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Jones has worked on a multitude of episodic shows including Black Mirror, The Young Pope, and The Stand. Winning a BAFTA with the team on the “Metalhead” episode of Black Mirror, he has also been honored with a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for his work on Discovery’s four part television documentary Human Body: Pushing the Limits and the miniseries adaptation of Margaret George's 1997 historical fiction novel “The Memoirs of Cleopatra,” Cleopatra.
Prior to ILM, Jones was one of the founding three members of DNEG TV where he oversaw all creative aspects of the department as Executive VFX Supervisor. Jones is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and a mentor of the BAFTA Scholarship Program.
SELECT CREDITS 2024 ULTRAMAN: RISING – Visual Effects Supervisor 2022 LOST OLLIE – Visual Effects Supervisor Children’s & Family Emmy Award Winner - Outstanding Visual Effects for a Live Action Program 2020 THE STAND - Add’l Visual Effects Supervisor 2019 THE MANDALORIAN – Add’l Visual Effects Supervisor Primetime Emmy Award Winner - Outstanding Special Visual Effects VES Award Winner - Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
Jones joined ILM in 2019 to launch the studio’s episodic portfolio, and served as a VFX Supervisor on season one of The Mandalorian out of ILM’s London studio. Working with the team tasked with bringing Grogu to the screen, he received both a Primetime Emmy and Visual Effects Society Award for his work on the show.
In addition to his contributions to feature films such as Armageddon, Les Miserables, Mission: Impossible 2, and Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Jones has worked on a multitude of episodic shows including Black Mirror, The Young Pope, and The Stand. Winning a BAFTA with the team on the “Metalhead” episode of Black Mirror, he has also been honored with a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for his work on Discovery’s four part television documentary Human Body: Pushing the Limits and the miniseries adaptation of Margaret George's 1997 historical fiction novel “The Memoirs of Cleopatra,” Cleopatra.
Prior to ILM, Jones was one of the founding three members of DNEG TV where he oversaw all creative aspects of the department as Executive VFX Supervisor. Jones is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and a mentor of the BAFTA Scholarship Program.
SELECT CREDITS 2024 ULTRAMAN: RISING – Visual Effects Supervisor 2022 LOST OLLIE – Visual Effects Supervisor Children’s & Family Emmy Award Winner - Outstanding Visual Effects for a Live Action Program 2020 THE STAND - Add’l Visual Effects Supervisor 2019 THE MANDALORIAN – Add’l Visual Effects Supervisor Primetime Emmy Award Winner - Outstanding Special Visual Effects VES Award Winner - Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
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