Virginia Cantaro
Annie Awards Nominee FX Artist and Motion Designer
I’m Virginia Cantaro, a freelance FX Artist and Motion Designer with several years of experience, focused on dynamics for movies and tv shows and 2D/3D motion design.
I work remotely with several studios around the world.
I had the opportunity to work on films including Academy Award Winning “Del Toro’s Pinocchio” and tv shows such as “House of the Dragon” and “Star Wars: Visions”.
I also teach Dynamics and Particles Effects with Houdini at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.
I'm specialized in different kind of dynamic simulations (from particles to smoke, from destruction to cloth...).
I like doing both realistic and stylized FX.
I create 2D and 3D Motion Graphic, for movies, opening titles, commercials and for fun.
Latest works
Awards and Talks
Annie Awards
2024
Nominee - Annie Awards 2024
(Animation's Highest Honor)
Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in Television/Media Production Star Wars: Visions - Sith (2023)
Shared with: Jonatan Catalán, Alberto Sánchez, Phoebe Arjona, Rubén Hinarejos
Lonely Wolf:
London Film Festival
2020
Nominee - Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival 2020
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects
To Her (2019)
Shared with: Marco Tudini
Speaker at IED - European Institute of Design
Special Lesson "The role of visual effects in audiovisual production"
Guest for the channel "Hidden Lair"
Speaking and Q/A for the format "Ospite mostruoso" of the channel created by Valerio Donati
Interview for the magazine ShoutoutLA
Interview "Meet Virginia Cantaro | FX Artist and Motion Designer"
Interview for the magazine BoldJourney
Interview "Meet Virginia Cantaro"