Pan Vafeiadis
Digital Compositor - Set Supervisor - Certified NUKE Trainer
Contact: info@vfxpan.com
VFX Services
VFX Supervision - Set Supervision
Technical Consultancy - Project Bidding
Mono / Stereo / Deep / VR composites
Live action / CG integration / Photogrammetry
Keying, roto/paint, clean-plates
Digital cosmetic retouch - Ageing / De-ageing
Camera tracking / match-move
Matte Painting / Set extensions
Shot Breakdowns
Witcher_castle_wipes.movThe Witcher S3
Sequence of shots that involved integrating a redesigned Vuilpanne Castle (based on Predjama Castle) into a mountain environment.
Creative Redesign: Altering the castle and rock face per the brief.
Dynamic Tilt: Adding a top-down to tilt-down camera motion.
Technical Implementation:
Utilized CG scans/geometry for matte painting re-projection and camera animation in Nuke.
Blended Maya CG renders with original plate elements for the castle.
Added procedural red rock veins and simulated swirling smoke from Houdini.
tt2_206_018_0090_comp_output_v013.wipe.movThe Tourist S2
This shot involved digitally sealing car exits and transforming the scene's background with a lake, all within Nuke, facing significant parallax and motion blur challenges across a two-part sequence.
Part A (Exit Seal): Nuke camera track, gate removal (paint-out), ground/3D gate extension (matte painting), roadblocks, AO (Ray renderer).
Part B (Lake): Tree cleanup, point cloud/Poisson mesh (projection), lake creation (deformed cards), valley/water matte painting, simulated lake reflections (specular/HDRI), foreground restoration.
ww_0301_112_0150_comp_output_v010.mp4.movWar of the Worlds S3
This 3-part shot, originally 2590 frames, was composited in NukeX with a 200% retime.
Outside Wormhole: Heavily adapted Maya CG multipass render, shaped by compositing to achieve the director's vision.
Inside Wormhole: Houdini simulation of procedural clouds, composited for a dynamic passage effect.
Derelict London: Blended Maya CG render of derelict London with a drastically modified, matte-painted environment and drone footage using complex 3D projections.
Credits
TV Series
The Witcher (2023 - 2025 TV Series) Ep. 3.1, 3.2, 3.8 and Season 4 (undisclosed) - Senior Digital Compositor
Malice (2025 - TV Series), Season 1 - Set VFX Supervisor (Greek crew) / Lead Compositor
Lazarus (TV Mini Series 2025–), Season 1 - Lead Digital Compositor
Get Millie Black (2024 - TV Series), Season 1 - Lead Digital Compositor
The Rig (2024 - TV Series), Ep. 2.6 - Senior Digital Compositor
Paris has Fallen (2024 - TV Series), Ep. 1.1, 1.5, 1.7 - Lead Digital Compositor
No Escape (AKA The Blue, 2023 -TV Series) Season 1 - Lead Digital Compositor
The Lazarus Project "AKA Extinction" (2022-2023 - TV Series) Ep. 1.1, 1.6, 1.7, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 - Senior Digital Compositor
Great Expectations (2023 - TV Seriers) Ep. 1.4, 1.6 - Senior Digital Compositor
War of the Worlds (2022 - TV Series Season 3) - Senior Digital Compositor
O daskalos "Maestro" (2022 - TV Mini Series) -Ep.1.1 - Visual Effects Supervisor
Milky Way (TV Series, 2022) - On set VFX Supervisor
SAS Rogue heroes (2022 - TV Mini Series) - Lead Digital Compositor
The Tourist (2022 TV Mini Series) Season 1 - Senior Digital Compositor
The Tower (TV Series 2021–2024) Season 1 - Senior Digital Compositor
War of the Worlds (2021 - TV Series Season 2) Ep. 2.1, 2.7, 2.8 - Senior Digital Compositor
Viewpoint (2021) - TV Mini-Series Season 1 - Senior Digital Compositor
The Serpent (2020) - TV mini series Ep. 1.2, 1.7, 1.8 - Senior Digital Compositor / Face Tracker
A Suitable Boy (2020) - TV Series Season 1- Senior Digital Compositor
For Life (2020 - TV Series) Ep. 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5 - Senior Digital Compositor
Westworld (2020 - TV Series) Ep. 3.2 - Senior Digital Compositor
War of the Worlds (2019 - TV Series Season 1) Ep. 1.3, 1.4, 1.7, 1.8 - Senior Digital Compositor
Beecham House (2019 – TV Mini-Series ) Ep. 1.1, 1.3 to 1.6 - Senior Digital Compositor
Summer of Rockets (2019 – TV Mini-Series ) Ep. 1.1, 1.3, and 1.4 - Senior Digital Compositor
Fortitude (TV Series 2018) Ep. 3.3 and 3.4 - Senior Digital Compositor
Feature Films
Arcadia (2024) - Set VFX Supervisor
Cyrano (2021) - Senior Digital Compositor
The Postcard Killings (2020) - Lead Digital Compositor
Hercules (2014) - Digital Compositor
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) - Digital Compositor
Maleficent (2014) - Stereo Paint Artist
Miracle landing on the Hudson (2014) - Senior Digital Compositor
World War Z (2013) - Senior Stereoscopic Compositor
Gravity (2013) - Stereo Paint Artist
Total Recall (2012) - 2D Paint Artist
Frankenweenie (2012) - Element Breakdowns / Stereo Paint Artist
Wrath of the Titans 3D (2012) - Digital Compositor / Stereoscopic conversion Artist
Dredd 3D (2012) - Stereoscopic Compositor
Immortals 3D (2011) - Script Breakdown Lead Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 3D: Part 2 (2011) - Stereoscopic conversion Artist
Green Lantern 3D (2011) - Stereoscopic conversion Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 3D: Part 1 (2010) - Stereoscopic conversion Artist
The Chronicles of Narnia 3D: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) – Stereoscopic conversion Artist
Star Wars Episode I 3D (2012): The Phantom Menace (1999) – Stereoscopic conversion Artist
Video Games
Dragon Age Origins "Dark Times: The Confederacy of Malkuth" ACT 1 MOD - Cut scene artist (Dark Times ACT I Team: aka x-pan)
Music Videos
Collision by Metropol (2010) - Lead Compositor / 3D Generalist
Shorts
Arac Attack (2008) – R & D, VFX, 3D generalist, compositor, editor.
Other
8th IIFA in Sheffield, UK (BBC/Argiva HD production team 06/2007)
Calverley theatrical plays (Calverley, Leeds, UK 07/2007) - multi-cam editing, DVD Authoring, Technical Director
Various TV commercials & live events (unaccredited / Greece 1995-2005) - Digital Compositor / Editor
About me
With a career spanning decades, I've evolved from a Digital Compositor, Paint Artist, and CGI Generalist (since 1995) to a Lead Senior Digital Compositor and VFX Supervisor, with a substantial IMDb credit list.
As Director of Rock VFX Ltd. (UK), I bring strategic leadership and creative expertise to post-production. My dual British-Greek citizenship (EU) facilitates international collaborations.
I'm a Certified NUKE Trainer (since 2013) and a passionate educator, with experience as a Course Leader for the BSc in Computer Animation and Visual Effects program at the University of Portsmouth and as a seasonal lecturer at Ravensbourne and Leeds Beckett Universities.
My software proficiency includes NukeX, Nuke Studio, Fusion Studio, Shake, After Effects, Photoshop, 3DS Max, Blender, Resolve, Premiere, Final Cut, Mocha, Ftrack, Shotgrid, Slack, Linux, Python, ComfyUI, and Unreal Engine 5.
Contact: info@vfxpan.com
Education
Qualifications
Master of Science in Creative Technology
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
HEC in Computer Animation & Special Effects
Fxphd & The Foundry: Certified NUKE Trainer
Certificate in Artificial Intelligence in Education (ongoing)
Research Papers
"Design methods for Stereoscopic Visual Effects composites using a single camera, and stereo panorama construction techniques for use as background plates”10/2008, Leeds Metropolitan University
"Content creation methods for stereoscopic / 3DTV compositing in a 3D environment, and a multi-purpose camera array acquisition system for multi-viewpoint video” 03/2008, Leeds Metropolitan University
