Eric Brevig

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Eric Brevig born 1957 is a film director and visual effects supervisor known for his work in several major theatrical films and television shows He was Visual Effects Supervisor and Second Unit Director on the 2001 Jerry BruckheimerMichael Bay action drama Pearl Harbor Since his film school days at UCLA Brevig had been fascinated with the potential of 3D for liveaction movie production and he learned everything he could about it During the production of 1986s Captain EO short for the Disney theme parks he was substantially responsible for supervising the technical aspects of the 3D photography After several second unit directors assignments in special effectsheavy films like Men in Black and Michael Bays Pearl Harbor Brevigs previous 3D experience and expertise turned out to be the factor that helped him get his first fullblown directors job when he was offered the chance to direct the 2008 film Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D a New Line Cinema release the first narrative feature shot entirely in digital 3D He next directed Yogi Bear another 3D movie for Warner Bros and he is attached to direct a 3D Korean War drama 17 Days of Winter about the 1950 Battle of Chosin Reservoir 17 Days of Winter expected to cost 80100 million is scheduled to shoot in Korea and New Zealand over the winter of 20102011 for 2012 release Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Brevig licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia