{"id":5468,"date":"2010-09-20T22:44:37","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T21:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firedbydesign.com\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2010-09-20T22:44:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T21:44:37","slug":"piers-hampton-moves-to-prime-focus-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=5468","title":{"rendered":"Piers Hampton moves to Prime Focus London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Focus has appointed of Piers Hampton as executive producer in the broadcast VFX and post-production sector of its London operation.<\/p>\n<p>Hampton has a wealth of experience in the long-form VFX space for both television and film. Having begun his career in advertising, he went on to become an essential fixture at Jim Henson\u2019s Creature Shop where he supplied animatronic, CG and special effects from conception to delivery. He then joined Framestore CFC, operating in both London and New York. In 2005, Hampton set up his own VFX outfit, The Bluff Hampton Company, providing innovative creative VFX solutions for HBO, Twentieth Century Fox and Stan Winston Productions among others. With a strong practical background, Hampton is equally adept building and filming practical elements, as he is offering digital solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Some of Hampton\u2019a credits include the Emmy Award winning Generation Kill (HBO), Primeval (Impossible Pictures), Nine (Weinstein Company), The Devil\u2019s Whore (Channel 4), Andrey Konchalovskiy\u2019s Nutcracker and the Rat King, and more recently The Special Relationship (HBO) and Tamara Drewe (Ruby Films).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very excited to be joining Prime Focus at this key stage in its development,\u201d commented Hampton. \u201cIt\u2019s a progressive, forward-thinking company, with an extremely strong local London team and the backing of a huge global network of VFX professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith his experience, knowledge and contacts, Piers is a perfect fit for Prime Focus as we further develop our Broadcast offering here in London,\u201d said Simon Briggs, managing director Prime Focus UK. \u201cThis appointment strengthens our world-class team as we expand our reach into high-end television drama series.\u201d<br \/>\n<a title=\"Visit Prime Focus\" href=\"http:\/\/www.primefocusworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Prime Focus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"other work\" href=\"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?s=Prime+focus&amp;submit.x=0&amp;submit.y=0&amp;submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\">See work by Prime Focus on Fired By Design<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Focus has appointed broadcast VFX and post-production veteran Piers Hampton as executive producer in London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smart-moves"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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