NYFA / ALUMNI / 3D ANIMATION & VFX + GAME DESIGN / FRANCESCO PANZIERI

Francesco Panzieri
VFX ARTIST
Graduated from NYFA NYC in 2008
Panzieri began his career with Clash of the Titans (2010) and quickly transitioned into compositing for both film and television. His early credits include Madea’s Big Happy Family, Abduction, Glee, NCIS, Pan Am, Person of Interest, and Warrior.
He went on to work on series like 90210, Raising Hope, The Middle, House, Hawaii Five-O, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (18 episodes), Mad Men, and Sleepy Hollow (19 episodes), and served as in-house compositor on Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
His film credits include Begin Again, That Awkward Moment, Winter’s Tale, Mr. Right, Diablo, The Fate of the Furious, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Ant-Man and the Wasp, The Equalizer 2, Men in Black: International, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Spider-Man: Far from Home (also as lighting artist). He also worked on Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and music videos for Katy Perry (“Swish Swish”) and Kelly Clarkson (“Love So Soft”).
Panzieri served as compositing supervisor on Netflix’s Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020), and contributed to Dune (2021), which won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Recent projects include Sprung, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), Joker: Folie à Deux (2024), where he serves as in-house compositing supervisor, and Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025).
