I've been working in the Entertainment industry since 1999 after studying Visual Communication Design.
Today i work as a Concept Artist / Designer and Key Art Illustrator in Art Departments or for VFX after many years as a Matte Painter and 3D Artist.
Beside client work I practice Photography, Traditional Drawing / Painting and experiment with Music and Sound Design.
In 2008 i was honored to receive a VES AWARD in Los Angeles for leading a team of VFX artists on a BBC TV Series.
"Marco has been a highly sought after artist in the Commercials and Feature Film industry for many years. After studying Industrial Design, he started his career working as a Visual Effects Artist. Marco quickly concentrated his work on Look Development and Design, combining his expertise in 3D computer graphics, digital painting and traditional photography to create photo-real and unique images. Projects he worked on received awards like Bafta, Gold Clio and AICP, and in 2008 he won a Visual Effects Society Award for leading the work on a BBC TV Series."
excerpt from: "VFX ARTISTRY" by Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz FOCAL PRESS edition
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14th Production Design Awards - Major Motion Picture - “A Quiet Place Dy One” - LONDON, 2024 - SIMON BOWLES PD - Art Department Concept Artist
6th VES AWARD WINNER - Outstanding Visual FX in a Broadcast Series LOS ANGELES, 2008 “FIGHT FOR LIFE, Episode 4” MARCO IOZZI - Look Development Lead / Shading and Lighting Lead Artist
British Film Designers Guild member
EDUCATION
NEW MASTERS ACADEMY ( enrolled 2014 )
SOFTIMAGE ATC VISUAL EFFECTS AND ANIMATION 1998
POLITECNICO MILANO - INDUSTRIAL DESIGN - VISUAL COMMUNICATION 1995 - 98 (dropout)
WORK VISAs
O-1 Visa 2008
O-1 Visa 2013
PUBLICATIONS / INTERVIEWS
“The Filmmaker’s Guide to Visual Effects, 2nd Edition” by Eran Dinur, 2023
“The 3D Environments Podcast” Interview, 2023
“US Podcast Interview” S02, 2021
“VFX Live VFX Central” Podcast Interview, 2019
“EON Software Spotlight” Magazine Interview, 2018
”VFX ARTISTRY" by Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz FOCAL PRESS edition
“3D Artist” Issue 63, 2014
“Dexigner” Interview about Sears TV commercial with Method Studios, 2009
“CG Focus”, 2009
“Motiongraphics” magazine Interview, 2009
“CG Artist” Interview, 2008
“Evermotion” Interview, 2004
BATTLEFIELD 6 Trailer - CONCEPT ARTIST - PD NAAMAN MARSHALL
PRIMATE - PARAMOUNT - ART DEPARTMENT CONCEPT ARTIST - PD SIMON BOWLES
KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS - HBO - ART DEPARTMENT CONCEPT ARTIST
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR - AMAZON MGM - ART DEPARTMENT CONCEPT ARTIST - PD JAHMIN ASSA
3 BODY PROBLEM - NETFLIX / FRAMESTORE - VFX CONCEPT ART
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 8 - PARAMOUNT / THE MILL X - CONCEPT ARTIST
"A QUIET PLACE DAY ONE" - PARAMOUNT - ART DEPARTMENT CONCEPT ARTIST
HIJACK S02 - APPLE TV - ART DEPARTMENT CONCEPT ARTIST - PD DOMINIC ROBERTS
“THE WALKING DEAD / DEAD CITY S02” - AMC / FRAMESTORE - CONCEPT ARTIST
SECRET LEVEL - MASSIVEBLACK / GOODBYE KANSAS - AMAZON - CONCEPT ARTIST
"WALKING DEAD THE ONES WHO LIVE" - AMC / FRAMESTORE - CONCEPT ARTIST
“INVASION S02” - FRAMESTORE / APPLE CONCEPT ARTIST
"ONE PIECE" - NETFLIX - FRAMESTORE - CONCEPT ARTIST / DESIGNER
“GEN-V” - SIRENLAB - VFX CONCEPT ARTIST
"THE PERIPHERAL" - TENDRIL / AMAZON - CONCEPT ARTIST
“THOR - Love and Thunder” - METHOD / MARVEL - CONCEPT ARTIST / KEY ART
“ASHFALL” - LIITHOS - CONCEPT ARTIST / KEY ART
"DESTINY LIGHTFALL” Trailer - The MILL - CONCEPT ARTIST / KEY ART
“MASS EFFECT” Trailer - ELECTRONIC ARTS / PSYOP - CONCEPT ARTIST
“THE IMMORTAL ASHWATTAMA” - ART DEPARTMENT CONCEPT ARTIST
"GAME OF THRONES" S5 / S6 / S7 - HBO - SCREEN SCENE / ATOMIC FICTION - MATTE PAINTER
UNANNOUNCED AAA GAME - THATSNOMOON - CONCEPT ARTIST / KEY ART
"HAUSEN" - SKY International - SEHSUCHT - ART DEPARTMENT and VFX CONCEPT ARTIST
”APEX LEGEND - Stories from the Outlands - Gridiron” - Pitch - Psyop LA - CONCEPT ARTIST
"SEE S01 S02" - Apple TV - FRAMESTORE / A24 - CONCEPT ARTIST / MATTE PAINTER
"PLAYSTATION 5 PLAY HAS NO LIMITS" - TIME BASED ARTS - CONCEPT ARTIST
"DRACULA" - NETFLIX - SPACE DIGITAL - MATTE PAINTER
"THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE" - S3 - AMAZON - BARNSTORM VFX - MATTE PAINTER
"LOST IN SPACE" - NETFLIX - CINESITE - TV SERIES - MATTE PAINTER
"PORTER" - Monk Films dir. Travis Hanour - CONCEPT ARTIST / MATTE PAINTER
"RAINBOW SIX EXTRACTION" - UBISOFT / STARNO - MATTE PAINTER
"MY BRILLIANT FRIEND" - HBO - DIGITAL DISTRICT - CONCEPT ARTIST / MATTE PAINTER
"DESTINY - The Taken King" - DIGIC PICTURES - CONCEPT ARTIST / MATTE PAINTER
“OUTLAW KING" - NETFLIX - ILOURA / METHOD - MATTE PAINTER
"CALL OF DUTY INFINITE WARFARE" - ACTIVISION / INFINITY WARD - MATTE PAINTER
"GOD OF WAR” - IMAGINARY FORCES - MATTE PAINTER
"Z" - Amazon Studios - THE MOLECULE - MATTE PAINTER
"THE PATH" S1/S2 - Hulu - THE MOLECULE - MATTE PAINTER
“ELYSIUM” – Sony Pictures - IMAGE ENGINE - MATTE PAINTER
"COLONY" S1 - Legendary Television - GHOST VFX - MATTE PAINTER
SUNDAYS - POSTPANIC - MATTE PAINTER / CONCEPT ARTIST
“SHERLOCK HOLMES A Game of Shadow" - MPC - MATTE PAINTER
"RIPPER STREET" - BBC One - SCREEN SCENE - MATTE PAINTER
“ZERO DARK THIRTY” – Columbia Pictures - IMAGE ENGINE - MATTE PAINTER
“IMMORTALS” – Universal Pictures – IMAGE ENGINE - MATTE PAINTER
”A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES” – Universal Pictures - THE MOLECULE - CONCEPT ARTIST / MATTE PAINTER
GOD OF WAR Ascension Trailer - IMAGINARY FORCES - MATTE PAINTER
"THE FRANKESTEIN CHRONICLES" - Rainmarks / ITV - SCREEN SCENE - MATTE PAINTER
“THE RUINS” – Dreamworks SKG – RISING SUN PICTURES - SHADING AND LIGHTING 3D ARTIST
“THE DARK IS RISING” – 20thCentury Fox / Walden – RISING SUN PICTURES - SHADING AND LIGHTING 3D ARTIST
“ANGELS AND DEMONS” – Columbia Pictures – CIS Vancouver - SHADING AND LIGHTING 3D ARTIST
“CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY” – Warner Bros – MPC - SHADING AND LIGHTING 3D ARTIST
“HARRY POTTER and the Prisoner of Azkaban” - Warner Bros – MPC - SHADING AND LIGHTING 3D ARTIST
“FIGHT FOR LIFE” – BBC / Discovery / Vox - JELLYFISH PICTURES - VES AWARD WINNER BEST VFX - LEAD ARTIST