While you all know Tim Miller as the director of Deadpool, did you know for the past 20 years he’s been running the visual effects, animation, and design company Blur Studio in Los Angeles? While you might not know the name Blur, trust me, you have seen their incredible work. The studio has contributed to countless campaigns for companies like EA, Fox, Microsoft, Universal, Marvel, Y&R, Warner Bros, Activision, and Paramount and has worked in both live-action and animation. Did you like the opening credits to David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? They did that. What about the almost entirely CG prologue of Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World? Also Blur. While I could go on and on and list all the cool stuff they’ve worked on, I think it’s better to just show you a cool animation FX reel which highlights some of their work:

Given the worldwide success of Deadpool, I thought it would be the perfect time to sit down with Tim Miller (CEO of Blur) and creative director Dave Wilson to talk about Blur’s work on the R-rated superhero smash. During our wide-ranging conversation they talked about the massive success of the film, David Fincher’s reaction to seeing the movie, Blur’s contributions, that test reel footage, the challenge of keeping their VFX company in Los Angeles, their favorite campaigns, the time they created something for Bill Gates and the first X-Box, how AR and VR can be used as extensions of the film-going experience, and so much more. Check out what they had to say below.

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Tim Miller and Dave Wilson: