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George Antzoulides (born 15 June 1975; age 49) is a visual effects artist who worked as Previsualization Artist for the company Proof Inc. on Star Trek Beyond from February 2015. [1]

Born an raised in Hicksville, New York, Antzoulides attended the Pratt Institute between 1994 and 1998 and graduated with BFA in Painting and Art Education. He moved to San Francisco in 2002 where he studied at the Academy of Art University and graduated with an MFA in Character Animation in 2006. [2]

Among his early work as animator was the short live action film Cast Shadows in 2005 as well as the video games Death Jr. (2006), Dead Head Fred (2006), Lord of the Rings: Conquest (2008), and The Saboteur (2009). He also received special thanks in the end credits of the animated short Pinched in 2010.

As previzs artist he worked for Digital Domain on Thor (2011, starring Chris Hemsworth and Idris Elba) and for The Third Floor on Iron Man 3 (2013).

For Proof Inc., Antzoudiles worked on Hop (2011), The Thing (2011), X-Men: First Class (2011, with Glenn Morshower and Ray Wise and produced by Stan Lee and Bryan Singer), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012, produced by Stan Lee and music by James Horner), R.I.P.D. (2013, with Robert Knepper), and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).

Antzoulidas also worked on Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and Furious 7 (2015). The first two were directed by Justin Lin, the fifth and seventh had music by Brian Tyler, and all three are starring Dwayne Johnson, cinematography by Stephen F. Windon, and costume design by Sanja Milkovic Hays.

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