David Lebensfeld founded Ingenuity Studios in 2004 and has been a driving force behind the studio's growth and expansion since inception. He oversees business operations and strategy for the studio, overarching team leadership, new business development and bidding, client relations, visual effects supervision, and shot work. Over the years, David has provided visual effects supervision for many memorable works including the films "Get Out," and "The Social Dilemma;" music videos for Taylor Swift, Coldplay + BTS, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran, and Billie Eilish; the shows "S.W.A.T." and "The Good Lord Bird;" and commercials for advertising agencies such as Crispin Porter and BBDO, for clients such as Spotify, Old Navy, and Fox Sports (including two for the Super Bowl).
Based in Los Angeles, David is a member of the Visual Effects Society, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and Film Independent.
Ingenuity Studios coordinated the visual effects work from five VFX studios — including its own, along with AMGI Studios, Buf, Rodeo VFX and Territory Studio — from inception to delivery of the wildly creative “My Universe” music video for Coldplay + BTS.
VFX from Ingenuity Studios Instrumental to Anthology Series 'Solos' - CGW explores how leading-edge graphics techniques, including the 3D modeling, animation and visualization are used in such applications as CAD/CAM/CAE, architecture, scientific visualization, special effects, digital video, film, and interactive entertainment.
Ingenuity Studios Executive Producer Matthew Poliquin reflects on how Ingenuity helped navigate different time periods and execute key VFX shots including a green orb, CG pool, twins and floating chalk for Amazon Studios' anthology series Solos.