Matt Panousis is a co-founder and chief operating officer of Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ), the technology and visual effects (VFX) startup that helps Hollywood studios deliver feature-film quality visual effects on television timelines. The company, which was founded in 2018, has built an impressive project portfolio that includes Marvel’s WandaVision, HBO’s Watchmen, Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy, and Apple TV’s Invasion. MARZ also boasts two 2021 Emmy award nominations. MARZ is also bringing to market an artificial intelligence (AI) solution (Vanity AI) to combat the VFX industry’s challenges of capacity, time, and budget constraints.
VIP+’s presentation at Mipcom Cannes highlighted the aspects of gen AI showing early potential for TV production use cases
New tools like LipDub AI from VFX studio Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies will expand the reach of foreign and domestic films.