In the beginning [of your career], it's surprising. You meet so many people from VFS. There are former students everywhere, and it's great because it has this familiar environment to what it was like working at VFS.

Julianna Kolakis
3D Animation & Visual Effects Graduate
Texture Artist, Immortals, The Thing

I have worked a few places, and to be honest, there is a work ethic that the VFS students have that I just don't see in many other artists I've worked with.

Josh Herrig
3D Animation & Visual Effects Graduate
Lead Lighting Artist, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

The best decision I've ever made in my life was to go to VFS. VFS led me to achieve the result I had always dreamed about. Unique curriculum and instructors who worked tirelessly to help me solve the daily production issues to the industry standard.

Samuel Tung
3D Animation & Visual Effects Graduate
Senior Technical Artist, THQ

When you think of the fact that both the director as well as the VFX executive producer of District 9 are both VFS 3D grads... It made me realize that I probably attended the right school.

Jelmer Boskma
3D Animation & Visual Effects Graduate
Modeler, District 9, Thor

All VFS people - students and teachers - were really welcoming, and this trip allowed me to meet a lot of eclectic people from around the world... And to learn English! So helpful! I felt our class was like a team and I can never thank them enough for the sharing of ideas, thoughts, travels, and friendship!

Justine Codron
3D Animation & Visual Effects Graduate
Lighting Technical Director, Where the Wild Things Are, Cars 2

I have worked with people from VFS at every studio I have been a part of. It's really nice to see how far we have all come in a very short time. The people from VFS that I consistently work with all have an amazing work ethic and are those same people who I remember working many all-nighters with back in the Ant Farm.

Anthony Di Ninno
3D Animation & Visual Effects Graduate
Animator, District 9, Source Code

I'll never forget the day I came back to my apartment from school and there was a message from Disney on the phone. They loved my reel and wanted to set up an interview.

Lino Di Salvo
3D Animation & Visual Effects Graduate
Supervising Animator, Bolt, Tangled

I worked my butt off for a year [at VFS], but it got me where I wanted to go.

Neill Blomkamp
3D Animation & Visual Effects Graduate
Director/Co-Writer, District 9

All the teachers were professionals; my classmates were great - and then, Vancouver. I fell in love with the city and snowboarding in the winter.

Daniel Osaki
3D Animation & Visual Effects Graduate
Emmy Nominated Modeler, Battlestar Galactica, Family Guy

At VFS, I had a great working atmosphere with relevant curriculum, staff, and equipment to reach my full potential.

Ben Sanders
3D Animation & Visual Effects Graduate
Animator, Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

At VFS, you live and breathe a production environment. Now that I'm working... I can see how every step I followed in the production of my student reel was very similar to the process of making a feature film in a studio.

Ernesto Bottger
3D Animation & Visual Effects Graduate
Animator, The Ant Bully, Open Season 2