Terry Clotiaux, a 20-year veteran of the visual effects industry, has signed on with Frantic Films, a division of Prime Focus Group, as senior VP and COO of visual effects worldwide.
Clotiaux will work out of Frantic’s Hollywood office and is responsible for building up the company’s international visual effects operations. He will also work to establish the company’s offices in Los Angeles, Winnipeg and Vancouver as the North American bases for Prime Focus.
He comes to Frantic from Digital Domain, where he worked on films such as the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Speed Racer and The Golden Compass. Prior to Digital Domain, he worked at Sony Pictures Imageworks, was a vfx producer on such film as the sequels to The Matrix and Independence Day, and served a stint with the Chandler Group. He also has worked at Showscan Film Corp. and Robert Guenette Productions.