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Stuart Penn

Overview

Stuart Penn is a visual effects supervisor at Framestore. Before entering the world of visual effects, Stuart spent a decade as a research physicist specializing in superconductors and dielectric materials. During this time, he established a new research department at London South Bank University, where he led pioneering academic work in the field.

Since leaping VFX, Stuart has contributed to some of cinema’s most iconic films and franchises. His credits include Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and Alfonso Cuarón’s Academy Award-winning Gravity, where he played a key role in developing the groundbreaking techniques used to simulate zero gravity—working with motion control robotics and an advanced LED lighting stage.

In 2017, Stuart collaborated with Ridley Scott as VFX Supervisor on Alien: Covenant, reviving the legendary ‘face hugger’ creature and applying his technical expertise to the film’s gravity-defying sequences. His extensive on-set experience has supervised key scenes for the BAFTA-nominated Paddington 2 and Amazon’s high-flying adventure The Aeronauts.

Stuart led Framestore’s contributions to Avengers: Endgame, Marvel’s record-shattering blockbuster, the magical Netflix/StudioCanal holiday tale A Boy Called Christmas, and a technically demanding sequence for Venom: Let There Be Carnage.

Known for

Crew

2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Crew CG Supervisor 64
Fair

Visual Effects

2026 Project Hail Mary Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor N/A
N/A
2025 Mickey 17 Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor 67
Fair
2022 1899 Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor 75
Good
2022 Moon Knight Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor 76
Good
2021 A Boy Called Christmas Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor 67
Fair
2021 Venom: Let There Be Carnage Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor 67
Fair
2019 The Aeronauts Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor 65
Fair
2019 Avengers: Endgame Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor 81
Very good
2017 Paddington 2 Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor 72
Good
2017 Alien: Covenant Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor 61
Fair
2009 Avatar Visual Effects Modeling 75
Good
2005 Kingdom of Heaven Visual Effects Senior Modeller 68
Fair