About
Janek Sirrs
Overview
Janek Sirrs (born October 20, 1965) is a visual effects artist who is known for his work in films such as The Matrix, Batman Begins, The Avengers, and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Sirrs has won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects once for The Matrix, shared with John Gaeta, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum, with a further two nominations for Iron Man 2, shared with Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, and Ged Wright but lost to Inception, and The Avengers, shared with Dan Sudick, Jeff White, and Guy Williams but lost to Life of Pi.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2014 | Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Actor | Self - Production Visual Effects Supervisor | 59 Average |
| 2004 | The Burly Man Chronicles | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2001 | The Matrix Revisited | Actor | Self - Associate VFX Supervisor | 61 Fair |
| 1999 | Making 'The Matrix' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
Crew |
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| 1998 | Doctor Dolittle | Crew | Digital Effects Supervisor | 57 Average |
| 1997 | The Borrowers | Crew | Digital Supervisor | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Liar Liar | Crew | Digital Supervisor | 66 Fair |
| 1996 | Matilda | Crew | Digital Supervisor | 70 Good |
Visual Effects |
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| 2024 | Wolfs | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 63 Fair |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 72 Good |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 73 Good |
| 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 73 Good |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 58 Average |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 73 Good |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 76 Good |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 67 Fair |
| 2007 | I Am Legend | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 71 Good |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 76 Good |
| 2004 | The Ladykillers | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 60 Fair |
| 2003 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 59 Average |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 70 Good |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 71 Good |
| 1999 | The Matrix | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 81 Very good |
| 1998 | Mighty Joe Young | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 61 Fair |
| 1998 | Without Limits | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 59 Average |
| 1998 | The Naked Man | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Six Days Seven Nights | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 60 Fair |
| 1998 | The Truman Show | Visual Effects | Digital Compositor | 80 Very good |
| 1998 | The Big Lebowski | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor | 77 Good |
| 1997 | Gattaca | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 74 Good |
| 1997 | Con Air | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 66 Fair |
| 1997 | Anaconda | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 53 Average |
| 1997 | Jungle 2 Jungle | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 55 Average |
| 1996 | My Fellow Americans | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Alaska | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 58 Average |
| 1996 | The Arrival | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Executive Decision | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 61 Fair |
| 1996 | Before and After | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Strange Days | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 66 Fair |
| 1995 | Steal Big Steal Little | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Waterworld | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 61 Fair |
| 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 66 Fair |
| 1995 | The Quick and the Dead | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 63 Fair |
| 1994 | Immortal Beloved | Visual Effects | Compositing Artist | 63 Fair |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Visual Effects | Digital Compositor | 67 Fair |
| 1993 | Needful Things | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 60 Fair |
| 1993 | Heart and Souls | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 63 Fair |
| 1993 | Map of the Human Heart | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 59 Average |
| 1992 | The Muppet Christmas Carol | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 68 Fair |
| 1992 | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Visual Effects | Visual Effects | 60 Fair |