KURT WILLIAMS (Visual Effects Producer)
KURT WILLIAMS (Visual Effects Producer) has been involved in all aspects of film production for nearly 15 years. After graduating from the University of Missouri with a degree in communications and marketing, he landed in Chicago and was introduced to the world of live action features and commercial production.

In 1989 he moved to Los Angeles and began work as a producer and assistant director for features, television commercials and special venue projects.

His live action experience and an introduction to visual effects pioneer John Dykstra at Apogee Productions in 1995 eventually led Kurt to help bring Gotham City to life as the miniature effects production supervisor for both Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. He also produced miniature sequences for Broken Arrow directed by John Woo.

These movies led the way to integrating complicated digital and miniature effects for Chris Carter's X-Files The Movie, and the supernatural thriller End of Days, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

For Ron Howard's How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Williams worked in conjunction with lead visual effects house Digital Domain and two others to produce the approximate 600 visual effects shots featured in the film.