Effi Wizen

Efraim "Effi" Wizen (born 29 October 1956 in Israel) is an Israeli computer animator and Visual_effects specialist.

Wizen graduated from ORT_Israel, having studied architecture. He also earned a B.Sc in architecture and city planning from the Technion_–_Israel_Institute_of_Technology. He is one of the first specialists in Computer_Animation and Visual_effects, founding the first 3D_Animation company in Israel, “Dad_Pro”, in 1984. In 1987 Wizen created one of the first film Digital_compositing systems, called TOCCATA. Wizen used the system in one of the first digitally composed movie Taxandria_(film) in 1989 and Neverending_Story_III in 1994. He worked on both films as Digital_Effects Supervisor. Also in 1994 he founded the post production house "Gravity VFX and Design ", serving six years as the co-CEO. He then opened Gravity VFX in Canada, aligning with "RhinoFX", and now known as "Gravity". In 1998 Wizen created the consortium that was composed of Digital_Domain, The_Kushner-Locke_Company, Capitol_Films of the United_Kingdom, Israeli Financial Banking firm DLIN Ltd., and Israeli post-production facility Gravity VFX and Design.