Spates, Marion

Marion Spates has over twenty years of visual effects experience in films, commercials, streaming, and Virtual Production, where his expertise is utilized in every step of the production process, beginning with the story development in pre-visualization for on-set shooting, all the way through final compositing and final color. Marion's background in visual effects stems from an eclectic mix of related skills including tracking, lighting, crowd replication, compositing, and on set supervision. He is a multiple Emmy Award nominee for the ground-breaking Netflix hit shows, Lost in Space, Stranger Things, and Marvel's, Wandavision, and is an Emmy Award winner for the Opening Sequence of the 2005 Super Bowl.

Spates is an accomplished artist and visionary but is also well regarded throughout the industry for his remarkable leadership skills. He possesses boundless energy and drive to keep morale high and consistent through often long hours and very intense projects, while maintaining clear communication with directors and clients. He has demonstrated a rare deftness at being able bring out the best in everyone he works with, and relentlessly strives to do the same in himself every day.