Born on March 14, 1964, Native Montrealer Frank D'Iorio graduated from
the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) with a Bachelor's Degree in
Graphic design. Within the program were Audio Visual Classes that
helped Frank realise that Moving images instead of Print were his true
passion.
Upon graduation, Frank worked at PMT Video (an affiliation of TVA, one
of Montreal's major television stations) from 1993 to 1998 creating
Award Winning Television Opens and Corporate Videos. Working as both a
2-D animator and Artistic Director, this is where Frank got his first
taste of Digital Compositing doing Beta Testing for Discreet Logic's
Flint software.
In 1998 Frank took the opportunity to join Buzz Image Group, a Montreal
leader in Hi-End commercial and Film Visual Effects. Frank's very first
film composites at Buzz included François Girard's highly acclaimed Red
Violin, as well as national spots for Ford, Blue Zone and L'oreal
Paris. After 5 years with Buzz Image group and completion on
Confessions of a dangerous Mind and Extreme Ops, Frank decided to take
a new direction in his career...
Starting in 2003, Frank became a Freelance Digital Compositor.
With more then 13 years under his belt, he has Digitaly composited in
such motion pictures as Scooby Doo 2, Exorcist The begining, Cursed,
Fantastic Four and Final Destination.
As with most film professionals, Frank is also a huge Star Wars
collector. In 2000, he Frank created his personal website...
NiubNiubsUniverse.Com. Celebrating his passion for Diorama building
with a passion. Recreating exact movie set duplicates in scale for the
action figures, Frank gives step by step instructions to his fans on
how to re-create his work at home. Including Free blueprints and Decal
Downloads.
His passion and generosity led Lucasfilm to ask Frank to organise the
Diorama Builders sections at both Star Wars Celebration II and
Celebration III conventions in Indianapolis. There fans gathered to
recreate some of the largest Star Wars dioramas in the world.
Frank is currently working as Digital Compositor on Frank Miller's 300
at Meteor Studios Montreal until July 31, 2006.
