Dean Lyon

Biography

Dean Lyon is a world-renowned visual effects creator and computer animation innovator with over 35 years of experience in collaborating with cutting-edge directors, motion picture studios, production companies, post-production facilities and technology developers throughout the world.

He is passionate about the creative use of technology to transform the art of visual storytelling and is regarded as a futurist by colleagues within the industry.

Lyon’s career has included roles as CEO, creative director, VFX supervisor, producer, inventor and serial entrepreneur, working in diverse areas such as feature films, television, music videos, commercials, interactive TV, computer games, theme park attractions, stereoscopic 3D, VR/AR/XR, holograms, avatars, metaverses, artificial intelligence and beyond!

He has contributed to hundreds of international television commercials and over 50 feature films, including “Armageddon,” “Independence Day,” “Air Force One“ and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

He was recruited to define the future for DaVinci Systems, where he was instrumental in developing a computer graphics finishing system, Resolve, utilizing supercomputing processing that made the completion of “Avatar“ and hundreds of other feature films possible. DaVinci Resolve has become the content creation industry standard in color finishing. Lyon was instrumental in defining the color science for digital cinema.

Lyon is teaching Color Grading and Finishing, VFX+AI, and AI Filmmaking.