Mariana Acuña

Mariana Acuña is a technologist, pixel pusher and entrepreneur. During her years at Foundry she focused on Virtual Reality post-production workflows, as the Head of Creatives in the Americas. She was instrumental in the launch of ExploreVR and Cara VR.

Mariana is a pioneer in her hometown Mexico City, where she founded the first VR and 360 video production and branding agency JoltVR. Most recently she co-founded Glassbox Technologies, where she leads the roadmap for new and existing technology, developing tools for Virtual Production using Virtual Reality to transform the way filmmaking is done today.

Before her switch into software, she worked as an on-set VFX supervisor & senior digital artist and has over 13 years’ experience in the motion picture industry working at studios such as Sony Imageworks, CIS Hollywood, Digital Domain, HBO, Columbia Pictures and FuseFX.