Shaina Holmes

Shaina Holmes is a VFX supervisor, producer, and artist with more than 200 feature film and television credits, as well as an Associate Professor of Television, Radio, and Film, specializing in visual effects and post production in the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. Shaina’s area of research explores how mentorship and collaboration can help create inclusive visual effects labor practices. This is reflected both inside and beyond her classroom. Students and alumni can apprentice either for her company, Flying Turtle Post, which focuses on post production and VFX for the indie film community, or within the student-led post production mentorship groups, Syracuse University Post (SUP!) and Park Post, she founded at Syracuse University and Ithaca College. Her passion is to help emerging artists and filmmakers find their voice to tell diverse stories utilizing a visual medium.

Over her career, Holmes has worked for major studios, including Deluxe, Method, Encore, Company 3, Alkemy-X, Crafty Apes, Nice Shoes, and Custom Film Effects. She is known for her work on Chicago, The Notebook, Tropic Thunder, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Swiss Army Man, Men In Black 3, Vinyl, True Detective, and Big Time Adolescence to name a few. She is also co-author of the book Visual Effects for Indie Filmmakers: A Guide to VFX Integration and Artist Collaboration to demystify the VFX process for filmmakers of all experience levels. Shaina is a member of the Visual Effects Society (VES), New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT), Women in VFX (WVFX), and University Film and Video Association (UFVA).