fxguide: fxpodcast

Mike Seymour, John Montgomery

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led industry podcast focused on high-end visual effects, production technology, software, and emerging workflows, featuring VFX supervisors, studio executives, technology leaders, and technical specialists. Suitable pitches include accomplished VFX artists and supervisors, post-production or studio executives, software and virtual-production founders, and experts in imaging, scanning, or cinematography technology; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need substantial industry expertise or leadership credentials.

Metrics

Episodes: 100

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

johnmont@fxguide.com

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Host

Mike Seymour - Visual effects industry writer, researcher, and producer; co-founder and host of fxguide.

John Montgomery - Visual effects professional and co-founder and host of fxguide.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Senior visual effects supervisors, established artists, studio or company executives, software and technology leaders, and recognized specialists in production, capture, compositing, or cinematography workflows.

Required Achievements:

Leadership of major visual effects studios or production teams, Credits on prominent film or television productions, Development or commercialization of professional VFX software and production technology, Expertise in specialized imaging, scanning, lens, or virtual-production systems

Recent Guest Discussions

Alana Newell - The Progression From Compositing To Executive Leadership And The Future Of Crafty Apes.

Nikola Todorovic - Autodesk Flow Studios’ 3d Editor And Canvas, Combining Interactive 3d Scene Construction With Generative Video Workflows.

Betsy Paterson - The Visual Effects, Creatures, And Character Work Created For Stranger Things Season 5.

Jamie Hearing - Lidar, Gaussian Splats, And Real-world Scanning Workflows For VFX Production.

Jordan Thistlewood - How Lens Metadata Can Connect On-set Cinematography Data With Visual Effects Workflows.

Recent Topics

Film, Visual Effects, Vfx Software, Virtual Production, Computer Graphics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

fxguide: fxpodcast

Crafty Apes CEO Alana Newell

August 31, 2026

From compositor to CEO: Alana Newell on the future of Crafty Apes.

Nikola Todorovic on Autodesk Flow Studio’s new 3D Editor + Canvas

August 24, 2026

Go with the Flow—AI filmmaking just got directable, with a system that combines interactive 3D scene construction with the visual power of generative 2D video models.

Vecna, Demogorgons and Young Will: Inside the VFX of Stranger Things S5

August 03, 2026

VFX Supervisor Betsy Paterson breaks down Stranger Things season 5. The best visual effects don’t replace reality, they convince reality to play along.

Publicly listed emails

johnmont@fxguide.com

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