Art & Crafts: How a Childhood Visit to 7-Eleven Led to a VFX Star’s Passion

“There was a magazine called Famous Monsters of Filmland that they used to sell at a 7-Eleven near my family’s house. And one day, I looked in the back of it, and there was a photo of them putting a man into the Godzilla suit. And I went, ‘Oh, wow, it’s a suit. Somebody makes this stuff,’” says The Umbrella Academy visual effects supervisor and Emmy nominee Everett Burrell . “And that was totally the rocket ship in my brain to want to do this.” In a conversation with moderator Rob Legato , ASC, VES, Burrell discusses the inspirations for The Umbrella Academy and why he wanted to become a VFX artist in the first place. This episode, sponsored by Netflix, was recorded at the American Society of Cinematographers Clubhouse in Los Angeles on Aug. 7.