{{short description|Irish special effects artist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{EngvarB|date=January 2022}} '''Max Dennison''' (born {{birth based on age as of date|49|2019|9|26|noage=1}}) is a digital matte painter and illustrator from Ireland.<ref name="ll2019">{{cite web|url = https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/from-mordor-to-reactor-4-limerick-man-toasts-emmy-win-8136801 | website = limerickleader.ie | title = From Mordor to Reactor 4: Limerick man toasts Emmy win | date = 26 September 2019 | accessdate = 30 May 2026 }}</ref>
Originally from Kildimo in County Limerick,<ref name="ill2019"/> Dennison attended the Villiers School in Limerick city.<ref name="ll2019"/> He attended university in England, and graduated from Leicester Polytechnic (later known as De Montfort University) in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2019/october/dmu-alumnus-wins-emmy-for-work-on-celebrated-chernobyl-tv-series.aspx | website = dmu.ac.uk | publisher = De Montfort University | title = DMU alumnus wins Emmy for work on celebrated Chernobyl TV series | date = 18 October 2019 | accessdate = 30 May 2026 | quote = [Dennison] graduated from Leicester Polytechnic with a degree in Industrial Design }}</ref>
Dennison, who "landed his first job in special effects in 1996",<ref name="ll2019"/> worked on John Madden's ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998).<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/emmys-2019-chernobyl/ | website = fxguide.com | title = Emmys 2019: Chernobyl | date = August 2019 | accessdate = 30 May 2026 | quote = VFX Supervisor Max Dennison, based at DNEG London [..] work[ed] on Academy award-winning films such as Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and John Madden's Shakespeare in Love }}</ref> He also worked on Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of the Rings'' series, and was "lead matte painter" at Weta Digital for the trilogy.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://vfxvoice.com/dneg-tv-recreates-the-unimaginable-for-hbos-chernobyl/ | website = vfxvoice.com | title = DNEG TV Recreates The Unimaginable for HBO's Chernobyl | date = October 2019 | accessdate = 30 May 2026 }}</ref><ref name="ll2019"/> At the 1st Visual Effects Society Awards, held in February 2003, Dennison (along with Yannick Dusseault, Roger Kupelian and Mathieu Raynault) was nominated for the "Best Matte Painting in a Motion Picture" award for his work on ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vesglobal.org/previous-awards/2002-1st-annual-ves-awards/ |title=Visual Effects Society - 1st Annual VES Awards |website=vesglobal.org | accessdate = 30 May 2026 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website = academyawards.20m.com | title = Nominations and winners in various award ceremonies for the year 2002 | url = http://academyawards.20m.com/lists/others02.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060508023216/http://academyawards.20m.com/lists/others02.htm | archivedate = 8 May 2006 }}</ref>
Having worked on ''Revenge of the Sith'' for Industrial Light & Magic in 2004, between 2005 and 2006 he worked on ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', ''The Da Vinci Code'' and Bryan Singer's ''Superman Returns''.<ref name="auto">{{IMDb name|0219601}}{{better source needed|reason=IMDB is user-generated content and not typically considered reliable.|date=August 2023}}</ref> In 2007, he set up a visual effects company, Matte Painting UK.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mattepaintinguk.com/about | title = Welcome To Matte Painting UK - About | website = mattepaintinguk.com | accessdate = 3 March 2015 | archive-date = 26 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120326203640/http://www.mattepaintinguk.com/about/ | url-status = dead | quote = Matte Painting UK was established in 2007 by matte artist Max Dennison }}</ref>
Dennison worked on the ''Chernobyl'' miniseries (2019), and received the Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role award for this work at the 71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.<ref name="ill2019">{{cite web|url = https://www.ilovelimerick.ie/max-dennison/ | website = ilovelimerick.ie | title = Limerick man, Max Dennison celebrates Emmy win following special effects role in the hit show, Chernobyl | date = 1 October 2019 | accessdate = 30 May 2026 }}</ref>
As of 2019, he was a visual effects supervisor with DNEG and was living in London.<ref name="ll2019"/><ref name="ill2019"/>
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