# Max Dennison > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Max_Dennison > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Max_Dennison.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Dennison > Source revision: 1356940132 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/matte_painting) and illustrator from Ireland.{{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 }} Originally from [Kildimo](/source/Kildimo) in [County Limerick](/source/County_Limerick), Dennison attended the [Villiers School](/source/Villiers_School) in [Limerick](/source/Limerick) city. He attended university in England, and graduated from [Leicester Polytechnic](/source/Leicester_Polytechnic) (later known as [De Montfort University](/source/De_Montfort_University)) in 1992.{{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 }} Dennison, who "landed his first job in special effects in 1996", worked on [John Madden](/source/John_Madden_(director))'s ''[Shakespeare in Love](/source/Shakespeare_in_Love)'' (1998).{{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 }} He also worked on [Peter Jackson](/source/Peter_Jackson)'s ''[The Lord of the Rings](/source/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(film_series))'' series, and was "lead matte painter" at [Weta Digital](/source/Weta_Digital) for the trilogy.{{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 }} At the [1st Visual Effects Society Awards](/source/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](/source/The_Lord_of_the_Rings%3A_The_Two_Towers)''.{{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 }}{{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 }} Having worked on ''[Revenge of the Sith](/source/Star_Wars%3A_Episode_III_%E2%80%93_Revenge_of_the_Sith)'' for [Industrial Light & Magic](/source/Industrial_Light_%26_Magic) in 2004, between 2005 and 2006 he worked on ''[X-Men: The Last Stand](/source/X-Men%3A_The_Last_Stand)'', ''[The Da Vinci Code](/source/The_Da_Vinci_Code_(film))'' and [Bryan Singer](/source/Bryan_Singer)'s ''[Superman Returns](/source/Superman_Returns)''.{{IMDb name|0219601}}{{better source needed|reason=IMDB is user-generated content and not typically considered reliable.|date=August 2023}} In 2007, he set up a visual effects company, Matte Painting UK.{{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 }} Dennison worked on the ''[Chernobyl](/source/Chernobyl_(miniseries))'' miniseries (2019), and received the [Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role](/source/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Special_Visual_Effects) award for this work at the [71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards](/source/71st_Primetime_Creative_Arts_Emmy_Awards).{{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 }} As of 2019, he was a visual effects supervisor with [DNEG](/source/DNEG) and was living in London. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|0219601}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dennison, Max}} Category:Living people Category:Matte painters Category:People educated at Villiers School Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century Irish illustrators Category:21st-century Irish painters Category:21st-century Irish male artists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Max Dennison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Dennison) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Dennison?action=history)). 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