worked closely with IMAX and The National Film Board of Canada to integrate new ground-breaking digital imaging systems for both live-action as well as animated films. In 1994, Dennis then helped to form a motion picture digital opticals company called Cine-Byte, broadening his industry experience while managing daily production of high- resolution input scanning, film recording, and digital effects. In 1997, he moved to Command Post Toybox (Toronto), to establish a feature film Visual Effects department. Here, he quickly built a reputation as an expert in the field of computer animation – one who was also skilled at developing teams capable of tackling innovative and complex CGI projects. It was during this period that Berardi’s enthusiasm for working with images made him the first choice as a creative visual effects lead for such visually groundbreaking films as Tarsem’s The Cell and David Fincher’s Fight Club. In 2001, Dennis Berardi founded Mr. X in conjunction with TOPIX – an award winning commercial design and animation house, with the goal of creating an artist-based studio environment that would contribute fundamentally to how a concept or story is visually interpreted for the medium of feature film. His studio has since established itself as a leader in North America, with credits on dozens of distinguished projects including such recent films as Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Letters to Juliet (2010), Fast & Furious (2009), Sin Nombre (2009), Amelia (2009), Taking Woodstock (2009), Death Race (2008), The Rocker (2008), Flash of Genius (2008), Eastern Promises (2007), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), Balls of Fury (2007), Lust Caution (2007), Skinwalkers (2006), Silent Hill (2006), Hollywoodland (2006), Happily N’Ever After (2005), Four Brothers (2005), Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), Ice Harvest (2005), Ice Princess (2005), A History of Violence (2005), Where the Truth Lies (2005), Dawn of the Dead (2004) and Wrong Turn (2003). It was a natural evolution of Berardi’s creative collaboration with other filmmakers, that he would begin producing original content himself. His first foray into film production earned him a producer credit for Cube Zero, the prequel to the cult film series, The Cube. Berardi then built on this early success, producing the feature film Skinwalkers that was completed in 2006 and released theatrically in North America by After Dark Films. PAUL DENHAM AUSTERBERRY – Production Designer Award-winning costume designer, Paul Denham Austerberry most recently worked on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse starring Kirsten Stewart and Robert Pattinson, Amelia starring Hilary Swank and Deathrace, starring Jason Statham. He has worked on such productions as 30 Days of Night, starring Josh Hartnett, Take the Lead, starring Antonio Banderas, Assault on Precinct 13, starring Ethan Hawke and Lawrence Fishburne, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, starring Milla Jovovich, Highwaymen, starring James Caviezel, The Tuxedo with Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt, Exit Wounds, starring Steven Seagal, the Canadian feature Men with Broooms and Mercy with Ellen Barkin and Julian Sands. As art director, Austerberry’s credits include X-Men, Forever Mine, The Corrupter, Half Baked, The Real Blonde, Extreme Measures, Harriet the Spy, and Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy. On television, he was awarded a Canadian Gemini for his work designing the musical special “Inspired by Bach.” 34
PIERRE-YVES GAYRAUD – Costume Designer Pierre-Yves Gayraud is one of France’s most sought after costume designers, with over thirty films to his credit. Perhaps best known in the U.S. for two large-scale productions, Regis Wargnier’s Oscar ® winning Indochine and Doug Liman’s The Bourne Identity. Indochine, set during the French occupation of Vietnam and filmed in that country, starring Catherine Deneuve and Vincent Perez, brought Gayraud and collaborator Gabriella Pescucci Cesar Award nominations. As the costume designer on Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, he won the German Film Award’s ‘Film In Gold’ for best costume. He went on to design worked on two segments of the episodic “Paris, Je T’aime” with directors Tom Tykwer and the Coen brothers. Other notable feature film credits include: Mr. Bean’s Vacation, starring Rowan Atkinson, Jean-Jacques Annaud’s His Majesty Minor with Vincent Cassel, and The Countess featuring Julie Delphy and William Hurt. 35
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