Sony Pictures Imageworks Digital Effects Supervisor Peter Nofz recently completed work on Spider-Man™ 3 as digital effects supervisor. He had primary responsibility for many astonishing effects including the creation of the alien symbiote, both in its sinister goo form and when it takes shape as the terrifying Venom.

Nofz previously served as a CG supervisor on the Academy Award®-winning film Spider-Man™ 2 (Best Achievement in Visual Effects, 2004) as well as the Academy Award®-nominated international hit Spider-Man™ (Best Achievement in Visual Effects, 2002). He joined Sony Pictures Imageworks in 1998 as a senior technical director on Stuart Little (1999) and Hollow Man (2000), both of which garnered Academy Award® nominations for Best Visual Effects.

Following graduation from Technische Universität Munich, Germany, with the equivalent of a Masters Degree in Computer Science, Nofz began his entertainment career as a Production Assistant for Gesellschaft für Bildende Filme (GBF) in Munich, Germany.

In 1989 Nofz moved to Sun Microsystems as a senior consultant and lecturer. He subsequently worked at Insight Pix, first as a technical director, then as a senior technical director/animator. His credits included such award-winning commercials as Sega Obsidian (Golden Clio: Visual FX) and McDonald’s Fish (New York Festival Gold).