2nd Quarter 2008
Congratulations to Peter Segal and the entire Get Smart team for such a successful box office opening weekend! And make sure you go out and see Journey to the Center of the Earth at a RealD theater on July 11th (iPhone 3G in hand no doubt). It's the future of filmmaking!"
In addition to his ongoing film work, David Dozoretz has been given the position of Chief Creative Officer of a revolutionary new television network. He passes on the role of POV Chief Executive Officer to Brian Pohl. The POV team continues design work on JJ Abram's Star Trek and Fox's The A-Team feature films.
1st Quarter 2008
The POV designed Star Trek teaser is out and available here. It is being very well received so congratulations to Chad Hofteig, Jason Hall, Kevin Aguirre, and David
3rd Quarter 2007
We're still working on Star Trek XI. In fact, we've been asked to double the size of our team! If you're a talented animator, please contact us!
2nd Quarter 2007
We're busy! Persistence of Vision re-unites with director J.J. Abrams for Star Trek XI, teams with Batman Begins writer David Goyer for an undisclosed project, starts pre-vis for the Jerry Bruckheimer produced G-Force, and completes visual effects final for Stephen King's 1408. As you can imagine, we're looking for talented pre-vis artists and animators. If that's you, see ourjobs page.
1st Quarter 2007
POV is currently in production on Dreamworks Animation's Kung Fu Panda and has also started work on Fox's The Day the Earth Stood Still.
4th Quarter 2006
POV is happy to be doing pre- and post-visualization for Warner Bros.' Get Smart, another big-budget comedy staring Steve Carrell.
David Dozoretz recently returned from Japan where he directed a short of The War of Sekigahara, a new technology project using the latest in 4k Hi-Def camera technology (a four-fold increase in resolution of normal HD).
POV has completed post-visualization work on Journey to the Center of the Earth. 800 shots in 5 weeks!
3rd Quarter 2006
POV has been begun pre- and post-visualization on Evan Almighty for Universal Studios. The film stars Steve Carrell.
David Dozoretz returns from Montreal where he wrapped production on Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D as the film's second unit director. The film, starring Brendan Fraser, will be the first feature release of 3-D stereo filmmaking using the new beam-splitter HD camera system developed by James Cameron.
2nd Quarter 2006
POV Previs was recently awarded previsualization work on Marvel Comic's Fantastic Four 2 (A 20th Century Fox Production). POV Previs completed three sequences ranging from 50 to 110 shots per sequence. Sequences were constructed through a combination of Maya and XSI platforms. A hand off to the production facilities in Vancouver occurred during the first and second week of July. The film's director is Tim Story. For more information please check this link:Fantastic Four 2.
POV Previs wraps previsualization on Walden Media's Journey to the Center of the Earth and 20th Century Fox's Eragon. While on JTCE, POV Previs constructed previsualization for 14 different sequences, including 2 stereoscopic sequences, in a 15 week period of time. Nearly 38 minutes of animation was produced before the JTCE production team moved north to Montreal.
David Dozoretz has been offered the opportunity to join the Journey to the Center of the Earth production team as the film's second unit director. He will be working hand in hand with Eric Brevig assisting in the film's construction.
1st Quarter 2006
POV was recently awarded previsualization sequences on Walden Media's, Journey to the Center of the Earth and 20th Century Fox's Eragon.
Be sure to check out POV's 2006 previs and commercial demo reels by clicking here.
4th Quarter 2005
Mission Complete! Previsualization for Mission Impossible 3 and X-Men 3 was completed by POV's previsualization team. Check out the trailers to see shots previsualized by POV!
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Brian J. Pohl joins POV. Accomplished and screen credited previs supervisor, Brian J. Pohl, has joined forces with David Dozoretz to further enhance POV's previsualization, layout and vfx offerings. Check out Brian's filmography on our bio page.
Spring 2005
POV has started pre-visualization work on Mission Impossible 3 for Cruise/Wagner Productions.
Peristence of Vision has completed their 150+ final visual effect shots on XXX2: State of the Union.
Fall 2004
Along with Industrial Light & Magic, Peristence of Vision has been awarded final visual effects onXXX2: State of the Union David Dozoretz and the team have already completed 2 pre-vis sequences for the film.
March/April 2004
David Dozoretz will be teaching a class on pre-visualization at Gnomon School of Visual Effectswith Brian Pohl.
Fall 2003/Winter 2004
POV is currently working on some amazing stuff for a project about the Golden Gate Bridge Lots of work, but really inspiring.
Summer 2003
POV completes almost 10 minutes of pre-visualization for 20th Century Fox's Flight of the PhoenixWe think it's our best pre-vis to date and can't wait to show it to you.
Fall 2002
POV starts in Los Angeles, then re-locates to Brisbane, Australia to do design work on Revolution Studios' live action Peter Pan It opens Christmas 2003.
March/April 2002
David Dozoretz will be speaking at Dhima, Japan's premiere computer graphics and visual effects schools. Dates are 03/30/02 - Fuokoka, 03/31/02 - Osaka, 04/05/01-04/07/02 - Tokyo. For more information, visit www.dhw.co.jp
January 2002
David Dozoretz will be speaking at DVGarage's digital filmmaking seminar at MacWorld San Francisco. For more information, visit www.dvgarage.com
December 2001
P.O.V.'s founder David Dozoretz can be seen in The Inside Reel, a PBS documentary about the impact of digital technology on cinema. He is seen alongside prominent filmmakers such as Robert Zemeckis, Oliver Stone, Tim Burton, Anthony Mighella, Norman Jewison, John Lasseter and others. For more information, visit www.insidereel.com/PBSshow/index.htm
November 2001
P.O.V. completes visual effects and on-screen graphics for Britney Spears North American tour, which will be performed live on HBO on November 18th. For more information, see Britney's official site at www.britney.com
Feeling patriotic? Behind Enemy Lines is released theatrically by 20th Century Fox. This action packed film stars Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman and a fighter plane sequence designed by P.O.V. The film was edited by P.O.V.'s Paul Martin Smith and the final visual effects were produced by long-time P.O.V. partner Reality Check Studios. David Dozoretz was the pre-visualization effects supervisor and co-visual effects supervisor. For more information, see Fox's official site atwww.behindenemylinesmovie.com