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Selected Projects I Supervised.
Projects where I shot elements or directed the unit.
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For many years Canada's most sucessful VFX company
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John Gajdecki - Visual Effects Supervisor

I have extensive experience shooting Film and HD plates and elements, from actors on greenscreen to miniatures and pyro. I DP'd a feature in 1985 and shot several shorts and docs while getting started.
   
   
Atlantis Pilot
Stargate Atlantis : Pilot
MGM / Sci Fi
2004

FX Unit Director
Large scale water elements shot on HD and film.

Coors Light Commercial
Coors Light : Commercial
Mustard UK
2003

FX Unit Director
High speed cinematography of three large-scale miniatures with avalanches crashing down mountains towards unsuspecting alpine dancers.

Santa Clause 2
Santa Clause 2 : Feature
Disney
2002

FX Unit Director
Third scale North Pole punches though icescape Assorted falling snow and ice elements for composites Tenth scale elf houses for use as 3D textures

SinkHole
Sinkhole : MOW
Atlantis, Alliance
2001

FX Unit Director / DP
A city block in New Orleans falls into a subterranean sinkhole the size of the entire budget.

Bait
Bait : Feature
Miramax
2000

FX Unit Director / DP
Pyro elements to composite into plates of general destruction.

Other Side of Heaven
Other Side of Heaven  : Feature
Disney
2000

FX Unit Director
Full scale fishing boat in a storm shot in Auckland naval dry dock.

Stargate SG1
Stargate SG 1: Series
MGM
1999

FX Unit Director / DP
Large scale miniatures, pyro shoots and assorted elements.

Airwalk Commercial
Airwalk : Commercial
Big City Films
1998

FX Unit Director
Large-scale model pyro shoot.
We didn't really set off the pyro during the crew photo.

Warriors of Virtue
Warriors of Virtue : Feature
Law Bros, MGM
1997

FX Unit Director
Large-scale model pyro shoot.

Glass Cockpit
Glass Cockpit : MOW
PMP
1996

FX Unit Director / DP
Eighth scale Beachcraft falling right to camera and exploding. We dropped it on cables to control its position at the moment of explosion very precisely.

Free Fall
FreeFall : MOW
PMP
1995

FX Unit Director
Third scale model miniature 767 skids to a stop on the tarmac when nose gear collapses.
Going again....

Lifeline to Victory
Lifeline to Victory : MOW
CBC
1993

FX Unit Director / DP
We shot this 10th scale WW II corvette in the spring on Lake Ontario. We got great believability in the waves and lighting, and we all got pneumonia.