The VFX of Letters

If you have yet to read it, FXguide has an excellent article (and podcast!) on the visual effects that we accomplished on Letters from Iwo Jima.. Check it out by clicking this link!

Digital Domain handled the vfx on Flags of Our Fathers and the director’s parallel film Letters from Iwo Jima, which tells the story of the same battle from the Japanese perspective. Digital Domain was called on to create photo-realistic landscapes, battle elements, and soldiers for nearly 760 VFX shots spanning both films.

Michael Owens, Matthew Butler, Bryan Grill and Julian Levi have been already nominated for a VES Award for Flags of Our Fathers in the category of Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture. While the film itself has been nominated for Oscars in the categories of Best Picture, Sound Editing, Writing and Eastwood for Best Director.

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