Veteran visual effects artist, working on many cult and big name productions such as Star Trek DS9, Weird Science, Minority Report, Master & Commander, Amazing Spider-Man, Grey’s Anatomy and lots of others.
Fediverse address:
@MattMerk@mastodon.social
Actor, singer, writer, director and activist. Currently playing Commander Paul Stamets on the series Star Trek Discovery. Campaigns on behalf of LGBTQIA+ and progressive causes. Also plays D&D.
Fediverse address:
@albinokid@nerdculture.de
American screen and stage actor, producer and director based in Los Angeles and Albuquerque.
Fediverse address:
@davebean@mstdn.social
Develops and promotes FOSS applications and open source hardware for professional filmmaking. One of their flagship products is the Axiom range of open hardware high end film cameras, produced in association with Magic Lantern (the makers of unofficial Canon firmware).
Fediverse address:
@apertus@mastodon.social
Actor, director, screenwriter and documentary maker, perhaps best known for playing “Bill” in the Bill & Ted film series. His documentaries have covered highly diverse subjects such as child actors in Hollywood, the Panama Papers and Frank Zappa.
Fediverse address:
@alexwinter@mastodon.social
Screenwriter providing a variety of script consultancy services, providing feedback and support to help other writers make better scripts.
Fediverse address:
@philmscribe@mastodon.social
Devoted to actors and acting, helping actors get connected on the Fediverse and boosting posts by actors.
Fediverse address:
@iloveactors@actors.social
Screenwriter, producer and director, comic book writer. Story editor and writer on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, writer on “Two Sentence Horror Stories”. Working on upcoming feature “Beasts of Prey” for Netflix.
Fediverse address:
@MelodyCooper@mastodon.world
Blender is an extremely popular free open source software package for creating 3D and 2D animations, generating CGI effects for live action, and editing video. It’s available for Linux, Mac and Windows. They run their own PeerTube server on the Fediverse which is packed with short animated films, video tutorials and news about the software.
Fediverse address (videos):
@blender@video.blender.org
Fediverse address (announcements):
@Blender@mastodon.social
Award-winning Director of Photography based in Los Angeles, California, USA. Has worked extensively on feature films, shorts and television projects, member of the International Cinematographers Guild.
Fediverse address:
@ajyoung@bbq.snoot.com
Long-running podcast and film club founded in 2015 covering all genres of cinema, often based around live events or long form interviews. Includes contributions from filmmakers, audiences, critics and academics.
Fediverse address:
@Cinematologists@mstdn.social
Excellent free open source video editing software, it’s a proper NLE with many useful features, and probably the most popular libre alternative to Adobe Premiere. As the name suggests, it’s made by the KDE FOSS community.
Fediverse address:
@kdenlive@floss.social
Free open source audio editing software, currently in beta testing, forked from Audacity
Fediverse address:
@tenacity@fosstodon.org
Film-maker, visual effects artist and concept artist based in Manchester, UK. Works mainly with Blender, After Effects and Adobe Premiere.
Fediverse address:
@PaulWrightyThen@mastodon.art
Professional storyboard and concept artist who has worked on a panoply of films and TV series including Star Trek Discovery, Pacific Rim, Ghost In The Shell etc. Also a former comic artist at Marvel, DC and 2000AD.
Fediverse address:
@Robmccallum@mastodon.art