Francesco Panzieri

Francesco Panzieri is an Italian-American visual effects supervisor. He has contributed to some of the most iconic and successful franchises in cinematic history, including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Dune, Predator, Terminator, Avengers, Spider-Man, Fast & Furious, Final Destination, Men in Black. He has worked on the films of Steven Spielberg, J. J. Abrams, Denis Villeneuve, James Mangold, and Todd Phillips, among others.

Education

Panzieri was born in Pescara, Italy. He developed an interest in film-making and special effects from an early age. In 2008, Panzieri earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Film Science from the International Academy of Image Arts in L'Aquila, Italy. He then enrolled in a one-year 3D-animation & visual effects conservatory program at the New York Film Academy in New York City, NY.

In 2009, Panzieri was hired to work at the visual effects boutique Flash Film Works in Hollywood, California; under the guidance of the studio's owner, William Mesa, Panzieri started his career as Rotoscope / Paint artist on the live-action web series The Blood Factory, a gory episodic created by screenwriter John Albo and actor/director Danny DeVito. His second assignment was on the 2010 feature film Clash of the Titans, a remake of the original 1981 version.
Since then, Panzieri has worked on films such as Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
In October 2019, Panzieri joined the Netflix production Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey as in-house compositing supervisor.
He also worked for Netflix on Red Notice as lead compositor.
In 2021, Panzieri was hired by the visual effects company Wylie Co. to work on the Warner Bros. production Dune: Part One.
From 2022 to 2023, Panzieri was hired by Lucasfilm to work on the production Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as in-house compositing supervisor. In 2023, he reprised the same role on the Warner Bros. productions Joker: Folie à Deux and Final Destination Bloodlines, which was released in 2025.
In 2025, Panzieri served as the additional production visual effects supervisor on the Happy Madison / Netflix co-produced feature film Happy Gilmore 2.