Kim Libreri
Photo (2006) from Animation World Magazine

Technology supervisor at Manex Visual Effects; later (2005), visual effects supervisor at ILM. Worked as a senior software engineer (usually uncredtied) on 1492: THE CONQUEST OF PARADISE and THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (both 1992), LITTLE BUDDHA (1993), THE HUDSUCKER PROXY and HONEY, I SHRUNK THE AUDIENCE (both 1994), and THE ENGLISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL BUT CAME DOWN A MOUNTAIN, FIRST KNIGHT and GOLDENEYE (all 1995). In 1996, he began to receive credit as chief technology officer or visual effects supervisor for LAWNMOWER MAN 2: BEYOND CYBERSPACE, MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE and SPACE JAM (all 1996), EVENT HORIZON (1998), WHAT DREAMS MY COME (1998), THE MATRIX (1999), MICHAEL JORDAN TO THE MAX and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II (both 2000), THE MATRIX RELOADED and THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (both 2003), CATWOMAN (2004), WAR OF THE WORLDS and HERBIE FULLY LOADED (both 2005), and POSEIDON (2006).

 Technical Achievement Awards (Certificate) 2000: For the development of a system for image-based rendering allowing choreographed camera movements through computer graphic reconstructed sets. (w. George Borshukov and Dan Piponi)
 Nominated for Achievement in Visual Effects 2006: POSEIDON (w. Boyd Shermis, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier)

1 Nomination, 1 Scientific/Technical Award