Alessandro Ongaro
- Visual Effects
- Director
Alessandro Ongaro (also credited as Alex Ongaro) was born in Lugano, Switzerland and holds
a dual Italian and Swiss citizenship. While studying design at the
School of Design in Milan, Italy, Alessandro first began using computers to
create photo-realistic 3D renderings for the architecture industry.
In 1998, after graduating from the School of Design in Milan and moving
back to Switzerland, he was at the forefront of a new wave of professionals
to begin applying computer skills to post-production for TV, opening
sequences and video clips. In the year 2000, he conceptualized and
created the opening titles of the 2000 Locarno International Film Festival.
In the year 2000 Alessandro decided to begin his work in the Feature Film industry, moving back to Milan where he was recruited by Digitalia Graphics, a pioneering company in the Italian Visual Effects market. While at Digitalia, Alessandro worked on numerous successful features such as Brucio Nel Vento by Silvio Soldini, Vajont by Renzo Martinelli, Io Non Ho Paura by Gabriele Salvatores and The Italian Job for Paramount Pictures.
After a five year collaboration with Digitalia Graphics, Hollywood beckoned for Alessandro when in April 2004 he was offered a position by ESC Entertainment (The Matrix Trilogy) and re-located to northern California to work on Paramount's Keanu Reeves starred Constantine. Soon after finishing work on Constantine, Alessandro was recruited by DreamWorks Animation where he's worked on such films as Madagascar, Over The Hedge, Shrek: Forever After, Turbo and Kung Fu Panda 3
Alessandro has been published internationally, is often an invited speaker at international conferences in his field, and was part of a worldwide traveling exhibition, along with H.R. Giger (Alien's original designer), entitled Swiss Design in Hollywood.
As of 2015, Alessandro Ongaro is working at DNEG and most recently he's been serving as Production VFX Supervisor on the forthcoming Jason Reitman's directed film Ghostbusters: Afterlife
In the year 2000 Alessandro decided to begin his work in the Feature Film industry, moving back to Milan where he was recruited by Digitalia Graphics, a pioneering company in the Italian Visual Effects market. While at Digitalia, Alessandro worked on numerous successful features such as Brucio Nel Vento by Silvio Soldini, Vajont by Renzo Martinelli, Io Non Ho Paura by Gabriele Salvatores and The Italian Job for Paramount Pictures.
After a five year collaboration with Digitalia Graphics, Hollywood beckoned for Alessandro when in April 2004 he was offered a position by ESC Entertainment (The Matrix Trilogy) and re-located to northern California to work on Paramount's Keanu Reeves starred Constantine. Soon after finishing work on Constantine, Alessandro was recruited by DreamWorks Animation where he's worked on such films as Madagascar, Over The Hedge, Shrek: Forever After, Turbo and Kung Fu Panda 3
Alessandro has been published internationally, is often an invited speaker at international conferences in his field, and was part of a worldwide traveling exhibition, along with H.R. Giger (Alien's original designer), entitled Swiss Design in Hollywood.
As of 2015, Alessandro Ongaro is working at DNEG and most recently he's been serving as Production VFX Supervisor on the forthcoming Jason Reitman's directed film Ghostbusters: Afterlife