The Silicon Valley Tech Podcast | Aug 25, 2020

Interview of Daniel Gregoire, Board Chairman of Halon Entertainment

Daniel Gregoire, Board Chairman of Halon Entertainment

Daniel Gregoire is a HALON Board Chairman, Executive board for BAFTA’s VR committee, Consultant to 20th Century Fox, Partner at Ghostar, Owner at MATTERvr. Daniel 20 years of experience includes: Daniel has worked as a Previs Supervisor/Director with the leading directors in the…

Interview of Daniel Gregoire, Board Chairman of Halon Entertainment — with Daniel Gregoire and Sunil S Ranka

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Sunil S Ranka

Executive Producer & Co-Host

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Guest

Daniel Gregoire

Board Chairman of Halon Entertainment

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About Daniel

Founded Halon Entertainment, a visualization (previs) company, in 2003.
Began his career at JAK Films at Skywalker Ranch.
Was previs supervisor on Star Wars Episodes II and III.
Oversaw Halon projects including War of the Worlds, Life of Pi, Birdman and Jurassic World.
Halon also works in postvisualization, visual effects and VR.

Interview of Daniel Gregoire, Board Chairman of Halon Entertainment

Daniel Gregoire is a HALON Board Chairman, Executive board for BAFTA’s VR committee, Consultant to 20th Century Fox, Partner at Ghostar, Owner at MATTERvr.

Daniel 20 years of experience includes: Daniel has worked as a Previs Supervisor/Director with the leading directors in the film including George Lucas on Star Wars Episode II and III, Steven Spielberg on War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones 4, JJ Abrams on Star Trek, Marc Forster on World War Z and Jon Favreau on Cowboys & Aliens. He was most recently the Visual Effects Supervisor on Michael Mann’s Blackhat and the director of game trailers for the award-winning mega-hits EVOLVE, XCom and Tom Clancy’s The Division.

In this interview we talked about:

What has been the evolution of technology in the movie industry?
Talking about his company, Halon is always implementing untried, new technology. What is the decision process like to implement new technology?
Other than the ability to do new things with new technology. Are there any other decisions that play a part in implementing new technology such as having a barrier of entry for competitors or being the only ones that can fill a niche?
What are we going to see in the coming years that might shock or surprise some in terms of technology?
Any new learning from COVID and what would be an impact change?

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Learn more about Daniel Gregoire:

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Email: dan@halon.com

Twitter: @DanielDGregoire

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