Stuart T. Maschwitz, commonly known as Stu Maschwitz, was the co-founder and chief technology officer of The Orphanage, a

visual effects Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated as VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production. The integration of live-action footage and other live-action fo ...

company that was based in California. He has worked as senior visual effects supervisor on several films. He previously worked at Industrial Light and Magic. Maschwitz was writer, director, cinematographer, and editor for the film ''The Last Birthday Card'' (2000). He directed the "Song For The Lonely"

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video in 2001 as seen in ''The Very Best of

: The Video Hits Collection''. His film ''Skate Warrior'' is an example of

guerrilla filmmaking Guerrilla filmmaking refers to a form of independent filmmaking characterized by ultra-low micro budgets, skeleton crews, and limited props using whatever resources, locations and equipment is available. The genre is named in reference to guerrill ...

. He studied animation at the

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a Private university, private art school in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for ...

. In 2007 he authored the book ''

The DV Rebel's Guide ''The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap'' is a non-fiction book and filmmaking handbook written by Stu Maschwitz for Peachpit Press. It was his first book, and has been called "a must-read fo ...

: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap'' for Peachpit Press. In 2008 following the suspension of The Orphanage he became software director of Red Giant Software. In October 2009 it was announced in ''

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'' that he would direct ''Psy-Ops''.

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Stu's Blog
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