Julius Horsthuis (Amsterdam, 1980) is a Visual Artist and Visual Effects Designer. Julius developed a love for film and video at the age of 12. After high school, he worked on various film sets as sound recordist, clapper loader and focus puller in the years 2000 to 2006. Meanwhile, Julius had developed interest in computer graphics. He worked for several years for different (post) production companies, Revolver (2004-2005) Carbon (2006-2010) and Hectic Electric (2010-present). As a VFX supervisor, Julius worked on films such as “Nova Zembla” (Oerlemans, 2011), “Koning van Katoren” (Sombogaart, 2012) and “Manchester by the Sea” (Lonergan, 2016) In 2013, Julius started experimenting with Fractal Environments, creating a unique blend between abstract and cinematic animation. His work quickly gained worldwide recognition, being regularly posted in blogs and news sites such as The Creators Project, Gizmodo, Newsweek, Esquire Magazine and the Vimeo Staff Picks. Festivals exhibitions include the Geneva International Film Festival, Art Futura festival, MIRA Digital Arts Festival, SAT symposium Montréal, GOGBOT, Ruhrtriennale, and many more. Julius created music videos for various bands and artists, such as for the Grammy Award nominated song 'Clockworks' by Meshuggah. As a live visual artist, his work is used worldwide on live performances and festivals such as Avicii, Empire of the Sun, Boom Festival and, in his hometown of Amsterdam, Trance Orient Express.

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