Prior to his time at NBC, Kolpack was an in-house VFX supervisor/producer for
The Post Group, where he worked on Scooby Doo2 and HBO's The Life & Death of Peter Sellers. He started in the film industry back in 1985. Early
on, he worked with Joe Pytka's commercial production company, Pytka, as the
company's VFX supervisor and head of post production. In 1995, Kolpack worked
on Batman Forever with John
Dykstra, where he was given the responsibility of completing the show's
screening composites. He also worked with director Adam Shankman on The
Wedding Planner.
In 1996, Kolpack opened his own company, Perfx, where he produced VFX for Visa,
Lockheed/Martin, AT&T, Cadillac, HBO, Nike, Cap'n Crunch, Ford and Weight
Watchers. While still with Perfx, he completed composite work on New Line
Cinema's Blade and Rush
Hour, as well as the main title design for
Centropolis' Godzilla in
1998.