ATLANTA – Bot VFX (botvfx.com), the full-service visual effects studio, has appointed Marco Maldonado visual effects supervisor and Katie Adams Wells executive producer. Based in Los Angeles, both will support the studio’s creative pitches and client partnerships while its slate of feature film and episodic work continues to grow.
Photo (L-R): Marco Maldonado and Katie Adams Wells
Maldonado’s career began in 1985 as a model maker at R/Greenberg Associates in New York, where an early opportunity on Predator sparked a lasting fascination with the intersection of photography, technology and storytelling. After years as a camera assistant and motion control operator, he joined Digital Domain, working on Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Tron: Legacy and The Social Network. More recently, he worked on Rodrigo Prieto’s Pedro Páramofor Netflix, Extraction 2, David Fincher’s Gone Girl, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma and Tim Miller’s Terminator: Dark Fate.
Wells is a senior VFX executive and producer with decades of experience in live-action production and visual effects across commercials, television and feature films. Her career includes time at Propaganda Films and Digital Domain, before founding Creo Collective, a VFX boutique designed for fast-moving production environments. She also served as an executive producer at FX Cartel, Proof and Buf before moving into business development at Distillery VFX.
