About

Deanna Crisbacher is an American digital artist and filmmaker. After living in the New Jersey (USA) until the age of 16, she moved to the UK and studied A-Level Art, Textiles, and Business Studies at Anglo European School. She then pursued Fine Art at the Foundation program at UCA Canterbury before progressing onto the BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts course at UCA’s Rochester campus where she attained a First Class Degree.

She enjoys creating impactful, meaningful art that provokes the audience to think in ways they may not have before while simultaneously pushing the boundaries of her abilities. She enjoys learning and experimenting with new, innovative techniques to create something distinctive and unique.

Although her roots are within fine art, during her studies she began to view CGI as a highly effective art medium. This was what inspired the creation of her experimental films When and Dysmorphia and her contribution to the short film Romeo & Juliet. Prior to the start of her professional career she also attained experience working with a more traditional CGI production pipeline as evident by her film Leviathan and contribution to Red & The Kingdom of Sound and Marcus & The Mystery of the Pudding Pans.

Between 2018-2022 she worked as a 2D & 3D VFX Artist at The Flying Colour Company in London and she currently works at beloFX as a Generalist Artist. She has experience using a range of tools including Unreal Engine, Houdini/Solaris, Nuke, Maya, Flame/Flare, Mudbox and more to create high-end VFX for film and TV including Fast & Furious, Mission Impossible, Star Wars: The Acolyte, Peaky Blinders, Killing Eve and more.

She’s passionate about both learning and teaching, having successfully completed Epic Game’s Unreal Fellowship Worldbuilding course in 2023. She has experience constructing, organizing, and teaching Unreal Engine training courses to her co-workers to assist them with creating visual effects with UE5 and Perforce within beloFX’s pipeline.