Brian Tolle

Let’s make beautiful things.

I’m Brian Tolle, a Filmmaker and CG Artist based in Chicago, IL

Specializing in computer-generated environments and visualizations

  • Architecture & Interior Design

    Architecture & Interior Design

    My visualizations for Architecture and Interior Design communicate your creations to your clients and the public at every phase of construction – from site selection to door knobs. Architectural and Interior Design visualizations are built at scale from your Revit, SketchUp or CAD files. I can work with your workflow, whatever it may be. Present…

  • Virtual Film Production

    Virtual Film Production

    Big LED walls! Final VFX In Camera! Real Time Compositing! Film at any location! Save on travel! Save CO2! Save the world! You’ve heard the VP hype. The reality is that Virtual Production is still Production. You may spend less days filming on location, but you still need to create those locations both virtually and…

  • AR Funhouse

    AR Funhouse

    Random photogrammetry models of physical objects to view in AR.

  • A Small Case of Ennui

    A Small Case of Ennui

    Currently in DEVELOPMENT A Small Case of Ennui is a short comedy film that you can walk into. Watch it on a screen as a traditional 2D film, or YOU become the camera as a spectator to the performance in augmented reality.

Since 2005, I have been working professionally as a Visual Effects Artist, beginning in the camera and animation tracking departments.

I often worked on set, at the intersection of filming and post production – wrangling the data used to create visual effects in post.

In 2016 I began using Unreal Engine, initially as a possible tool for motion picture previz and postviz. As tools have evolved, I am finding more ways to utilize real time visual effects to help filmmakers be more efficient in their pipelines, while boosting picture fidelity.

  • Filmography

    Filmography

    A collection of reels from Matchmove, Previz, and Animation Matching gig work at various VFX post houses around the San Francisco Bay Area.

  • Short Films

    Short Films

    In my spare time I write, direct and produce my own short films.