Alex Dreiblatt is a New Jersey native VFX Supervisor working across the New York metropolitan area with over a dozen years of experience in film and television. His work spans the full arc of production — from early pre-production planning and on-set supervision to post-production oversight and close creative collaboration with directors and cinematographers.
Dreiblatt has served as Overall VFX Supervisor on features for Netflix, Amazon MGM, and Black Bear Productions, including Little Brother, Verity, and Relay, and for Lionsgate as On-Set VFX Supervisor on The Housemaid. His episodic credits as VFX Supervisor include Hello Tomorrow!, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, The Walking Dead: Dead City, and Only Murders in the Building. He brings particular depth to effects work that is invisible by design — grounded in performance, rooted in story, and seamlessly integrated into the world the director is building.
Before moving into overall VFX supervision, he built a foundation as a compositor on Mother!, Ocean’s Eight, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Maniac, Warrior, and The Upside, and as Compositing Supervisor on Power, Star Trek: Discovery, and Rustin. That artist-level grounding continues to inform how he works with collaborators at every stage of production.
John Nelson has spent over 20 years in visual effects. As a VFX Supervisor at Crafty Apes, he loves being part of the talented Los Angeles team and solving creative challenges with innovative VFX workflows. John’s journey started in the early 2000s with a passion for video games, which led him from gaming into commercials, particularly in automotive advertising. Currently, his focus is on television and film, and he has worked on exciting projects like Shondaland’s The Residence, Unfrosted, Picard, Westworld, Promised Land, The Walking Dead, and NCIS: New Orleans.
With a career rooted in hands-on CG artistry for commercials and broadcast promos, Blaine began as a CG animator in the fast-paced world of on-air television. Early roles took him to Digital Images in Boston, where he designed signature on-air packaging for major networks, before moving to Atlanta to lead the Visual Effects team at Turner Studios. There he helped shape the look of promotions and branding for properties including Turner Sports, CNN, TCM, and Cartoon Network, delivering work under tight deadlines for some of the most recognized brands in entertainment.
After relocating to New York, he rose to Head of Production at Molecule, Inc., overseeing VFX operations for film and episodic projects, including Apple’s Dickinson, Blaine continued in that role when the company was acquired by Crafty Apes. Having helped build Crafty Apes into a trusted partner for studios like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu, Blaine recently stepped into the position of Head of Studio for Crafty Apes’ New York office, where he now guides both the creative and operational direction of one of the industry’s most respected independent VFX houses. Throughout, he’s remained focused on craft, collaboration, and simply getting the best work on screen.