Advanced Production Technology

Where technology meets
the production floor.

Mesh is technology-agnostic — fluent across virtual production, real-time ray tracing, motion grading, and whatever comes next. From supervising The Mandalorian to advising on Chaos Arena's product roadmap, this is a practice built at the frontier.

Featured Credit

The Mandalorian

Lucasfilm · Post Production Supervisor · 2019–2020

The Mandalorian redefined what was possible in episodic television production. As Post Production Supervisor, the role demanded fluency in every dimension of a production that was simultaneously a creative milestone and a technical experiment on an unprecedented scale.

Working within the Lucasfilm ecosystem, the position required bridging the gap between ILM's StageCraft LED volume technology — then new to the industry — and the practical realities of budget, schedule, and post workflow. Pre-Vis and virtual scouting had to integrate seamlessly into live production. Virtual Production Quality oversight ensured that what was captured on stage would hold up through the full post pipeline.

The Mandalorian's success — both commercially and as an industry template — proved the viability of LED volume virtual production at scale. The lessons from that production now inform everything Mesh brings to virtual production consulting.

Responsibilities
  • Post production workflow management within production budget
  • Pre-Vis integration into live production pipeline
  • Virtual scouting coordination and implementation
  • Virtual Production Quality (VPQ) oversight across LED volume shoots
  • Cross-functional liaison: ILM, production, post, and Lucasfilm leadership
  • Schedule and budget oversight from production through delivery
Lucasfilm · ILM StageCraft
Season 1 · Emmy Award Winning

The virtual production techniques pioneered on The Mandalorian — LED volumes replacing location shoots and traditional blue/green screen — are now being adopted across the industry. First-hand experience operating at the origin point of this shift is a foundational part of Mesh's virtual production advisory practice.

Virtual Production

A practice built from the ground up,
not the conference room.

Virtual production expertise grounded in having actually supervised it — on one of the most complex productions in television history.

LED Volume Production

Direct experience with ILM StageCraft LED volume workflows — from Pre-Vis through on-set execution and post integration. Understanding the real constraints that don't appear in vendor pitch decks.

Virtual Scouting & Pre-Vis

Integrating virtual scouting and Pre-Vis into live production pipelines. Managing the handoff between virtual environments and physical production decisions at the department head level.

VP Strategy & Vendor Selection

For productions evaluating virtual production approaches — LED volume, extended reality, hybrid approaches — Mesh provides independent assessment free of vendor relationships.


Career Timeline

Twenty years across every major platform and format.

Chaos Arena — Real-Time Ray Tracing for ICVFX

Product Roadmap Advisor · 2 POCs · Major Streaming Series · The Highline

Chaos Arena is a groundbreaking real-time path-tracing solution for in-camera VFX — delivering cinema-quality ray-traced visuals directly to LED walls without preprocessing. Mesh is one of the first practices in the industry to validate and deploy this technology on real productions.

As a product roadmap advisor to Chaos, Mesh brings the production floor perspective that shapes how Arena evolves — bridging the gap between what the technology can do and what productions actually need.

  • Product roadmap advisory — shaping Chaos Arena's development priorities
  • Validated the technology across two proof-of-concept productions
  • Currently deploying on a major streaming series
  • Positioned as the rendering solution for the upcoming production The Highline

Megalopolis — Virtual Production Advisory

Francis Ford Coppola · VP Bid Strategy & VAD Buildout

Advised the VFX Supervisor on Megalopolis — Francis Ford Coppola's ambitious feature film — on the correct approach to bidding virtual production. Built out the Virtual Art Department and staffed the Virtual Production Supervisor role.

  • VP bid strategy and cost modeling advisory
  • Virtual Art Department (VAD) buildout
  • Virtual Production Supervisor placement

Post Production Supervisor — The Mandalorian

Lucasfilm · 2019–2020

Supervised post production on The Mandalorian Season 1 — one of the most technically groundbreaking productions in television history. Managed full production-to-post workflows within budget, Pre-Vis integration, virtual scouting, and Virtual Production Quality oversight across ILM's StageCraft LED volume.

  • Full production-to-post workflow management within budget
  • Pre-Vis and virtual scouting integration into live production
  • Virtual Production Quality (VPQ) oversight across LED volume shoots
  • Cross-functional liaison: ILM, production, post, and Lucasfilm leadership

Title Operations Manager & Product Innovation Lead

Netflix · 2014–2019 · 4.5 Years

Built and scaled Netflix's global title operations across 4.5 years, with the scope expanding year-over-year. Led product innovation team for automatic artwork localization — one of Netflix's core global distribution challenges.

  • Year 1: post, scheduling, and budget support for the full originals slate
  • Year 2: QC acceptance for HDR, Atmos, subtitles and dubs across all originals
  • Year 3+: artwork, trailer production, and accessibility asset pipeline
  • Led product innovation team for automated global artwork localization

Manager — Disney Digital Studio Services

The Walt Disney Company · 2011–2013

Managed all post-production requests across the Walt Disney Studios ecosystem. Clients included Marvel, ABC Studio, Disney Studios, Disney Marketing, and Disney Special Events. Responsibilities spanned dailies delivery, editorial support, encoding, transcoding, syncing, mastering, and projection support.

Supervisor — Walt Disney Studios

The Walt Disney Company · 2006–2011 · 5.5 Years

Supervised the team handling all production and distribution requests at Walt Disney Studios. Developed show-specific procedures, digital dailies workflows, and QC systems. Participated in ISO 9001 certification. Deep expertise across file formats, cameras, capture systems, editorial equipment, and display technologies.

Production Services

What Mesh does for your production.

From development through delivery — Mesh provides senior production technology leadership on a consulting basis.

VP Producer

Senior VP Producer expertise available for virtual production projects. Budget, schedule, vendor selection, workflow design, and on-set technology oversight — from pre-production through wrap.

Discovery & Planning

Pre-engagement research to establish project goals, identify resource requirements, develop detailed cost estimates, and build customized production timelines across features, episodic, commercials, and promos.

Script Breakdown & Analysis

Virtual production script analysis identifying creative and financial opportunities — where virtual production adds value versus where practical approaches are more cost-effective.

Vendor & Crew

Competitive vendor sourcing and evaluation, plus crew development and recruitment from a deep network of M&E technology professionals built over 20 years.

Work with Mesh

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Whether it's virtual production, pipeline modernization, or navigating a new format — let's talk.

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