Biography

Ms. Breton has been involved in a wide variety of films which have received Academy recognition and awards. Key projects include: Avatar, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and Dick Tracy. A veteran in the field of visual effects, Ms. Breton was instrumental in the start up of Digital Domain as well as DreamWorks.

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Brooke Breton has been principally involved in a wide variety of prominent live action films, animated films, television series and theme park projects which have received Academy, BAFTA, Emmy, Annie and VES awards and nominations. Key projects include: Avatar, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow, Solaris, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and Dick Tracy. Recently, Ms. Breton served as a producer for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Museum, where she focused on modern filmmaking techniques and acquisitions. Prior to that, Ms. Breton was a Senior Production Executive and in-house producer for Illumination Entertainment where she produced the film content for the Despicable Me theme park attraction, Minion Mayhem, for Universal. The attraction was awarded an Annie Award for "Best Animated Special Venue Production" as well as a VES award for "Best Visual Effects for a Theme Park Attraction." Ms. Breton was instrumental in launching James Cameron's effects house Digital Domain, where she served as Senior Vice President of Production for several years. During Breton's tenure, Digital Domain created the effects for such blockbusters as True Lies, Interview with a Vampire, and Apollo 13. They also created the theme park attraction Terminator 2 - 3D. Breton was also very involved in the start-up of DreamWorks Animation in addition to producing DreamWorks Pictures' animated comedy adventure, The Road to El Dorado, which received eight Annie Award nominations. Ms. Breton is an AMPAS governor representing the Visual Effects Branch. She has also been elected to the AMPAS Visual Effects Executive Council and the Science and Technology Council for 3 terms. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America and has served as a three-term board of director member of the Visual Effects Society. Ms. Breton served as creative director and producer of the AMPAS Sci-Tech Council's public programs: Virtual Production: Are you Game? and served as creative director on their program: Galactic Innovations: Star Wars and Rogue One, 40 years of Pioneering Cinematics. Currently in development under the Breton Productions banner are three feature film projects and a museum exhibition, entitled "The ART of Visual Effects."

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