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The Team: Craft Meets Command
We are Autonomy.
A collective of seasoned VFX leaders who've spent decades navigating the industry's terrain, from the most demanding, large-scale feature studios to the most agile, high-tech startups.
The founders aren't just artists; we are at once meticulous managers, seasoned senior creatives, and technical innovators who have seen every permutation of workflow and scale. We understand the budget, the pressure of a deadline, and the critical need for a predictable, high-quality result.
The Technology: Intelligent Velocity
We have fundamentally engineered a next-generation pipeline that merges human mastery with advanced computational tools and machine learning insights. This system is designed to eliminate the inherent inefficiencies of traditional VFX, unlocking intelligent speed in tasks that usually devour budget and time.
The Autonomy Advantage
Our core philosophy is agnostic efficiency. We don't chase trends; we chase the best possible result.
When a shot requires exquisite, hand-crafted digital artistry—the kind only deep industry experience can provide—our senior talent delivers.
When a problem can be solved faster and with final-pixel quality through a generative or machine-powered solve—we execute that immediately.
This fusion of executive vision, technical depth, and adaptive workflow ensures two things: uncompromised visual quality and unprecedented production velocity.
Autonomy: Senior craft. Intelligent speed. Experience is the algorithm for high-quality production.
James Rogers—Executive Creative Director / VFX Supervisor
James is an acclaimed artist, industry leader, and award-winning VFX Supervisor with a strong visual sensibility. He most recently served as Executive Creative Director and VFX Supervisor at Framestore.
With a career built across three continents, James began in Australia, rapidly advancing from the camera department to a pioneering Flame artist. This journey placed him immediately on the cutting edge of digital production, including his early tenure at Square USA on the landmark 2001 feature, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, renowned for its ambitious push for photorealistic human animation.
James has consistently driven innovation, earning an Emmy nomination and multiple AFI, AACTA, AEAF, and D&AD awards. He has created complex visual effects for features including Argo, The Wolverine, Knowing, and The Animatrix. He also co-owned Postmodern Sydney, a company he successfully transitioned into Method Studios.
Additionally, James has been a Production VFX Supervisor on numerous feature films and led visual efforts for prominent global brands. His expertise seamlessly blends high-level technical execution with an artist’s eye, delivering groundbreaking campaigns for clients like Apple, BMW, Lexus, Disney, AT&T, and Target's tentpole holiday visuals.
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Jiri Kilevnik—VFX Supervisor / Creative Technologist
Jiri is an award-winning VFX Supervisor and senior compositing artist with over 16 years of experience spanning film, TV, commercials, VR, and AI-driven content. Most recently at Runway AI, he is shaping the future of creative tools by bridging real-time production workflows with next-gen machine learning.
With deep expertise in Flame, Nuke, Unreal Engine, Maya, and on-set supervision, Jiri has led high-end visual effects for Marvel Studios, Disney, HBO, Netflix, Universal, Apple, and more — as well as major campaigns for Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Lego, and Tag Heuer.
His work has earned recognition from the Visual Effects Society (VES), Cannes Lions, D&AD, The One Show, AEAF, VR Fest, and Promax BDA. A creative and technical leader, Jiri brings both innovation and artistry to every production.
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Pete King—Executive Producer
Pete is an award-winning Executive Producer with a specialty in high-end VFX and automotive content. Previous roles as Executive Producer at The Mill and Framestore, he led teams on marquee campaigns for BMW, including the viral Bullet film for the M5, and oversaw the Emmy-nominated title sequence for Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. He helped develop and launch The Mill Blackbird — the first fully electric, fully adjustable car rig designed for photoreal CG integration. Pete has produced major rebrands for ESPN’s NFL show packages and partnered with top clients like Lexus, Apple, Toyota, Budweiser, Best Buy and Meta
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