Dune: Part One

Following our BAFTA and Oscar®-winning VFX work on Blade Runner 2049, we were thrilled to reunite with director Denis Villeneuve to help deliver this remarkable science fiction epic.

Led by Production VFX Supervisor and two-time Oscar® winner Paul Lambert, alongside DNEG VFX Supervisors Tristan Myles, winner of an Oscar® for First Man, and Brian Connor, our team contributed to 28 sequences and nearly 1,200 VFX shots of the film’s 1,700 total.

Collaborating closely with the special effects (SFX) team on-set, our visual effects crew ensured that all post-production work remained as believable as possible. Each VFX element was designed to heighten the photorealism of Villeneuve’s immersive vision. Massive and meticulously detailed FX simulations, sweeping environments, full-CG vehicles and creatures all helped to bring Dune’s dystopian atmosphere to life on-screen.

Denis Villeneuve's interpretation of the classic 1965 Frank Herbert novel

DeepDive - Beyond Sand & Spice: the VFX of Dune: Part One

Dune: Part One | Trailer

Welcome to Arrakis

Congratulations to our Dune crew, honoured with an Academy Award for ‘Best Visual Effects’, a BAFTA for ‘Special Visual Effects’ and four VES Awards for 'Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature', 'Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature', 'Outstanding Compositing & Lighting In a Feature' and 'Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project'.

And the awards go to

Award-winning

Visual Effects

We all made 
it happen

20-2021 with Rhys Salcombe

How We Did The Visual Effects

Christopher Nolan: ‘Dune’ Has One of the Greatest Blends of Practical and VFX Effects I’ve Ever Seen

The ‘Dune’ visual effects team used sandscreens instead of bluescreens

'Dune': Paul Lambert (Production VFX Supervisor), Tristan Myles (VFX Supervisor – Vancouver), Brian Connor (VFX Supervisor – Montreal), Robyn Luckham (Animation Supervisor) – DNEG

'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve Talks Post and VFX

Two-time Oscar winner Paul Lambert on the spectacle called 'Dune'

Adapting 'Dune': Denis Villeneuve on bringing Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic to life

To 3D Or Not To 3D: Buy The Right 'Dune' Ticket

Director Denis Villeneuve Maintains A Grounded Approach To Epic Space Saga 'Dune'

Episode 323 — DUNE VFX Supervisor — Paul Lambert — DNEG

Practical and Digital Effects Expertly Join Forces on ‘Dune’

The Sandscreens of Arrakeen: An interview with Paul Lambert, Production VFX Supervisor on 'Dune'.

A Conversation With 'Dune'‘s Visual Effects Team

The Visual Effects of 'Dune' – Art of the Frame Interview

How 'Dune'’s visual effects made an unfilmable epic possible

‘Dune’: The Inner Workings of Ornithopters, Sand Worms, and Creative Moviemaking

‘Dune’ VFX Supervisors Tristan Myles and Paul Lambert Detail an Award-Winning Sequence in Sci-Fi Epic

Yes, ‘Dune’ used sandscreens, but it also used grayscreens, and even bluescreens

How 'Dune'’s VFX and Sound Teams Made Sandworms From Scratch

The Sands of 'Dune'

How DNEG Helped Win Another Visual-Effects Oscar by Bringing ‘Dune’ to Life With NVIDIA RTX

How DNEG created the award-winning VFX of 'Dune'