Janet Muswell Hamilton

Janet Muswell served on the original board of directors for the VES, is a current board member and is an active member of the education committee.  She has recently become involved in various PGA education initiatives. Janet is passionate about educating the next diverse generation of visual effects professionals, she is also the proud recipient of title of VES Fellow.

Janet is a classically trained bassoonist (yes, the bassoon!) and her love of music led her to the fun world of music video editing and visual effects in the UK.  She moved to the states to pursue the expanding digital world as a compositor, which quickly led to VFX supervising and producing. Her curiosity for new technology has taken her around the globe working on innovative projects.  She recently headed up the Global VFX group for Netflix and is currently the Senior Vice President of VFX for HBO, when she is able to immerse herself in the exciting and revolutionary world of Virtual Production for their exciting slate of productions.

Janet has supervised and produced VFX, CGI and Animation for theatrical features, IMAX, television, commercials and Stereoscopic Special Venues.  On the management side she has overseen and managed VFX companies both large and small. During her time at Netflix Europe, she oversaw the hugely popular first season of The Witcher and is currently setting up the prequel series to Dune.