Powerhouse VFX has added VFX supervisor Kevin Blank to its creative team. Blank, who recently completed work on Paramount+’s 1923 and Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, has supervised assorted shows, including Alias and Lost (for which he received Emmy and VES Awards), as well as pilots for such series as Hawaii Five-0, Childhood’s End and Lovecraft Country. In all, he has been nominated for five Emmys and 14 VES Awards.

Blank now takes on the role of West Coast creative head, expanding Powerhouse VFX beyond its bases of operation in New York, Toronto and Atlanta.

Ryan Cunningham, SVP, managing director of Powerhouse VFX, said, “Kevin will be a valuable addition to our team as we continue Powerhouse’s evolution into Los Angeles and beyond.” 

“I’m excited to join the team at Powerhouse,” said Blank. “I’ve been a fan of their work over the years, and I’ve been impressed with their culture and evolution as a company. The opportunity to help build on that foundation and have access to [sister company] Company 3’s creative talent pool helped make joining Powerhouse VFX an easy decision.”

Blank, a Los Angeles native, started his VFX career on such late 1990s series as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. By 1998 he had worked his way up to supervising VFX creation for productions from script and concept through final delivery. Blank is a member of the Directors Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the Visual Effects Society.