Visual Effects
David Seager
David Seager (born February 1973) is a visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). Born in Detroit, Michigan, Seager grew up in Indiana, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He pursued graduate studies at Clemson University in South Carolina, earning a Master's degree in Thermal Fluid Sciences. Shortly after completing his education, Seager began his career in visual effects at Square USA, as a lighting and sequence supervisor on Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001). Over the next 20 years, Seager held roles at Centropolis FX, Sony Pictures Imageworks, The Moving Picture Company, and Industrial Light & Magic, working on more than 28 films and streaming projects. His early work included supervisory roles in lighting, computer graphics, and digital effects, and he progressed to supervisor roles by 2000. Notable projects during this period include The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Matrix Revolutions (2003), The Aviator (2004), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), and Spider-Man 3 (2007). He also supervised visual effects for Watchmen (2009), Green Lantern (2011), and Men in Black III (2012) while at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Seager joined MPC in 2014, supervising visual effects for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014), Furious 7(2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015), Ghostbusters (2016), and Alpha (2018). In 2017, he moved to Industrial Light & Magic in Vancouver, where he oversaw projects including Aladdin (2019), Terminator: Dark Fate(2019), We Can Be Heroes (2020), Loki (2021), Eternals (2021), The Book of Boba Fett (2022), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and Tron: Ares (2025). His work spans episodic television, streaming content, and blockbuster films, reflecting expertise in on-set supervision, pipeline engineering, shader writing, project management, and client collaboration.
