Known for Visual Effects
Alexis Mickael Wajsbrot is a French film director, producer, and visual effects supervisor best known for his 2016 horror film Don't Hang Up. Wajsbrot's directorial debut was the short film Red Balloon, a 13-minute thriller he co-directed. In 2010, he won the Directorial Discovery Award at the Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival and 35 selections in others.[citation needed] As a director, Wajsbrot is also a visual effects supervisor at Framestore. In 2014, he won a Visual Effect Society Award for Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity for Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture. In 2024, Wajsbrot was nominated for an Academy Award in Best Visual Effects for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. His nomination was shared with Stéphane Ceretti, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexis Wajsbrot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
18 films, 1 show


Don't Hang Up
2016 · 1h 23m
country: United Kingdom
An evening of drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare for a pair of teenagers when a mysterious stranger turns their own game against them.


Red Balloon
2010 · 13m
country: United Kingdom
A young female babysitter is chatting to her friend when the young girl she's watching disturbs her. She hangs up the phone and goes upstairs to investigate. She finds her screaming and standing up on her bed but can't find anything wrong. She calms the child down and goes back down stairs. This happens several times but things get more ominous and creepy as the babysitter has to investigate the supposedly safe little bedroom.