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stefanwaehner
Born & raised in Germany, Stefan graduated as a "film and media designer" in 2002 at the Lazi Akademie Stuttgart (Germany).
During a vacation in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), he started his career as a flame artist at Conspiração Filmes in 2003.
Among many commercials like Pepsi, Gatorate, VW, … he also worked on some video-clips and 3 feature films (o Redentor, Casa de Areia, 2 Filhos de Francisco).
From 2006 until 2011 he was a flame artist for TV Globo, the largest broadcast network in South America, producing countless novellas and series.
During that time he was also part of Globos R&D team exploring 360° digital set extension and stereoscopic compositing for a intern 3D presentation.
Back in Germany he worked as a flame artist at Screencraft Entertainment in Munich for clients such as Audi, BMW, P&G, LEGO,...
In 2013 he got self-employed and developed as an associate the first falcon camera with two friends and the Fraunhofer Institute.
With this very lightweight camera systems they were able to shoot the birds-eye perspective from much smaller birds than eagles, like owls and falcons.
https://vimeo.com/178563481
After 3 years Stefan had to give up his projects in Germany for personal reasons and move back to Brazil.
And since than he worked as VFX supervisor / producer at Recnov Studios and Casablanca in Rio de Janeiro for mostly biblical series like the Exodus, 10 commandments, Egypt, Babylon...