Irene Figueres de Toro, Virtual Production Operator
Holding studies in Industrial Engineering (UPC) and Graphic Design (ESDAPC), she entered the audiovisual industry alternating roles as assistant, designer and technician in feature-film, series and commercials such as Jokes & Cigarettes, El 47, Birds Flying East or Iron Reign, with experience as a theatre company technician.
Followed her career path joining Gestmusic as a motion graphics and VFX designer for entertainment, documentary and fiction productions for broadcast. During this period discovers the Stage Operator role in shows such as Operación Triunfo.
Mastering in Disguise and LED Processors, she joins APPIA Agency as a media server operator and programmer for Producción Virtual. Nowadays, works as VP Operator on national film and commercial productions for Netflix, BMW, Adidas, Volvo, Benetton or Mediaset and international produtcions for Meta, Amazon and indie Hollywood feature-films. She is a member of VirutalProduction.es, an international virtual production experts community.
“The most exciting part of my job is the ability to develop unique solutions for each project, regarding the possibility to integrate modern technological, experimental and creative systems to the traditional film industry workflows. Integrating motion capture ecosystems, real-time rendering, lighting or camera robots. The need of everything becoming one whole and precise environment and a tool at disposal of creation to materialise new audiovisual narratives.”