Michael Rivero(I)
- Visual Effects
- Director
- Writer
Michael Rivero was born and raised in New England farming country.
Originally a child actor, Michael left film work after High School to
follow a career in science, working for NASA on the Viking and Voyager
projects, among others.
Following the post-Apollo crash of the aerospace industry, Michael went
back into film work arriving at the exact time Hollywood was beginning
to employ more computers for visual effects; a classic case of being in
the right place art the right time, with the right skills. Having paid
for college as a professional stage magician, Michael brings an
awareness of how an audience perceives what they see to his designs for
visual effects.
Michael lives in Hawaii with his wife Claire, a composer, where
together they own a commercial production company specializing in music, Visual FX and supervision, commercial direction, industrial films, and computer animation.
