Joel Behrens
Personal Info
Known for
Visual Effects
Gender
Male
Joel Behrens
Biography
Digital Domain Visual Effects Supervisor Joel Behrens has shared his innovative thinking and top-notch visual effects expertise on over 40 feature films and numerous episodic and commercial projects. Currently, Joel is working as the visual effects supervisor on Russo brothers’ film, The Electric State. Prior to this, Joel worked as Digital Domain’s VFX Supervisor for Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness." He also worked closely with Daniel Espinosa and filmmakers for Sony’s “Morbius” on the creature development and the design of the vampires featured in the film, along with overseeing the visual effects in several sequences and creating other effects essential to the film’s storytelling.
Joel was also the digital effects supervisor on the Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated Steven Spielberg visual effects blockbuster “Ready Player One,” where he was responsible for leading the technology pipeline and hundreds of digital artists at Digital Domain. His lengthy credit roster of full-length feature films includes “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” “Pixels,” “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” “Ender’s Game, "Her,” and “Thor.” For Spike Jonze and Kenzo World, Joel led digital effects for the award-winning commercial “My Mutant Brain,” which also picked up multiple Cannes Lions, including the top two awards: Titanium Lion and the Epica Film Grand Prix.
Joel is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is a crucial player in Digital Domain’s esteemed collection of visual effects experts.
Information above via their Digital Domain homepage.
Known For
Crew
(2025)
The Electric State
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2022)
Morbius
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2022)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Visual Effects Supervisor
(2018)
Ready Player One
Digital Effects Supervisor
(2018)
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Digital Effects Supervisor
(2017)
All I See Is You
Digital Effects Supervisor
(2015)
Pixels
Compositing Supervisor
(2014)
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Compositing Supervisor
(2013)
Her
Digital Effects Supervisor
(2013)
Ender's Game
Compositing Supervisor
(2011)
Thor
Compositing Supervisor
(2011)
Killer Elite
Compositing Supervisor
(2010)
The A-Team
Compositing Supervisor
(2003)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Animation