About Matte Painting

Recognised as one of the five best Matte Artists in the world, Darby joins Rushes after founding Digital Firepower in Hollywood 6 years ago, having previously worked at Cinesite L.A. and Digital Domain.

Darby began his career as an artist after three years studying classical painting at Studio Cecil-Graves in Florence. Over the past ten years he has designed and created Matte Paintings for over 40 feature films. A member of BAFTA and The Visual Effects Society, Darby has produced Academy and BAFTA award-winning work on films such as ‘Titanic,’ ‘The Matrix’, ‘Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon’, ‘The Fifth Element’ and ‘Minority Report’ . His most recent work includes ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’, ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban’ and ‘I Robot’.