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Joel Codina

  • Visual Effects
  • Art Department
  • Director
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Joel Codina is known for Mermaid Killer (2022), 65 (2023) and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023).
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      • 3 wins & 8 nominations total

    Known for

    Anderson Ballesteros, Bruna Rubio, Yuri Vargas, Milett Figueroa, and Johanna Fadul in Mermaid Killer (2022)
    Mermaid Killer
    8.3
    Short
    • Visual Effects
    • 2022
    Adam Driver in 65 (2023)
    65
    5.4
    • Visual Effects(Ghost VFX)
    • 2023
    Jason Schwartzman, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Zegler, Josh Rivera, Tom Blyth, and Hunter Schafer in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
    6.7
    • Visual Effects(as Joel Codina Sánchez, Ghost VFX)
    • 2023
    Joey King, Brianne Tju, Keith Powers, and Chase Stokes in Uglies (2024)
    Uglies
    4.7
    • Visual Effects(as Joel Codina Sanchez, Ghost VFX)
    • 2024

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    Visual Effects

    • Joey King, Brianne Tju, Keith Powers, and Chase Stokes in Uglies (2024)
      Uglies
      4.7
      • digital matte painter: Ghost VFX (as Joel Codina Sanchez)
      • 2024
    • Jason Schwartzman, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Zegler, Josh Rivera, Tom Blyth, and Hunter Schafer in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
      The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
      6.7
      • visual effects artist: Ghost VFX (as Joel Codina Sánchez)
      • 2023
    • Rosario Dawson in Ahsoka (2023)
      Ahsoka
      7.5
      TV Series
      • matte painter: Ghost VFX
      • 2023
    • Rebecca Romijn, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, and Celia Rose Gooding in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)
      Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
      8.3
      TV Series
      • matte painter: Ghost VFX
      • visual effects concept artist: Ghost VFX
      • concept artist: Ghost VFX
      • 2022–2023
    • Charlize Theron, Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Brie Larson, Ludacris, Jason Momoa, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, John Cena, Alan Ritchson, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Daniela Melchior in Fast X (2023)
      Fast X
      5.7
      • compositor/digital matte painter: Ghost VFX
      • 2023
    • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, and Ed Speleers in Star Trek: Picard (2020)
      Star Trek: Picard
      7.5
      TV Series
      • concept artist: Ghost VFX
      • matte painter: Ghost VFX
      • 2022–2023
    • Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito, Pedro Pascal, Shirley Henderson, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Katee Sackhoff, Amy Sedaris, Omid Abtahi, Emily Swallow, and Katy O'Brian in The Mandalorian (2019)
      The Mandalorian
      8.6
      TV Series
      • matte painter: Ghost VFX
      • matte paint artist: Ghost VFX
      • 2020–2023
    • Adam Driver in 65 (2023)
      65
      5.4
      • concept artist: Ghost VFX
      • 2023
    • Gard B. Eidsvold, Kim Falck, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, and Ine Marie Wilmann in Troll (2022)
      Troll
      5.8
      • matte painter: Ghost VFX
      • visual effects concept artist: Ghost VFX (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Jason Momoa and Marlow Barkley in Slumberland (2022)
      Slumberland
      6.7
      • concept artist: Ghost VFX
      • matte painter: Ghost VFX
      • 2022
    • Anderson Ballesteros, Bruna Rubio, Yuri Vargas, Milett Figueroa, and Johanna Fadul in Mermaid Killer (2022)
      Mermaid Killer
      8.3
      Short
      • Matte painter
      • digital compositor
      • visual effects producer ...
      • 2022
    • For All Mankind (2019)
      For All Mankind
      8.1
      TV Series
      • matte painter: Ghost VFX
      • 2021–2022
    • Wilson Cruz, Robinne Fanfair, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Blu del Barrio, Sonequa Martin-Green, David Ajala, and Mary Wiseman in Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
      Star Trek: Discovery
      7.0
      TV Series
      • concept artist: Ghost VFX
      • matte painter: Ghost VFX
      • visual effects artist
      • 2020–2022
    • Ming-Na Wen and Temuera Morrison in The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
      The Book of Boba Fett
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • matte painter: Ghost VFX
      • 2022
    • Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, and Jackson Robert Scott in Locke & Key (2020)
      Locke & Key
      7.3
      TV Series
      • matte painter: Ghost VFX
      • 2021

    Art Department

    • Mudbirds
      • Poster Artist
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Anderson Ballesteros, Bruna Rubio, Yuri Vargas, Milett Figueroa, and Johanna Fadul in Mermaid Killer (2022)
      Mermaid Killer
      8.3
      Short
      • Concept Artist
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022

    Director

    • Anderson Ballesteros, Bruna Rubio, Yuri Vargas, Milett Figueroa, and Johanna Fadul in Mermaid Killer (2022)
      Mermaid Killer
      8.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 2022

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      • Joel Codina Sanchez

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