About Matt Sloan
Born 2000. Matt Sloan is an American engineer and actor.
Matt Sloan is an Australian visual effects supervisor. He was previously a special effects and animatronics technician.
Early life Sloan grew up on a farm. He studied geology in university.
He began transitioning from special effects to visual effects around 2000.
As the filming for Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith were moved to Australia, Sloan filled in for the role of Jedi Master Plo Koon due to financial practicality as he matched the height of the previous actor. He was the lead animatronics foreman for Episode II and was the droid unit technician for Episode III.
Sloan has worked as a technical director on Avatar (2009), The Avengers (2012), and The Hobbit (film series) for Weta Digital.
In 2013, he moved from Weta to 20th Century Fox, where he worked as a visual effects supervisor on the X-Men (film series) and The Martian (2015).
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Who is Matt Sloan?
American VFX supervisor
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Matt Sloan was born in 2000.
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Matt Sloan is an engineer and actor.
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Matt Sloan is American.
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