Felix Balbás Tutusaus

Felix Balbas was born in Milan (Italy), where studied fine arts. He´s a veteran in the Animation and VFX industry, having worked on numerous hollywood blockbusters such as the first 2 Lord of the Rings, 4 Harry Potter films, The Golden Compass, Children of Men, Avatar and more.
In 2012 founded Minimo VFX, a highly specialised and successful VFX boutique in Barcelona, working across all media, from Film to VR, mainly for the international market.
In 2013, Felix also founded b´Ars, an international Animation and VFX fair in Barcelona, as an important mediterranean meeting point for production of Animation, VR, Videogames, VFX and cross platform digital content, bringing also A-list Digital content related personalities, from producers to artists from all over the world (ILM, Weta Digital, Framestore, MPC, Cinesite, The Mill, etc).
In 2015, he´s designed and started the direction of the first Animation & VFX university undergraduate degree in Catalunya, and possibly the first of its genre, as not only forms talent in the various specialities of the area, but focuses the degree also on IP creation, marketing and production management aspects. In 2016 he´s also started to focus on designing new ways, platforms and business models for digital content creation.