Brooke Breton, VES | VES Honors Celebration 2024 | Founders Award Honoree
2024 VES Founders Award Honoree
Breton has been principally involved in a wide variety of
prominent live action films, animated films, television series
and theme park projects which have received Academy, BAFTA,
Emmy, Annie and VES awards and nominations. Key projects
include: Avatar, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World, Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow, Solaris, Star Trek
IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and
Dick Tracy
During her career, Breton played an instrumental role in
launching James Cameron’s effects house Digital Domain,
where she served as Senior Vice President of Production, and
was Senior Production Executive and in-house producer for
Illumination Entertainment, where she produced the film
content for the Annie and VES Award-winning Despicable Me
theme park attraction, Minion Mayhem.
Recently, Breton served as a producer for The Academy
Museum of Motion Pictures, where she focused on modern
filmmaking techniques and acquisitions. Breton is a Visual
Effects Branch governor for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences and currently serves as VP on the Academy
Foundation Board. She also serves on the AMPAS Visual Effects
Branch Executive Committee and the Science and Technology
Council. Breton is a VES Fellow, Lifetime VES Member and has
served as a three-term member of the global VES Board of
Directors. In current development under the Breton
Productions banner are three feature film project