Argentine film producer
Victoria Alonso
Born (1965-12-22 ) 22 December 1965 (age 58) Occupations Film producer studio executive Years active 1996–present Notable work Marvel Cinematic Universe Spouse Imelda Corcoran Children 1
Victoria Alonso (born 22 December 1965)[1] is an Argentine film producer who formerly served as president of physical and post-production, visual effects, and animation at Marvel Studios .
Early life and career
Alonso was born in La Plata , Buenos Aires Province , Argentina . She moved to Seattle
at the age of 19 to pursue an acting career. She relocated again to Los Angeles , where she began working in the visual effects industry,[2] including at Digital Domain as a visual effects producer for four years,[3] [4] working on films such as Big Fish (2003), which was nominated for Best Special Visual Effects at the 57th British Academy Film Awards .[2]
Alonso joined Marvel Studios in 2005 as executive vice president of visual effects and post-production,[3] working as a co-producer on Marvel Cinematic Universe films Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2010), and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011),[5] and serving as executive producer on every Marvel Studios production since The Avengers (2012),[2] including television shows.[6] She was promoted to executive vice president of production in 2015.[7] [8] In 2021, Alonso was promoted to president of physical and post-production, visual effects, and animation at Marvel Studios.[9]
In 2016, Alonso became the first woman to win the Advanced Imaging Society 's Harold Lloyd Award for her achievements in visual effects.[2] [10] [11] In January 2020, she was awarded the Filmmaker Award by the Motion Picture Sound Editors at the 67th Golden Reel Awards .[3] In October 2021, it was announced that Alonso would be the top honoree at Outfest 's Visionary Award at the November ceremony at LA's Academy Museum of Motion Pictures .[12]
In December 2022, she was named on The Hollywood Reporter ' s "Women in Entertainment Power 100".[13]
Firing from Marvel Studios
In 2023, Alonso was fired from her role at Marvel Studios for breach of contract after violating her noncompete clause by serving as a producer on the Amazon Studios film Argentina, 1985 ,[14] [15] despite having failed to seek permission to work on the film, and continuing to promote it after being ordered by Disney to cease her involvement with the project.[14]
At the time of her firing, criticism from VFX workers were noted,[15] who had raised complaints of Marvel's "demanding post-production schedules". Alonso was described by some as a "kingmaker",[15] [16] with Chris Lee at Vulture reporting that Alonso was "singularly responsible for Marvel's toxic work environment ."[17] [16] However, Alonso was also described as the "epitome of professional" and supportive on set, with Joanna Robinson of The Ringer describing the reports as a "gross mischaracterization" and the opposite of Alonso's work.[15] [18] Disney and Alonso reached a multi-million dollar compensation settlement in April.[19]
Personal life
Alonso is openly gay and is married to Australian actress Imelda Corcoran. The couple has one adopted daughter.[2]
Filmography
Feature films
Television
Accolades
References
^ Ibáñez, Leo (27 April 2019). "Victoria Alonso: "Llegué a donde estoy porque entré a lugares a los que no me invitaban" " [Victoria Alonso: "I got to where I am because in entered placed I wasn't invited"]. Infobae (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 April 2019.
^ a b c d e f g h i Mann, Keith (7 July 2019). "Victoria Alonso: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know" . Heavy . Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021 .
^ a b c d e f Gonzalez, Umberto (10 October 2019). "MPSE to Honor Marvel's Victoria Alonso with Filmmaker Award" . TheWrap . Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021 .
^ "SIGGRAPH 2019 is Ready: Marvel Studios' Victoria Alonso to Keynote" (Press release). Chicago: SIGGRAPH . Business Wire . 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021 .
^ a b c Blair, Iain (7 February 2017). "Visual Effects Society Honors Victoria Alonso and Ken Ralston" . Variety . Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021 .
^ Scholz, Pablo (12 November 2020). "Entrevista exclusiva: quién es la argentina vicepresidenta de Marvel, la mujer más poderosa de Hollywood" [Exclusive interview: who is the Argentinian vice president of Marvel, the most powerful woman in Hollywood]. Clarín (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021 .
^ Grobar, Matt (26 May 2021). "Women In Animation Unveils Program For Virtual World Summit, Spotlighting "The Business Case For Diversity" " . Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021 .
^ Giardina, Carolyn (10 October 2019). "Sound Editors to Honor Marvel's Victoria Alonso" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021 .
^ Kroll, Justin (20 September 2021). "Marvel Studios Promotes Victoria Alonso To President Of Physical, Post Production, VFX And Animation" . Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021 .
^ "The Advanced Imaging Society to Honor Marvel's Victoria Alonso with 2016 Harold Lloyd Award for Filmmaking" . Advanced Imaging Society . Business Wire . 20 January 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2021 .
^ Donnelly, Matt (20 September 2021). "Marvel Studios' Victoria Alonso Upped to President of Physical and Post Production, VFX and Animation" . Variety . Retrieved 31 October 2021 .
^ Rude, Mey (27 October 2021). "Outfest Honoring the Queer Woman Leading Marvel Studios Into a New Era" . Out.com . Retrieved 31 October 2021 .
^ O'Connell, Mikey (7 December 2022). "The Hollywood Reporter's 2022 Women in Entertainment Power 100" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 7 December 2022 .
^ a b Kit, Borys (24 March 2023). "Inside the Firing of Victoria Alonso: Her Oscar-Nominated Movie 'Argentina, 1985' at Center of Exit (Exclusive)" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023 .
^ a b c d Donnelly, Matt; Vary, Adam B. (22 March 2023). "Inside Victoria Alonso's Shocking Exit From Marvel Studios" . Variety . Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023 .
^ a b Lee, Chris (13 January 2023). "Inside the VFX Union Brewing in Hollywood" . Vulture . Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023 . Alonso heads up Marvel's dedicated "mini-studio," Marvel Studios Animation, which is behind such shows as What If ...? [...] and the summer 2022 series of Vin Diesel–voiced original shorts, I Am Groot .
^ Freitag, Lee (21 March 2023). "REPORT: MCU Co-Founder Created Marvel's Toxic VFX Work Environment" . Comic Book Resources . Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023 .
^ Karthik Prasad, R.A (21 March 2023). " 'Making Victoria Alonso the fall guy'- Marvel fans react to former post-production president being blamed for MCU's toxic treatment of VFX workers" . Pursue News . Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023 .
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony; Patten, Dominic (20 April 2023). "Disney Settles With Former Marvel Exec Victoria Alonso Over Sudden Firing" . Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023 .
^ Thomas, Kevin (11 May 2001). "Shameless Moments From 'Sordid Lives' " . Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021 .
^ Amron, Mike (22 October 2014). VFX Industry Meets for 6th Visual Effects Society Summit . Visual Effects Society Summit. Hollywood: ACM SIGGRAPH . Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021 .
^ a b "Marvel Is Aiming for Half of All Future MCU Movies to Be Directed by Women" . MovieWeb . 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2021 .
^ "WandaVision Production Brief" (PDF) . Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution . p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021 .
^ "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Production Brief" (PDF) . Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution . p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021 .
^ Anderson, Jenna (19 May 2021). "Loki Star Tom Hiddleston Officially Announced as Executive Producer on Disney+ Series" . ComicBook.com . Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021 .
^ "Victoria Alonso: Marvel Studios, Executive Vice President, Production" . FMX . Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021 .
^ "4th Annual VES Awards" . Visual Effects Society . 15 February 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2021 .
^ "7th Annual VES Awards" . Visual Effects Society . 21 February 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2021 .
^ Feinberg, Scott (17 October 2019). "Hollywood Film Awards: 'Avengers: Endgame,' Pharrell Set for Honors" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019 .
^ Lewis, Hilary (5 June 2024). "2024 Gotham TV Awards: 'Baby Reindeer,' 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith,' 'Colin From Accounts' Top Winners" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024 .
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