With FMX 2017 opening its doors May 2 in Stuttgart, Germany, we’re focusing our attention on some of the talented artists who were at FMX 2016, a group of top industry professionals who converge on the event each year to speak, teach and network. Watch and enjoy one of the insightful and entertaining interviews from the AWN – FMX 2016 Professional Spotlight series featuring video interviews with some of the biggest names in animation, visual effects, computer graphics and transmedia.

Watch all the AWN - FMX Professional Spotlight videos on AWN's YouTube Channel.

In this two-part interview, Proof Inc. founder and creative director Ron Frankel discusses his company’s work handling previs and postvis for Paramount and Justin Lin’s sci-fi hit, Star Trek Beyond, as well as their previs work on Lin’s Google Spotlight Story live-action VR short, Help. He also shares his insights regarding future opportunities in VR and how he distinguishes fact from hype.