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 exclusive 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 interview, Duncan Burbidge, an executive producer at The Third Floor, talks about his studio's previs, techvis and postvis work on Ridley Scott’s sci-fi adventure hit, The Martian, as well as how visualization and virtual production tools and technology are helping filmmakers tell better stories and produce more visually interesting movies.