Aurore de Blois
- Visual Effects
- Producer
- Writer
Aurore de Blois' interests naturally drew her towards science fiction and an award-winning career in VFX spanning 25 years.
In 2003, legendary and multiple award-winning VFX artist Doug Drexler discovered her: by this time, self-taught in numerous VFX disciplines. In 2005, she was invited as a founding member of the newly formed Battlestar Galactica in-house VFX Dept, led by visionary award-winning VFX Supervisor Gary Hutzel.
Aurore received her first Emmy Award in 2008 for the Season Four Battlestar Galactica episode 'He That Believeth in Me' - making her the first transgendered Emmy recipient.
She contributed significantly to each of BSG's record-breaking awards which include: a Peabody in 2005, four VES Awards, three additional Emmy Awards, two additional Emmy nominations and three additional VES nominations. She moved to Los Angeles in 2009 with an O-1 Visa for Avatar and in 2011 relocated to London, UK with a Tier-1 Exceptional Talent Visa, where she worked on numerous major motion pictures.
After nearly 5 years in the UK and EU, Aurore paused her VFX career in 2014 to focus on her long-unrealized sci-fi miniseries, ATSF. Sequestering herself in a 17th Century mansion in Amsterdam for a month, she wrote the first draft of ATSF before returning to Canada after 8 years abroad. She then began Swedish language classes in 2015 while resuming her VFX career and writing and developing ATSF further. In 2020, Aurore was awarded a prestigious month-long artist residency at the Ingmar Bergman Estate - where she finalized her scripts within the inspiring atmosphere of Ingmar's own home and most recently returned to the UK on a Tier 1 Global Talent Visa.
Aurore received her first Emmy Award in 2008 for the Season Four Battlestar Galactica episode 'He That Believeth in Me' - making her the first transgendered Emmy recipient.
She contributed significantly to each of BSG's record-breaking awards which include: a Peabody in 2005, four VES Awards, three additional Emmy Awards, two additional Emmy nominations and three additional VES nominations. She moved to Los Angeles in 2009 with an O-1 Visa for Avatar and in 2011 relocated to London, UK with a Tier-1 Exceptional Talent Visa, where she worked on numerous major motion pictures.
After nearly 5 years in the UK and EU, Aurore paused her VFX career in 2014 to focus on her long-unrealized sci-fi miniseries, ATSF. Sequestering herself in a 17th Century mansion in Amsterdam for a month, she wrote the first draft of ATSF before returning to Canada after 8 years abroad. She then began Swedish language classes in 2015 while resuming her VFX career and writing and developing ATSF further. In 2020, Aurore was awarded a prestigious month-long artist residency at the Ingmar Bergman Estate - where she finalized her scripts within the inspiring atmosphere of Ingmar's own home and most recently returned to the UK on a Tier 1 Global Talent Visa.