Steven Spencer
Adjunct Faculty
Founder, Making Shapes Media
BFA, College for Creative Studies
Creative visualization, particularly narrative filmmaking, visual effects, and digital compositing. Workflow optimization, particularly the relationships between pre-production, filming, and visual effects. Generative AI, Particularly in Large Language Models, Diffusion models, and ethics.
Professional Experience
Making Shapes Media, General Motors, and Marks (Formerly Armstrong White). After he started his video production company in college, Steven spent time working as a visualization generalist and compositing specialist. He worked on configurators at Marks. He both worked on and led projects for an internal animation team at General Motors. Projects varied from design reviews, internal concept vehicles, and even global teasers for new vehicles. At Making Shapes, he has many roles on projects including Director, Assistant Director, VFX Supervisor, Producer, Editor, Prop fabricator, and even stuntman.
Significant Publications, Presentations and Exhibitions
1st place: Horror Film Roulette 2024 – Happy Birthday (2024) – Short film (2nd AD)
Best original concept: Motor City Legacy Film Festival 2022 – UNCLE. (2021) – Feature Film (Co-Director, VFX supervisor)
Winner: We Make Movies Film Festival 2022 – UNCLE. (2021) – Feature Film (Co-Director, VFX supervisor)
