RALF BURMESTER =[ SPECIAL FX ARTIST >
Ralf Burmester is one of
Germany's most innovative top special FX and FX make-up
artists.
He launched his film industry career in 1997 while he was
still studying at the renowned Cologne Media College when
he directed the horror spoof Torsil
Ultra - The Attack of the One Foot Killersocks, which
was packed with stunning special effects, hand-made by Ralf
and his team.
The following year Ralf Burmester directed the short film
'Onkel' ('Uncle'), a brief but intense psychological thriller,
starring Ingo
Trendelbernd (AKA Ingo Lee) that concentrated on illuminating
the abyss of the human mind and totally did without any
special effects.
However, the fascination with special effects and the ever-thrilling
process of finding innovative solutions to create them brought
Ralf back to the FX department. He proceeded to work as
FX Supervisor for Dirk
Woiciech's 'Evil Love' and as a production designer
for Woiciech's 'Mission Omega'.
Together with Gerd
Richter, he was responsible for the extensive special
FX sequences in Christian Theede's 'Asian Love Syndicate'
and he designed and manufactured the special props for the
action thriller Real
Buddy that's currently filming.
The special effects Ralf Burmester, assisted by Andrea
Muenzberg, created for 'Evil Knights' are absolutely
breathtaking! He achieved to give the often extreme visuals
an authentic look which is tremendously rare in independent
horror films - a fact that immensely adds to the intensity
of the images.
