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Ralf Burmester

Ralf Burmester is one of Germany's most innovative top special FX and FX make-up artists. The special effects Ralf Burmester created for several Lee/Leroc Filmworkshop productions are a priceless contribution to both the story and the visual impact of the movies!

Ralf 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', produced by Lee/Leroc Filmworkshop and 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 Lee/Leroc owner and CEO Ingo Trendelbernd (as 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 Lee/Leroc screenwriter Dirk Woiciech's 'Evil Love' and as a production designer for Woiciech's 'Mission Omega'.

Together with Lee/Leroc co-founder and media artist 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.

In 2000 Ralf took care of the special effects and production design for Lee/Leroc Filmworkshop's feature 'Death: Download', an action thriller co-written by Gerd Richter and starring Ingo Lee.

In 2003 Ralf Burmester, assisted by Andrea Muenzberg, created the breathtaking special FX (in service of the story) and special make-up effects for Lee/Leroc Filmworkshop's horror/fantasy feature 'Evil Knights' and in 2004 he did the special FX for Lee/Leroc's rape & revenge thriller 'Blood Angel 2', a remake of the legendary cult classic 'I Spit On Your Grave'.

More of Ralf Burmester's special FX work can be see in the Lee/Leroc Filmworkshop produced horror/comedy feature 'The Unbelievable Terror'.