Einstein and the Bomb

He is one of the most recognisable people of the 20th Century, but who was the man behind the theory? This is the story ‘Einstein and the Bomb’ aims to tell.

The film captures some of the momentous and challenging times in Einstein’s life including his regrets of endorsing nuclear weapons in the face of a rising Nazi Germany. Focusing on Einstein's time spent in Norfolk during his exile from Germany, the film explores the creation of his theory of relativity and how his work was utilised in the production of the atomic bomb. 

Lux Aeterna completed a variety of 3d environments on the project, including a full photorealistic recreation of Berlin’s Philharmonic Hall and a sequence featuring a young Einstein chasing a photon at the speed of light. 

Location VFX was supervised at Shepperton Studios. The shoot was a combination of wire work, set extension, green screen sets and crowd capture.

“a moving and even poetic meditation” The Wall Street Journal

Lux Aeterna:

VFX Creative Director:  Rob Hifle 
VFX Supervisor: Paul Silcox 
VFX Executive Producer: Emma Kolasinska
VFX Production Coordinator: Tommy Reeday
Creative Lead: Mike Sadd 
Comp Supervisor: Tav Flett 
3D Supervisor: Timmy Willmott
Comp Artists: Ferriol Tugues, Alasdair Wynn,  Dan Blore 
FX Artists: Paul Greer,  Mikhail Gubkin
3D Artists: Danai Rizou,  James Venn, Kieran Fielding Jacobs
2D Artists: Steve Bell, Alex Tsvetkov

BBC Studios:

Director: Anthony Philipson
Executive Producers: James Van Der Pool and Andrew Cohen Producer: Sophie Chapman

Read more about our work for Einstein and the Bomb here.