Kevin Kutchaver is the founder (along with his wife, animator Kathy Zielinski) of visual effects company HimAnI Productions, and in February 2005 "Sheer Force of Will Pictures" [1]. HimAnI's contribution to the Lost pilot won Kutchaver an Emmy in 2005 for Outstanding Visual Effects for a Series where he was credited as a visual effects compositor. The company's contribution to the pilot entailed showing the path of the mysterious "monster" that knocks trees down in its wake. Kutchaver and his team have composited scenes for a variety of episodes in the first two seasons. Kutchaver met Lost Visual Effects Supervisor Kevin Blank when they both worked on the television series Hercules and Xena.
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- CG Focus - Interview with Kutchaver about his work on Lost
- South Coast Today - "Lost World: Jurassic Park is latest special-effects bonanza" - Interview with Kutchaver
- AWN/Animation World - article on low-budget F/X