Nurturing his passion for film making super 8 movies during his childhood, Tim Montijo brings Unified Pictures its most diversified artist and certainly one of the most productive. The days of making films as a child, was the trajectory Montijo advanced to the roles of animator, producer, visual effects supervisor, director, composer and executive for various film and television projects. His range is so broad that he was invited to teach Visual Effect and Animation for UCLA's Entertainment Studies Program. After co- founding the successful digital effects firm Electro Age in 2001, Tim Co-founded Unified Pictures with Kurt Rauer and Keith Kjarval in 2004.
Prior to launching Electro Age, Montijo served tenure at 2 of the most prolific companies, Blur and Rezn8, orchestrating visual effect for multiple television, film, special venue, and video games. In 2000, Montijo earned one of the most prestigious of entertainment award, the EMMY for his work on the Super Bowl XXXIV. He has provided his expertise to major entertainment companies including Disney, FOX, CBS, ABC, NBC, Warner Brothers, IMAX, Discovery Channel, Universal, Hanna Barbara, Lions Gate Films.
In addition to providing award-winning VFX and animation, Montijo is also a seasoned composer. Over the last decade Montijo has scored numerous feature film and television projects.
In recent years, Tim has further branched out to become recognized as an early pioneer in the world of virtual reality and immersive entertainment, producing projects for the likes of Google, Jaunt, Disney, and EDC to name a few. "I'm always looking for fresh and diverse ways to help filmmakers tell a story. To bring the audience into the story like never before. These are exciting times! The future is here, and Unified is on the cutting edge!"