Dennis Berardi is the owner of the visual effects company Mr. X. Yes, it’s a very fun name to say, but more importantly, it’s a company Berardi started 25 years ago. At one point, it was owned by Technicolor. In a nice full-circle moment, the visual effects supervisor bought the company back and sought to instill much heart into the work.

Mr. X’s first title under Berardi’s recent ownership: Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein .

For the visual effects artist, it means a lot that the first title under his Mr. X leadership is another collaboration between him and del Toro. They’ve worked together on several projects, including The Shape of Water and The Cabinet of Curiosities .

In del Toro’s rich adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel, the artists at Mr. X help paint a com

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