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Dennis Berardi

Dennis Berardi

Producer

Primetime Emmy nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Founder of Herne Hill, Dennis Berardi, is a creative visionary known for his unwavering dedication to the art of visual effects, which is epitomised in the quality of his work. From innovative beginnings with IMAX and the National Film Board of Canada, Berardi worked closely to integrate the ground-breaking digital imaging systems for live-action and animated films. In 2001, Berardi founded the Toronto-based visual effects studio, Mr. X. Under his stewardship, Mr. X grew from a small eight-person shop to a global VFX brand with studio locations in Toronto, Montreal, Adelaide, and Bangalore. In 2021, Dennis opened the doors at Herne Hill. Dennis is currently serving as executive producer on Rupert Wyatt’s Desert Warrior. Information above via their homepage.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Producer
Titles
49 on MovieCove · 53 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 9% in 30 days

What are Dennis Berardi's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
33%
Survival
22%
Self
19%
Morality
10%
Power
6%
Ideas
5%
Society
4%
Survival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Dread
4
Thrilling
2
Triumphant
1
Bittersweet
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Bittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Dennis Berardi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 41 of their 49 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Dennis Berardi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

53 credits, 49 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Desert Warrior(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Frankenstein(2025)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • In the Lost Lands(2025)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Deliverance(2024)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · VFX Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Nightmare Alley(2021)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Monster Hunter(2020)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Empty Man(2020)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • In the Shadow of the Moon(2019)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark(2019)

    Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Silence(2019)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Shape of Water(2017)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Retaliation Mode: Making 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

  • Resident Evil: The Final Chapter(2016)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Crimson Peak(2015)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Pay the Ghost(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Pompeii(2014)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Carrie(2013)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Factory(2012)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Resident Evil: Retribution(2012)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Thing(2011)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Three Musketeers(2011)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Tron: Legacy(2010)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Resident Evil: Afterlife(2010)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World(2010)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day(2009)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Amelia(2009)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Whiteout(2009)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Away We Go(2009)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Death Race(2008)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Resident Evil: Extinction(2007)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Shoot 'Em Up(2007)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Dead Silence(2007)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Hollywoodland(2006)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Skinwalkers(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • 16 Blocks(2006)

    Executive Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • A History of Violence(2005)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Four Brothers(2005)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Ice Princess(2005)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Assault on Precinct 13(2005)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Species III(2004)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Cube Zero(2004)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Resident Evil: Apocalypse(2004)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

  • Dawn of the Dead(2004)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Wrong Turn(2003)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Cube²: Hypercube(2002)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Jason X(2001)

    Special Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Cell(2000)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Fight Club(1999)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Sweet Hereafter(1997)

    Visual Effects

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Grendel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • The Boy in the Iron Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Visual Effects Supervisor

Career shape

A full career of 53 titles, 51 of them dated from 1997 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Monster Hunter (2020)

$42M worldwide

Highest rated

Cube Zero (2004)

Midcredits 25th

Most popular right now

Monster Hunter (2020)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing13 of 53: 13 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score27thOther crew40 of 53: 40 only other crew, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score48th

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s24 · crew2010s17 · crew2020s8 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

1 major award from 6 major nominations, 2013–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Visual Effects
  2. 2018
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
  3. 2014
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role
  4. 2013
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Dennis Berardi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 48; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 15th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

15thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

17thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 49 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th16
  • Below 25th13

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 49 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed13
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · producer

Desert Warrior (2025)

99th percentile spread · 51% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Tron: Legacy (2010)

Midcredits 72nd · 65% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Dennis Berardi's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 61 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 12 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 14 · minimalMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 70 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Dennis Berardi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dennis Berardi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lyriq Bent shares the most, 2.

Actors

Producers