Lee Berger
President, Film Division

Lee Berger serves as president of Rhythm & Hues' Film division, one of the top-tier visual effects and animation facilities in the world. Lee, along with former president Richard Hollander, has been instrumental in building Rhythm & Hues' capabilities as one of a handful of companies with the expertise and scale to service multiple studio "tentpole" projects simultaneously.

With nearly thirty years of experience in the entertainment industry, Lee served most recently as Executive Producer of R&H Films for eight years, helping to manage the engineering talent and facilities infrastructure for such high profile projects as the Academy Award nominated "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," "Superman Returns," and the recent box office smash "Night at the Museum." Lee is currently leading the studio's efforts on the upcoming 2007 releases "His Dark Materials: Golden Compass," "Evan Almighty" and "The Kingdom."

Lee's initial exposure in visual effects came in 1987 at Apogee Productions, where he started as an Assistant Director with industry veteran and Academy Award winning VFX supervisor John Dykstra. Lee also worked for many years alongside director and effects whiz Bruce Dorn at his commercial production facility in Hollywood.

In 1993, Lee began producing visual effects, freelancing on such projects as "Batman Forever," "Titanic" and "Volcano" before joining Fox-owned Blue Sky|VIFX as VP of Production. With the merger of VIFX with Rhythm & Hues in 1999, he became R&H Films' Executive Producer.

During the Ford and Carter administrations, Lee was a news cameraman at the White House, then, after relocating to Los Angeles, he worked on numerous features, commercials and documentaries, becoming a producer and first assistant director.