Since 1977 Tad Pride has been the director of the two leading Special Effects companies in Australia (Mirage, PrideFX) that have been at the forefront of supplying special effects for feature films, commercials, and television series.

 

In the 1980’s in partnership with Andrew Mason, Paul Nicola, and David Pride, Tad formed the award winning Mirage Effects company. During this time the company set up Australia’s only dedicated visual effects and physical effects studio, as well as building studio based and field portable motion control camera systems.

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Tad Pride, the Director of PrideFX  has continued  to supervise and work on films such as: Mad Max 2, Fortress, Robinson Crusoe, Dark City, Mission Impossible 2, Red Planet, The Matrix and Superman Returns, and armoury for the Australian section of Extraction 2 .

 

In 2016 Tad  was awarded in the Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation and Excellence In Special Effects by The Screen Producers Guild