Victoria Alonso

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Victoria Alonso
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Alonso in 2023
Born (1965-12-22) 22 December 1965 (age 59)
La Plata, Argentina
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • studio executive
Years active1996–present
Notable work Marvel Cinematic Universe
Spouse Imelda Corcoran
Children1

Victoria Alonso (born 22 December 1965) is an Argentine film producer who formerly served as the president of physical and post-production, visual effects, and animation at Marvel Studios.

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Early life and education

Victoria Alonso was born on 22 December 1965 [1] in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. [2]

Career

Alonso moved to Seattle at the age of 19 to pursue an acting career. She relocated again to Los Angeles, where she began working in the visual effects industry, [2] including at Digital Domain as a visual effects producer for four years, [3] [4] working on films such as Big Fish (2003), which was nominated for Best Special Visual Effects at the 57th British Academy Film Awards. [2]

Alonso joined Marvel Studios in 2005 as executive vice president of visual effects and post-production, [3] working as a co-producer on Marvel Cinematic Universe films Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2010), and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), [5] and serving as executive producer on every Marvel Studios production since The Avengers (2012), [2] including television shows. [6] She was promoted to executive vice president of production in 2015. [7] [8] In 2021, Alonso was promoted to president of physical and post-production, visual effects, and animation at Marvel Studios. [9]

In 2016, Alonso became the first woman to win the Advanced Imaging Society's Harold Lloyd Award for her achievements in visual effects. [2] [10] [11] In January 2020, she was awarded the Filmmaker Award by the Motion Picture Sound Editors at the 67th Golden Reel Awards. [3] In October 2021, it was announced that Alonso would be the top honoree at Outfest's Visionary Award at the November ceremony at LA's Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. [12]

In December 2022, she was named on The Hollywood Reporter 's "Women in Entertainment Power 100". [13]

Firing from Marvel Studios

In 2023, Alonso was fired from her role at Marvel Studios for breach of contract after violating her noncompete clause by serving as a producer on the Amazon Studios film Argentina, 1985 , [14] [15] despite having failed to seek permission to work on the film, and continuing to promote it after being ordered by Disney to cease her involvement with the project. [14]

At the time of her firing, criticism from VFX workers were noted, [15] who had raised complaints of Marvel's "demanding post-production schedules". Alonso was described by some[ who? ] as a "kingmaker", [15] [16] with Chris Lee at Vulture reporting that Alonso was "singularly responsible for Marvel's toxic work environment." [17] [16] However, Alonso was also described as the "epitome of professional" and supportive on set, with Joanna Robinson of The Ringer describing the reports as a "gross mischaracterization" and the opposite of Alonso's work. [15] [18] Alonso said that the real reason for her firing was her outspoken opposition to LGBTQ+ erasure at the company. [19] Disney and Alonso reached a multi-million dollar compensation settlement in April. [20]

Personal life

Alonso is openly gay and is married to Australian actress Imelda Corcoran. The couple has one adopted daughter. [2]

Filmography

Feature films

YearTitleRoleRef.
2000 Sordid Lives Producer [21]
The 6th Day Visual effects producer [2]
2001 Shrek [3]
Cats & Dogs [22]
2003 Darkness Falls [23]
The Core [2]
Big Fish [3]
2004 50 First Dates [2]
2005 Kingdom of Heaven [3]
2008 Iron Man Co-producer
Visual effects producer		 [5]
[23]
2010 Iron Man 2 Co-producer [5]
2011 Thor
Captain America: The First Avenger
2012 The Avengers Executive producer [2]
2013 Iron Man 3
Thor: The Dark World
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
Ant-Man
2016 Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Thor: Ragnarok
2018 Black Panther
Avengers: Infinity War
Ant-Man and the Wasp
2019 Captain Marvel
Avengers: Endgame
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2021 Black Widow
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Eternals
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Thor: Love and Thunder
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Argentina, 1985 Producer; also contributed to the song "Nunca más"
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Executive producer
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Marvels

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2021 WandaVision Executive producer9 episodes [24]
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 6 episodes [25]
2021–2023 Loki 12 episodes [26]
2021–2024 What If...? 26 episodes [27]
2021 Hawkeye 6 episodes
2022 Moon Knight 6 episodes
Ms. Marvel 6 episodes
2022–2023 I Am Groot 10 episodes
2022 She-Hulk: Attorney at Law 9 episodes
Werewolf by Night TV special
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special TV special
2023 Secret Invasion 6 episodes
2024 Echo 5 episodes
X-Men '97 10 episodes; renewed for a second season
2025-Present Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 10 episodes; renewed for a second and third season
2025 Ironheart 6 episodes; post-production

Accolades

YearFilmAwardCategoryResultRef.
2006 Kingdom of Heaven Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture (with Wesley Sewell, Tom Wood, Gary Brozenich)Won [28]
2009 Iron Man Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature (with Ben Snow, Hal Hickel, John Nelson)Nominated [29]
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year (with Ben Snow, Wayne Billheimer, John Nelson)Nominated
2019 Avengers: Endgame Hollywood Film Awards Hollywood Blockbuster Award (with Kevin Feige)Won [30]
2024 X-Men '97 Gotham TV Awards Breakthrough Drama Series (with Beau DeMayo, Louis D'Esposito, Kevin Feige, and Brad Winderbaum)Nominated [31]

References

  1. ↑ Ibáñez, Leo (27 April 2019). "Victoria Alonso: "Llegué a donde estoy porque entré a lugares a los que no me invitaban"" [Victoria Alonso: "I got to where I am because in entered placed I wasn't invited"]. Infobae (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mann, Keith (7 July 2019). "Victoria Alonso: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy . Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gonzalez, Umberto (10 October 2019). "MPSE to Honor Marvel's Victoria Alonso with Filmmaker Award". TheWrap . Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "SIGGRAPH 2019 is Ready: Marvel Studios' Victoria Alonso to Keynote" (Press release). Chicago: SIGGRAPH. Business Wire. 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 Blair, Iain (7 February 2017). "Visual Effects Society Honors Victoria Alonso and Ken Ralston". Variety . Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Scholz, Pablo (12 November 2020). "Entrevista exclusiva: quién es la argentina vicepresidenta de Marvel, la mujer más poderosa de Hollywood" [Exclusive interview: who is the Argentinian vice president of Marvel, the most powerful woman in Hollywood]. Clarín (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Grobar, Matt (26 May 2021). "Women In Animation Unveils Program For Virtual World Summit, Spotlighting "The Business Case For Diversity"". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  8. ↑ Giardina, Carolyn (10 October 2019). "Sound Editors to Honor Marvel's Victoria Alonso". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Kroll, Justin (20 September 2021). "Marvel Studios Promotes Victoria Alonso To President Of Physical, Post Production, VFX And Animation". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "The Advanced Imaging Society to Honor Marvel's Victoria Alonso with 2016 Harold Lloyd Award for Filmmaking". Advanced Imaging Society. Business Wire. 20 January 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  11. ↑ Donnelly, Matt (20 September 2021). "Marvel Studios' Victoria Alonso Upped to President of Physical and Post Production, VFX and Animation". Variety . Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  12. ↑ Rude, Mey (27 October 2021). "Outfest Honoring the Queer Woman Leading Marvel Studios Into a New Era". Out.com . Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  13. ↑ O'Connell, Mikey (7 December 2022). "The Hollywood Reporter's 2022 Women in Entertainment Power 100". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  14. 1 2 Kit, Borys (24 March 2023). "Inside the Firing of Victoria Alonso: Her Oscar-Nominated Movie 'Argentina, 1985' at Center of Exit (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  15. 1 2 3 4 Donnelly, Matt; Vary, Adam B. (22 March 2023). "Inside Victoria Alonso's Shocking Exit From Marvel Studios". Variety . Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  16. 1 2 Lee, Chris (13 January 2023). "Inside the VFX Union Brewing in Hollywood" . Vulture . Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023. Alonso heads up Marvel's dedicated "mini-studio," Marvel Studios Animation, which is behind such shows as What If ...? [...] and the summer 2022 series of Vin Diesel–voiced original shorts, I Am Groot.
  17. ↑ Freitag, Lee (21 March 2023). "REPORT: MCU Co-Founder Created Marvel's Toxic VFX Work Environment". Comic Book Resources . Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  18. ↑ Karthik Prasad, R.A (21 March 2023). "'Making Victoria Alonso the fall guy'- Marvel fans react to former post-production president being blamed for MCU's toxic treatment of VFX workers". Pursue News. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  19. ↑ Riedel, Samantha (29 March 2023). "After Objecting to LGBTQ+ Censorship, a Gay Marvel Studio Leader Was Fired by Disney". Them . Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  20. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony; Patten, Dominic (20 April 2023). "Disney Settles With Former Marvel Exec Victoria Alonso Over Sudden Firing". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  21. ↑ Thomas, Kevin (11 May 2001). "Shameless Moments From 'Sordid Lives'". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  22. ↑ Amron, Mike (22 October 2014). VFX Industry Meets for 6th Visual Effects Society Summit. Visual Effects Society Summit. Hollywood: ACM SIGGRAPH. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  23. 1 2 "Marvel Is Aiming for Half of All Future MCU Movies to Be Directed by Women". MovieWeb . 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  24. ↑ "WandaVision Production Brief" (PDF). Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  25. ↑ "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Production Brief" (PDF). Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  26. ↑ Anderson, Jenna (19 May 2021). "Loki Star Tom Hiddleston Officially Announced as Executive Producer on Disney+ Series". ComicBook.com . Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  27. ↑ "Victoria Alonso: Marvel Studios, Executive Vice President, Production". FMX . Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  28. ↑ "4th Annual VES Awards". Visual Effects Society . 15 February 2006. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  29. ↑ "7th Annual VES Awards". Visual Effects Society . 21 February 2009. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  30. ↑ Feinberg, Scott (17 October 2019). "Hollywood Film Awards: 'Avengers: Endgame,' Pharrell Set for Honors". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  31. ↑ Lewis, Hilary (5 June 2024). "2024 Gotham TV Awards: 'Baby Reindeer,' 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith,' 'Colin From Accounts' Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
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