Fxguide, trademarked as fxguide, is a visual effects and post-production community website founded by three visual effects artists, Jeff Heusser, John Montgomery, and Mike Seymour.

Fxguide began as a website to expand on tips, tricks and frequently asked questions arising on the email newsgroup "flame-news," which related to the [compositing] application Discreet Flame. Initially the focus was on high-end compositing, but the site evolved over the years to encompass visual effects news and training on the web. It has since been split into the free fxguide website for news and interviews and the membership-based fxphd visual effects training site.

On June 27, 2005, fxguide launched a podcast, featuring interviews with artists as well as manufacturers. On July 18, 2007 fxguidetv launched as an HD video podcast featuring film-scene reviews and industry coverage as well as interviews. The show is hosted by Angie Dale (nee Richards). In August 2009 fxguidetv en español was added to the lineup offering a separate Spanish-language version.

Martin Charles Scorsese ( /skɔrˈsɛsɛ/; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won Academy Award, Palme d'Or, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and DGA Awards.

Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption,machismo, modern crime, and violence. Scorsese is hailed as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers of all time, directing landmark films such as Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), and Goodfellas (1990) – all of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Departed (2006), having been nominated a previous five times.