Bruce Branit is a digital visual effects artist, and while you may not know his name, you've certainly seen his work on shows like Pushing Daisies and Lost (including the infamous smoke monster pictured right), and films like Peter Jackson's King Kong, Sin City and Titanic.

Now Bruce has went ahead and created (writing, directing, producing, editing and of crouse visual effects) his own short film that he points out on his Vimeo page, "was shot in a single day followed by about 2 years of post production." And the long post-production certainly shows in World Builder which we've embedded below. Branit himself describes the film in one brief sentence, "A strange man builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves."

The visual effects are stunning containing realistic textures and remarkable motion tracked graphics. While the visual effects are certainly the focus, the short narrative itself is pretty wonderful too. After watching World Builder, you should also take a look at his demo reel that contains much of the impressive effects work he did on the aforementioned shows and films. Personally, I was surprised to see that the plane Locke and Boone discover from the first season of Lost was a digital creation. I figured it was a lightweight set piece made to hang in the trees rather than a real plane, so well done Mr. Branit.