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.
Early life and education Victoria Alonso was born on 22 December 1965 in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
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, including at Digital Domain as a visual effects producer for four years, working on films such as Big Fish (2003), which was nominated for Best Special Visual Effects at the 57th British Academy Film Awards.
Alonso joined Marvel Studios in 2005 as executive vice president of visual effects and post-production, 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), and serving as executive producer on every Marvel Studios production since The Avengers (2012), including television shows. She was promoted to executive vice president of production in 2015. In 2021, Alonso was promoted to president of physical and post-production, visual effects, and animation at Marvel Studios.
In 2016, Alonso became the first woman to win the Advanced Imaging Society's Harold Lloyd Award for her achievements in visual effects. In January 2020, she was awarded the Filmmaker Award by the Motion Picture Sound Editors at the 67th Golden Reel Awards. 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.
In December 2022, she was named on The Hollywood Reporters "Women in Entertainment Power 100".
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, 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.
At the time of her firing, criticism from VFX workers were noted, who had raised complaints of Marvel's "demanding post-production schedules". Alonso was described by some as a "kingmaker", with Chris Lee at Vulture reporting that Alonso was "singularly responsible for Marvel's toxic work environment." 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. Alonso said that the real reason for her firing was her outspoken opposition to LGBTQ+ erasure at the company. Disney and Alonso reached a multi-million dollar compensation settlement in April.
Personal life Alonso is openly gay and is married to Australian actress Imelda Corcoran. The couple has one adopted daughter.
Filmography
Feature films Year Title Role 2000 Sordid Lives Producer The 6th Day Visual effects producer 2001 Shrek Cats & Dogs 2003 Darkness Falls The Core Big Fish 2004 50 First Dates 2005 Kingdom of Heaven 2008 Iron Man Co-producerVisual effects producer 2010 Iron Man 2 Co-producer 2011 Thor Captain America: The First Avenger 2012 The Avengers Executive producer 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, 1985Producer; also contributed to the song "Nunca más" 2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Executive producer Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 The Marvels 2026 Baton Producer
Television + Executive produced Year Title Notes 2021 WandaVision 9 episodes The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 6 episodes 2021–2023 Loki 12 episodes 2021–2024 What If...? 26 episodes 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
Accolades Year Film Award Category Result 2006 Kingdom of Heaven Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture (with Wesley Sewell, Tom Wood, Gary Brozenich) 2009 Iron Man Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature (with Ben Snow, Hal Hickel, John Nelson) Best Single Visual Effect of the Year (with Ben Snow, Wayne Billheimer, John Nelson) 2019 Avengers: Endgame Hollywood Film Awards Hollywood Blockbuster Award (with Kevin Feige) 2024 X-Men '97 Gotham TV Awards Breakthrough Drama Series (with Beau DeMayo, Louis D'Esposito, Kevin Feige, and Brad Winderbaum)
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