In 2015 , Panzieri was called to join the in-house visual effects team at J.J. Abrams ' production company Bad Robot Productions , to work on the feature film Star Wars : The Force Awakens . The film broke various box office records and became , unadjusted for inflation , the highest-grossing installment in the franchise , the highest-grossing film in North America , the highest-grossing film of 2015 , and the third-highest-grossing film of all time , with a worldwide gross of over $ 2 billion and a net profit of over $ 780 million . The film also received five Academy Award nominations at the 88th Academy Awards , including Best Visual Effects and garnered four nominations at the 69th British Academy Film Awards including one win for Best Special Visual Effects
69th British Academy Film Awards
69th British Academy Film Awards
Francesco Panzieri