Mount Doom maker shares skills in Beijing

Brian Samuels is the man behind Mount Doom's seething lava in The Lord of the Rings series, the crushing of robots in I, Robot and the crumbling of King Kong's jungle.

The special-effects artist, with more than 40 years experience, is among the best in his trade.

Samuels, now an associate lecturer at New Zealand's Media Design School, recently visited Beijing for the first time and held a training camp on visual effects at the Beijing Film Academy.