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Pixomondo
Industry Visual effects
Founded 2001 (2001) in Pfungstadt, Germany
Founder Thilo Kuther
Headquarters
Los Angeles
,
United States
Number of locations
 7 (2016)
Key people
  • Thilo Kuther (CEO)
Services
Visual effects, CGI characters, 3D animation and pre-visualization
Number of employees
 ~655[1] (2019)
Website pixomondo.com

Pixomondo is an international visual effects company with a global network of studios in Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Vancouver, Beijing, Toronto, and Shanghai. The company produces visual effects for feature films, television and commercials. As of 2016, Pixomondo employs over 650 people worldwide.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Locations


  • 3 Filmography


    • 3.1 Movies


    • 3.2 TV shows


    • 3.3 TV productions




  • 4 Awards and nominations


  • 5 External links


  • 6 References





History


Pixomondo was founded in Pfungstadt, Germany as a design studio in 2001 by Thilo Kuther. The company began its work creating video installations and 3D-animations for high-end corporate clients such as Porsche and Bertelsmann. By the end of 2003, Pixomondo consisted of its one office in Pfungstadt and 40 employees. In 2005, the company first began working in the entertainment business by producing the visual effects for the German television film Atlantropa - Der Traum vom neuen Kontinent. In 2005, a second location, specializing in feature films, opened in Ludwigsburg, Germany. At this location, the company produced nearly all the visual effects for the international feature film The Red Baron, which was released in 2008, and earned Pixomondo first international recognition. In the same year, the first studio abroad opened in London. In 2007 and 2008, studios were opened in Frankfurt am Main and Los Angeles, respectively. Also in 2008, Pixomondo was commissioned by director Roland Emmerich to produce over 100 complete CG-environments for his feature film 2012. Pixomondo's first offices in Asia, specifically in Shanghai and Beijing, were opened in 2009. In 2011, the company expanded its London office and added two studios in Munich and Hamburg, as well as one in Toronto in 2011.


On February 26, 2012, Pixomondo won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for its work on the film Hugo. The award was presented to Alex Henning and Ben Grossmann, who were the supervisors of the project. With 854 scenes that have a running time of about 62 minutes in the final film, Pixomondo produced about 94% of the films visual effects.[2]


Pixomondo closed its London office in February 2013.[3] In March 2013, Pixomondo closed its Shanghai office, laying off around 20 animators and artists and moving another 13 to the location in Beijing in the process. On May 31, 2013, the company also closed its Berlin office, naming restructuring processes as a reason for the closure and announced on their Facebook site, that the closure would strengthen the other locations.[4] In August 2013, it became known, Pixomondo was experiencing a cash crunch, which resulted in late, or no paychecks at all for various freelancers.[5] As of 2014, the office in Shanghai has been reopened.[6]



Locations


Currently, Pixomondo has offices in the following locations:[6]





  • United States Los Angeles


  • Germany Frankfurt


  • Germany Stuttgart


  • China Beijing


  • Canada Toronto


  • China Shanghai


  • Canada Vancouver




Filmography



Movies




  • 2008: The Red Baron

  • 2009: Das Vaterspiel

  • 2009: Ninja Assassin

  • 2009: 2012

  • 2010: Devil's Kickers

  • 2010: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

  • 2010: The Ghost Writer

  • 2010: Iron Man 2 (additional visual effects)

  • 2010: The Losers

  • 2010: A Nightmare on Elm Street

  • 2010: The A-Team (pre-visualization)

  • 2010: Knight and Day (additional visual effects)

  • 2011: The Green Hornet

  • 2011: The Rite

  • 2011: Sucker Punch

  • 2011: Fast Five

  • 2011: Super 8

  • 2011: Green Lantern

  • 2011: Zookeeper

  • 2011: Hugo

  • 2011: Melancholia

  • 2012: Dark Tide

  • 2012: Yoko

  • 2012: Wrath of the Titans

  • 2012: The Amazing Spiderman

  • 2012: Snow White & the Huntsman

  • 2012: The Hunger Games

  • 2012: Red Tails

  • 2012: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2

  • 2012: Raven the Little Rascal

  • 2012: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

  • 2013: Men of the Emden

  • 2013: Rush

  • 2013: Fast & Furious 6

  • 2013: After Earth

  • 2013: Only Lovers Left Alive

  • 2013: Beautiful Creatures

  • 2013: Oblivion

  • 2013: A Good Day to Die Hard

  • 2013: Star Trek Into Darkness

  • 2013: The Physician

  • 2013: One Night Surprise

  • 2014: A Most Wanted Man

  • 2014: Pettersson und Findus – Kleiner Quälgeist, große Freundschaft

  • 2014: The Breakup Guru

  • 2014: Gone with the Bullets

  • 2014: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

  • 2014: Impossible

  • 2015: Furious 7

  • 2015: Wolf Totem

  • 2015: Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal

  • 2015: Fantastic Four

  • 2015: Bridge of Spies

  • 2018: Overlord




TV shows




  • 2008: Fringe (season 1, episodes 1,3,5,6)

  • 2010: Outsourced

  • 2010: Undercovers (episodes 1,3,5,6)

  • 2011: Terra Nova

  • 2011: Hawaii Five-O (season 2, episodes 1-13)

  • 2011: Grimm (season 1, episodes 1-9)

  • 2012: Revolution

  • 2012: Go On

  • 2012: The Mindy Project

  • 2012–present: Game of Thrones (since season 2)

  • 2012: Mockingbird Lane (Pilot, show discontinued afterwards)

  • 2013: Da Vinci's Demons

  • 2013: Sleepy Hollow

  • 2013: Bonnie & Clyde (miniseries)

  • 2014: Marco Polo

  • 2015: The Walking Dead

  • 2015: Limitless

  • 2015: Fear The Walking Dead

  • 2015: Agents of Shield

  • 2017–present: Star Trek: Discovery




TV productions




  • 2005: Atlantropa - Der Traum vom neuen Kontinent

  • 2009: Vulkan

  • 2009: Crashpoint - 90 Minuten bis zum Absturz

  • 2010: Terra X: Supertiere

  • 2011: Hindenburg

  • 2012: Terra X: Supertiere 2

  • 2013: Terra X: Supertiere 3

  • 2013: Helden – Wenn dein Land dich braucht




Awards and nominations


The following list of awards and nominations for Pixomondo lists accolades that have been presented to a team containing at least one employee of Pixomondo.











































































Year
 Nominated work
 Award
 For
 Result
2012
Hugo
Academy Award
Best Visual Effects
 Won

VES Award
 Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
International 3D Society Award
 Live Action 3D Feature/3D Moment of the Year for the Opening Scene / Stereography – Live Action

Satellite Award 2012
Best Visual Effects

BAFTA Film Award 2012
Special Visual Effects
 Nominated

Game of Thrones
Creative Arts Emmy Award
Outstanding Special Visual Effects (Episode "Valar Morghulis"[7])
 Won
AEAF Award
 "Fascinating VFX Work on season two"[8] (In category TV series)
Animago Award
 Best Post Production (Season 2)
 Nominated
2013
Creative Arts Emmy Award
Outstanding Special Visual Effects (Episode "Valar Dohaeris"[9])
 Won
2014
VES Award
 Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program (Episode "Valar Dohaeris"[10])

Creative Arts Emmy Award
Outstanding Special Visual Effects (Episode "The Children"[11])
2015
VES Award
 Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program (Episode "The Children")
2015
Gone with the Bullets
Asian Film Awards
 Best Visual Effects


External links



  • Official website


  • Pixomondo on IMDb

  • Fastcompany Profile



References





  1. ^ Profile on LinkedIn


  2. ^ https://www.imdb.com/oscars/nominations/


  3. ^ Roxborough, Scott (2013-02-26). "VFX Group Pixomondo Shuts Down Offices in London". Variety. Retrieved 2013-11-26..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  4. ^ Lang, Brett (2013-04-29). "Pixomondo, VFX Company for 'Oblivion,' Closes Berlin Office". The Wrap. Retrieved 2013-11-26.


  5. ^ Lang, Brent (August 22, 2013). "VFX House Pixomondo Freelancers Angry Over Late Payments (Exclusive)". TheWrap.


  6. ^ ab "Locations/Pixomondo". Pixomondo. Retrieved 18 February 2015.


  7. ^ [1], emmys.com, Access date: 18 September 2012


  8. ^ [2], vfxfestival.com, Access date: 20 September 2012


  9. ^ [3], emmys.com, Access date: 9 December 2013


  10. ^ "PIXOMONDO Wins VES Awards for Work on Game of Thrones". Retrieved 15 April 2015.


  11. ^ "2014 Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects". Retrieved 15 April 2015.








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