Pixomondo
PIXOMONDO Studios GmbH & Co. KG
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legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
founding | 2001 |
Seat | Frankfurt am Main |
management | Jonathan Slow , Managing Director |
Number of employees | 620 (as of 2020) |
Branch | Computer animation |
Website | www.pixomondo.com |
Pixomondo is an international company specializing in visual effects . It was founded in 2001 by its former managing director and executive producer Thilo Kuther in Pfungstadt near Darmstadt . The current management since 2019 is Jonathan Slow . The Pixomondo Studios GmbH & Co. KG has as of January 2020 8 worldwide locations.
Field of activity
Pixomondo produces visual effects for feature films and television productions such as Game of Thrones , Midway , Hugo Cabret , Fast & Furious Five and The Mandalorian . Pixomondo also develops visual media for trade fairs and live events, corporate and industrial films , advertising and interactive media as well as apps . Pixomondo's customers include companies such as Porsche , Mercedes-Benz , Volkswagen , Lufthansa , National Georaphics and manroland .
history
The company was founded in 2001 by Thilo Kuther as a design studio. Shortly thereafter, the range of services was supplemented by the creation of motion graphics for event media as well as animations for product films and commercials. At the end of 2003, 40 VFX, CGI and compositing specialists were working at the first location in Pfungstadt near Darmstadt . In 2004, the work on the documentary Atlantropa - The Dream of the New Continent followed, the first digital visualizations for television.
In 2005 the company opened a feature film location in Ludwigsburg . The first project there was the visual effects for the movie The Red Baron .
In 2005 PIXOMONDO opened a studio in London . In 2007 the location was opened in Frankfurt and in July 2008 in Los Angeles . In the same year, Roland Emmerich commissioned the company with the production of 100 composites of complete CG environments for the 2012 film .
In 2009 PIXOMONDO Shanghai and Beijing followed on the Asian continent . In 2010 the London location was expanded, the Munich and Hamburg locations were added. The Toronto location was added in 2011 . As of April 2012, Pixomondo employed around 670 people.
Pixomondo employees Ben Grossmann (VFX supervisor) and Alex Henning (DFX supervisor) received the Oscar in 2012 for the visual effects in Martin Scorsese's Hugo Cabret . With 854 shots that have a running time of 62 minutes in the final film, Pixomondo created around 98 percent of all visual effects.
In February 2013 it was announced that the London and Detroit locations would be closed for structural reasons. In May 2013, the company had to close the Berlin location due to ongoing restructuring processes and the VFX crisis . In addition, the company made headlines in 2013 when it failed to pay numerous freelance fees for several months and had to face several lawsuits.
The new location in Montreal opened in 2019 , which is the company's third location in Canada. Also in 2019, Thilo Kuther stepped down as managing director and handed over the position to Jonathan Slow .
Live media, commercials & corporate film
In the "Live Media" area, the company supports several automobile brands at the most important trade fairs, such as B. the International Motor Show , the Geneva Motor Show and the North American International Auto Show .
The interactive elements and the non-interactive display in National Geographics Ocean Encounter were also created by Pixomondo, as was the display for the Jurassic World Live Tour and Aerosmith's Deuces are Wild .
The company also develops interactive media applications for touchscreens , smartphones , tablet computers and microsites .
Filmography
cinemamovies
- 2008: The Red Baron
- 2009: The father game
- 2009: Ninja Assassin
- 2009: 2012
- 2010: Percy Jackson - Thieves in Olympus
- 2010: Teufelskicker
- 2010: Iron Man 2
- 2010: The Losers
- 2010: The ghostwriter
- 2010: A Nightmare on Elm Street
- 2010: The A-Team - The Film
- 2010: Knight and Day
- 2011: The zoo keeper
- 2011: Sucker Punch
- 2011: Fast & Furious Five
- 2011: The Rite
- 2011: The Green Hornet
- 2011: Super 8
- 2011: Green Lantern
- 2011: Melancholia
- 2011: Hugo Cabret
- 2012: Yoko
- 2012: The men of Emden
- 2012: Dark Tide
- 2012: The trip to the mysterious island
- 2012: The Hunger Games - The Hunger Games
- 2012: Red Tails
- 2012: Snow White and the Huntsman
- 2012: Breaking Dawn, Part 2
- 2012: The Amazing Spider-Man
- 2012: The little raven sock
- 2012: Wrath of the Titans
- 2013: Die Hard - A Good Day to Die
- 2013: Fast & Furious 6
- 2013: Rush - Everything for victory
- 2013: Oblivion
- 2013: Star Trek Into Darkness
- 2013: After Earth
- 2013: Beautiful Creatures - An Immortal Love
- 2013: One Night Surprise
- 2013: The medicus
- 2013: Only Lovers Left Alive
- 2014: Pettson and Findus - little tormentor, great friendship
- 2014: A Most Wanted Man
- 2014: The Breakup Guru
- 2014: Gone with the Bullets
- 2014: Impossible
- 2014: The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1
- 2015: Fast & Furious 7
- 2015: the last wolf
- 2015: Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
- 2015: Bridge of Spies - The Negotiator
- 2015: Help I've shrunk my teacher
- 2017: Power Rangers
- 2017: Skyhunter
- 2017: The Girl in the Spider's Web
- 2017: Wonder Woman
- 2018: Help I've shrunk my parents
- 2018: Goosebumps 2: Scary Halloween
- 2019: Child's Play
- 2019: Bella's Incredible Adventures
- 2019: 4 magical sisters
- 2019: The wandering earth
- 2019: Iron Sky: The Coming Race
- 2019: Midway
- 2020: Lassie: An Adventurous Journey
Television films
- 2005: Atlantropa - The dream of the new continent
- 2009: Crashpoint - 90 minutes to crash
- 2009: volcano
- 2010: Terra X: Super Animals
- 2011: Hindenburg
- 2012: Terra X: Super Animals 2
- 2013: Heroes - When your country needs you
- 2013: Terra X: Super Animals 3
- 2019: Kim Possible
TV Shows
- 2008: Fringe, Borderline Cases of the FBI (Season 1, Episodes 1, 3, 5 and 6)
- 2010: Outsourced
- 2010: Undercovers (Episodes 1, 3, 5 and 6)
- 2011: Terra Nova
- 2011: Grimm (Season 1, Episodes 1 to 9)
- 2011: Hawaii Five-0 (Season 2, Episodes 1 to 13)
- 2012: revolution
- 2012: Go On
- 2012: The Mindy Project
- 2012: Mockingbird Lane
- 2012–2019: Game of Thrones
- 2013: Da Vinci's Demons
- 2013: Sleepy Hollow
- 2013: Bonnie & Clyde (miniseries)
- 2014: Marco Polo
- since 2017: The Orville
- since 2017: Star Trek Discovery
- 2017: Fear the Walking Dead
- 2018: Mysterious Mermaids
- 2019: Carnival Row
- 2019: The New Era
- 2019: Sea - realm of the blind
- 2019: The Mandalorian
- 2019: Watchmen
Locations
Pixomondo's international studio network includes locations in Europe (Germany), America (USA and Canada) and Asia (China). All locations are networked through the IT pipeline "ITworx 24/7". The current locations are:
Awards
Awards
- 2012: Hugo Cabret
- Oscar 2012 for Best Visual Effects
- VES Award 2012 for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
- International 3D Society Awards 2012 for Live Action 3D Feature / 3D Moment of the Year for the Opening Scene / Stereography - Live Action
- Satellite Award 2012 for Visual Effects
- 2012: Game of Thrones
- Emmy Award (Creative Arts Emmy) for Outstanding Special Visual Effects ( Game of Thrones , episode "Valar Morghulis")
- AEAF Award in the TV series category for fascinating VFX Work on season two of " Game of Thrones "
- VES Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program , Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial or Broadcast Program and Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial or Broadcast Program ( Game of Thrones )
- 2013: Game of Thrones
- Emmy Award (Creative Arts Emmy) for Outstanding Special Visual Effects ( Game of Thrones , episode "Valar Dohaeris")
Nominations
- 2012: Hugo Cabret
- BAFTA Film Award 2012 for Special Visual Effects
- Animago Award for Best Post Production ( Game of Thrones , Season 2)
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Pixomondo in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ We are PIXOMONDO. (No longer available online.) Pixomondo, archived from the original on May 9, 2016 ; accessed on May 16, 2016 .
- ^ The Team. Management. Pixomondo, accessed January 26, 2020 .
- ^ With Pixomondo. In: IMDb . Retrieved January 27, 2020 (English, films with Pixomondo).
- ^ Christian Stöcker: Prize for "Hugo Cabret" Frankfurt effects inventors celebrate their Oscar. In: Der Spiegel . February 27, 2012, accessed January 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Pixomondo closes locations in London and Detroit. In: Echo-Online . February 25, 2013, archived from the original on April 12, 2013 ; Retrieved March 9, 2013 .
- ↑ Orlindo Frick: VFX studio Pixomondo Berlin is closed. In: Anidrom Animation News. April 26, 2013, accessed January 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Tim Kanning: Freelancers rebel against Pixomondo. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . September 18, 2013, accessed February 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Aerosmith: Deuces are Wild. pixomondo, accessed on January 26, 2020 (English).
- ^ Pixomondo. Retrieved January 26, 2020 (in English, see website at the bottom for locations).
- ↑ 10th Annual VES Awards. Visual Effects Society (VES), February 7, 2012, accessed January 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Emmy for Pixomondo. In: Digital Production. September 19, 2012, accessed January 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Adriene Hurst: AEAF 2012 Winners Announced. In: Digital Media World. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012 ; accessed on September 20, 2012 (English).
- ↑ 11th Annual VES Awards. Visual Effects Society (VES), February 5, 2013, accessed January 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Game Of Thrones. (No longer available online.) In: Emmy. Archived from the original on December 11, 2012 ; accessed on December 9, 2013 .