Sony Pictures Imageworks
Founded Year: 1992
Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc., a visual effects and character animation company, engages in the art and artistry of digital production and character creation. It also offers various training courses, including life drawing, sculpting, acting, rotoscoping, match moving, animation, particle effects, color and lighting, and compositing and various production methods. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Culver City, California. Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
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Jay Redd
(1997 - 2012)
Production Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
Cg Supervisor
Sequence Supervisor
David Schaub
(1999 - 2012)
Additional Animation Supervisor
Animation Supervisor
Senior Supervising Animator
Character Animator
Cg Character Animator
David Smith
(1999 - 2012)
Digital Effects Supervisor
Look Development Artist
Cg Supervisor
Lighting Td
Jerome Chen
(1997 - 2007)
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Supervisor
Computer Graphics Supervisor
Jenny Fulle
(1999 - 2008)
Visual Effects Executive Producer
Visual Effects Production Supervisor
Production Supervisor
Senior Staff
Kevin T. Hahn
(2001 - 2007)
Look Development Technical Director
Lighting And Compositing Artist
Color
Look Development
Sheena Duggal
(1997 - 2002)
Popular Tasks:
spaceship visual effects
Visual Effects Supervisor
Director Of High Speed Compositing
High Speed Compositing Supervisor
Movies
The Smurfs 2 (2013) Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013) Hotel Transylvania (2012) The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) Men in Black III (2012) The Smurfs (2011) Zookeeper (2011) Green Lantern (2011) The Green Hornet (2011) Alice in Wonderland (2010) 2012 (2009) G-Force (2009) Watchmen (2009) Hancock (2008) Speed Racer (2008) I Am Legend (2007) Beowulf (2007) Surf's Up (2007) Spider-Man 3 (2007) Monster House (2006) Superman Returns (2006) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) The Aviator (2004) Spider-Man 2 (2004) The Matrix Reloaded (2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Men in Black II (2002) Spider-Man (2002) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Evolution (2001) Stuart Little (1999) Starship Troopers (1997) Contact (1997)News
July 21st, 2006
Interviews with Jay Redd (Visual Effects Supervisor), Rob Engle (Digital Effects Supervisor), and Michael Scheffe (Senior Art Director) by Renee Dunlop
July 30th, 2012
Animation supervisor Dave Schaub describes the challenges animating Spider-Man’s latest nemesis, the Lizard.
July 12th, 2012
In this video you will see what was the new approach by Sony Pictures Imageworks for the new Spider-Man.
July 11th, 2012
You can see in this video how Sony Pictures Imageworks brought the Lizard to life.
July 11th, 2012
Here you can see all the attention to detail put into this sequence by the Sony Pictures Imageworks team.
July 9th, 2012
Jerome Chen show us Sony Pictures Imageworks' workflow in this sequence.
July 9th, 2012
In this episode fxguidetv covered the visual effects Sony Pictures Imageworks did for The Amazing Spider-Man.
July 7th, 2012
A CGSociety article about the visual effects on The Amazing Spider-Man.
July 5th, 2012
First look into the world of Oz, the new film by Sam Raimi.
July 4th, 2012
Jerome Chen, Academy Award-nominated senior visual effects supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks, talks about choreography and creation of the VFX on The Amazing Spider-Man.
July 4th, 2012
Sony Pictures Imageworks went more naturalistic for Marc Webb's reinvention of Spidey.
July 3rd, 2012
fxguide article about the visual effects Sony Pictures Imageworks did for The Amazing Spider-Man.
June 12th, 2012
Take a look at these two clips showing the amazing work done by Sony Pictures Imageworks.
June 11th, 2012
A very in-depth article about the visual effects con Men in Black III.
May 28th, 2012
A behind the scenes video showing the new creatures in MIB 3.
May 28th, 2012
Visual Effects Supervisors Ken Ralston and Jay Redd talks about their work on Men in Black III.
May 9th, 2012
A must see!
March 27th, 2012
Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teen-aged daughter.
February 10th, 2012
3D Artist Josh Mossotti Speaks at CG Lighting Panel and Technology Session.
December 18th, 2011
A very in-depth article about the art of destruction in visual effects by Mike Seymour.
December 12th, 2011
Men in Black is back, take a look at the first trailer.
October 29th, 2011
A very informative video by the work done by Sony Pictures Imagework on The Smurfs
August 22nd, 2011
The clips are amazing!
August 9th, 2011
Open source exchange format provides standard for exchanging animated computer graphics scenes between content creation software packages.
August 4th, 2011
An AWN article about the work done by Sony Pictures Imageworks in The Smurfs.
August 2nd, 2011
Sony Pictures Imageworks shows how they made the little Smurfs looks so real.
July 25th, 2011
Imageworks visual effects supervisor Pete Travers delves into the challenging world of working with real animals and creating CG ones for Zookeeper. Includes a making of clip.
July 20th, 2011
Fourth in the blockbuster film series based on the fictional Marvel Comics superhero, this prequel covers the early years of the superhero.
July 13th, 2011
Sony Pictures Imageworks takes talking animals to new heights.
July 5th, 2011
fxguide talked with several members of the Sony Pictures Imageworks team responsible for bringing many of Green Lantern’s visual effects to the screen.
June 19th, 2011
Sony Imageworks vfx supervisor Jim Berney and his team revisit the classic comic book and use real-world references to construct the luminous world of Green Lantern.
June 15th, 2011
Green Lantern opens this weekend, take a look a this trailer to get into the mood.
April 26th, 2011
Blockbusters blow budgets, deadlines
March 14th, 2011
Finally we can see more of the Smurfs in this trailer
February 15th, 2011
Take a look at this interesting documentary about the story of CG characters.
January 29th, 2011
A young boy named Milo gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians come to Earth to take her away.
June 1st, 2007
Hollywood puts pressure on techies
May 28th, 2007
Spider-Man 3 : Production Focus
