Pixomondo
Pixomondo is an international, specialized visual effects company with operations in several countries. It was founded in 2001 by its present Managing Director and Executive Producer Thilo Kuther in Pfungstadt near Darmstadt. The Pixomondo Studios GmbH & Co. KG currently has 13 locations around the world.
- 6.1 Awards
- 6.2 nominations
Field of activity
Pixomondo produces visual effects for feature films and television productions such as 2012, Hugo Cabret, Fast & Furious Five and Hindenburg. In addition, Pixomondo developed visual media for exhibitions and live events, corporate and industrial films, commercials and interactive media as well as apps. Companies such as Porsche, Mercedes -Benz, Volkswagen, Lufthansa and manroland are customers of Pixomondo.
History
Pixomondo was first founded in 2001 by Thilo Kuther as a design studio. Shortly afterwards, the power spectrum was complemented by the creation of motion graphics for event media and animations for product films and commercials. End of 2003, 40 VFX, CGI and compositing specialists worked at the first site in Pfungstadt near Darmstadt. 2004 followed with the work on the Atlantropa Documentation - The dream of a new continent, the first digital visualizations for television.
In 2005 PIXOMONDO opened in Ludwigsburg a feature film location. There emerged as the first project the visual effects for the movie The Red Baron.
2005 PIXOMONDO opened a studio in London. In 2007 the site was opened in Frankfurt and in July 2008 in Los Angeles. In the same year Pixomondo was commissioned by Roland Emmerich with the production of 100 Composites complete CG Environments for the 2012 movie.
Followed in 2009 on the Asian continent PIXOMONDO Shanghai and Beijing. 2010, the London office was expanded, the locations Munich and Hamburg added. 2011 came the location Toronto. In Pixomondo as of April 2012, about 670 employees.
For the visual effect in Martin Scorsese's Hugo Cabret, the Pixomondo employee Ben Grossmann ( VFX Supervisor) and Alex Henning received ( DFX Supervisor) 2012 Oscar 2012 .. With 854 settings that have a duration of 62 minutes in the final film, created Pixomondo approximately 94 percent of all visual effects.
In February 2013 it was announced that the locations of London and Detroit are closed for structural reasons.
Live Media, Commercials & Corporate film
In the " Live Media ", the company serves several automotive brands at the most important trade fairs such as the International Motor Show, Geneva Motor Show and the North American International Auto Show.
Pixomondo is also developing interactive media applications for touch screens, smartphones, tablet computers and microsites.
Filmography
Movies
- 2008: The Red Baron
- 2009: The Father game
- 2009: Ninja Assassin
- 2009: 2012
- 2010: Percy Jackson - The Lightning Thief
- 2010: Iron Man 2
- 2011: Sucker Punch
- 2011: Fast & Furious Five
- 2011: The Rite - The Ritual
- 2011: The Green Hornet
- 2011: Super 8
- 2011: Green Lantern
- 2011: Melancholia
- 2011: Hugo Cabret
- 2012: The men of the Emden
- 2012: Dark Tide
- 2012: The Journey to Mysterious Island
- 2012: The Hunger Games - The Hunger Games
- 2012: Red Tails
- 2012: Snow White and the Huntsman
- 2012: The Amazing Spider -Man
- 2013: Die Hard - A Good Day to Die
- 2013: Oblivion
- 2013: Star Trek Into Darkness
- 2013: After Earth
- 2013: The Physician
- 2014: Pettersson and Findus - Small tormentor, great friendship
TV Movies
- 2005: Atlantropa - The dream of a new continent
- 2011: Hindenburg
TV series
- 2011: Terra Nova
- 2011: Hawaii Five-0
- 2012: Game of Thrones ( Season 2 )
- 2013: Game of Thrones ( Season 3 )
Locations
The international studio network of PIXOMONDO has locations in Europe, America and Asia. All sites are cross-linked by the IT pipeline " itworx 24/7".
Awards
Awards
- 2012: Hugo Cabret 2012 Oscar 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 category TV - series 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 Broadcast Program or Commercial " and " Outstanding Created Environment in a Broadcast Program or Commercial " ( 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 in 2012 for Special Visual Effects
- Animago Award for Best Post Production ( Game of Thrones, Season 2 )