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{{Short description|American visual effects company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Zoic Studios
| logo = Zoic Studios Logo.png
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| founded = 2002
| location = 3582 Eastham Dr., Culver City, California, USA
| key_people = [http://www.zoicstudios.com/#/creations/latest/ [Loni Peristere]]<br />(Founder, Executive Creative Director),<br />Chris Jones<br />(Founder, Executive Creative Director),<br />Tim McBride<br />(CFO / COO),<br />Andrew Orloff<br />(Executive Creative Director)[http://www.zoicstudios.com/#/creations/latest/]
| num_employees = 150
| parent =
| industry = [[Vfx|Visual effects]]
| products =
| revenue =
| operating profit =
| homepage = [http://www.zoicstudios.com/ zoicstudios.com]
}}
 
'''Zoic Studios''' is an American [[visual effects]] company based in [[Culver City, California]].,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studiodaily.com/2014/02/zoic-tears-up-london-for-24-live-another-day-super-bowl-spot/|title=Zoic Tears Up London for 24: Live Another Day Super Bowl Spot|work=Studio Daily|date=7 February 2014}}</ref> They specializespecializing in visual effects for feature films, episodic television, commercials, video games, advertising design, and [[Interactive media|interactive]] online media.,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-once-upon-a-time-orloff-zoic-studios-20141006-story.html#page=1|title='Once Upon a Time' effects are part of a legacy for Orloff, Zoic Studios|author=Los Angeles Times|date=8 October 2014|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> the company has separate sister facilities in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada<ref>{{cite web |title=Hollywood North: Vancouver's Zoic Studios brings rain of Emmy nominations to Falling Skies |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/Hollywood+North+Vancouver+Zoic+Studios+brings+rain+Emmy+nominations+Falling+Skies/8737453/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028040520/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Hollywood+North+Vancouver+Zoic+Studios+brings+rain+Emmy+nominations+Falling+Skies/8737453/story.html |archive-date=2013-10-28}}</ref> and New York City.<ref>{{cite news |date=2016-02-09 |title=ZOIC OPENS NEW YORK STUDIO, ADDS EP COLLEEN BACHMAN |url=http://www.stashmedia.tv/zoic-opens-york-studio-adds-ep-colleen-bachman/ |access-date=2017-08-16 |work=STASH |language=en-US}}</ref> The company provides [[Research and development|R&D]], software development, [[User interface|UI]]/[[User experience|UX]] design, and consulting for public and private clients.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Film FX To The U.S. Department of Defense: Inside Zoic’s Revolutionary Lab {{!}} Ghostarchive |url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/neYnl4nxZAc |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=ghostarchive.org}}</ref> It is composed primarily of creative artists, producers and engineers. It has also developed a proprietary technology Z.E.U.S. - Zoic Environmental Unification System, which was used for the production of [[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once upon a time]], allowing actors to view the virtual world before acting in it.<ref name=":0" />
 
The studio has been awarded an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy award]] for work on [[CSI (franchise)|CSI]].<ref>{{cite web |date=24 August 2010 |title=Zoic Studios wins Emmy for VFX in CSI |url=https://vizworld.com/2010/08/zoic-studios-wins-emmy-vfx-csi/}}</ref>
 
== History ==
[[Image:Loni Peristere FMX 2012 1.jpg|thumb|Loni Peristere talking about Virtual Production in Television at FMX 2012.]]{{Expand section|date=June 2024}}
Zoic Studios was founded by four partners in 2002, Andrew Orloff, Loni Peristere, Chris Jones, Chris Jones. It began as a 15 person company working out of the [[Sunset Gower Studios]] lot. The first project of Zoic Studios was creating visual effects for the television series ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Jevon |date=2014-10-08 |title=‘Once Upon a Time’ effects are part of a legacy for Orloff, Zoic Studios |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/10/08/once-upon-a-time-effects-are-part-of-a-legacy-for-orloff-zoic-studios/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>
Zoic Studios is an Emmy Award-winning <ref>https://vizworld.com/2010/08/zoic-studios-wins-emmy-vfx-csi/</ref> visual effects company based in [[Culver City, California]] with separate sister facilities in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]], [[Canada]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/Hollywood+North+Vancouver+Zoic+Studios+brings+rain+Emmy+nominations+Falling+Skies/8737453/story.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131028040520/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Hollywood+North+Vancouver+Zoic+Studios+brings+rain+Emmy+nominations+Falling+Skies/8737453/story.html| archive-date = 2013-10-28| title = Hollywood North: Vancouver's Zoic Studios brings rain of Emmy nominations to Falling Skies}} </ref> and New York City.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stashmedia.tv/zoic-opens-york-studio-adds-ep-colleen-bachman/|title=ZOIC OPENS NEW YORK STUDIO, ADDS EP COLLEEN BACHMAN|date=2016-02-09|work=STASH|access-date=2017-08-16|language=en-US}}</ref> It is a studio of creative artists, producers, and engineers.
 
Zoic Studios was founded by five partners in 2002 and began as a 15-person company working out of the Sunset Gower Studios lot. Their first project was creating visual effects for the action, western, science fiction television series ''Firefly''.
 
In September 2002, theythe company moved to Culver City, California, andwhere thethey companyemployed has150 grownemployees.<ref>{{Cite toweb house|title=Zoic 150Studios: employeesAbout Zoic |url=https://zoicstudios.com/about/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Zoic Studios |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
In 2006, Zoic founded Zoic BC, in Vancouver, British Columbia.<ref>{{Cite In 2016,web |title=Zoic openedBC theirLaunches firstin EastVancouver Coast|url=https://www.awn.com/news/zoic-bc-launches-vancouver studio|access-date=2024-02-13 in|website=Animation NYC'sWorld Hell'sNetwork Kitchen|language=en}}</ref> neighborhood.
 
In 2016, Zoic opened an East Coast studio in NYC's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood.
Zoic has created visual effects for such TV shows including "Sweet Tooth, Underground Railroad, For All Mankind, Superman and Lois, Mosquito Coast, Wandavision, The Right Stuff, The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Stand, Helstorm, Fargo, The Boys, Stargirl, Space Force, NOS4A2, Ozark, Amazing Stories, Godfather of Harlem, Wu-Tang An American Saga, Good Place, Warrior, The Twilight Zone, Deadly Class, The Walking Dead, The Flash, Cloak & Dagger, Cobra Kai, The Orville, The X-Files, Zoo, When We Rise, Quarry, The Exorcist, Timeless, True Detective, Homeland, Banshee, Hemlock Grove, Breaking Bad, The 100, 24, Sleepy Hollow, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Pan Am, Lucifer, Eureka, CSI, CSI Miami, Criminal Minds, Constantine, Californication, Angel" '[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'', ''[[Mad Men]]'', ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-once-upon-a-time-orloff-zoic-studios-20141006-story.html|title = 'Once Upon a Time' effects are part of a legacy for Orloff, Zoic Studios|website = [[Los Angeles Times]]|date = 8 October 2014}}</ref> ''[[Maniac (miniseries)|Maniac]]'', ''[[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV series)|Chilling Adventures of Sabrina]]'', ''[[Manifest (TV series)|Manifest]]'', ''[[Legion (TV series)|Legion]]'', ''[[Friends from College]]'', ''[[Strange Angel]]'', ''[[DC's Legends of Tomorrow]]'', ''[[Santa Clarita Diet]]'', ''[[Imaginary Mary]]'', ''[[Marvel's Iron Fist]]'', ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', ''[[Marvel's The Defenders]]'', ''[[Good Behavior (TV series)|Good Behavior]]'', ''[[Future Man]]'', ''[[The Get Down]]'', ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artofvfx.com/arrow-best-vfx-zoic-studios/|title = ARROW: Best of VFX by Zoic Studios|date = 8 December 2016}}</ref> ''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'', ''[[Hemlock Grove]]'', ''[[Wayward Pines]]'', ''[[The Man in the High Castle]]'',<ref>https://www.wired.com/video/2016/02/design-fx-how-designers-created-a-nazi-run-world-in-the-man-in-the-high-castle/</ref> ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', ''[[Homeland]]'', ''[[Falling Skies]]'', ''[[True Blood]]'', ''[[V (2009 TV series)|V]]'', ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' and feature films which include ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny]]'', ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'', ''[[Big Eyes]]'', ''[[The Ballad of Buster Scruggs]]'', ''[[Hot Tub Time Machine 2]]'', ''[[Keeping Up with the Joneses]]'', ''[[District 9]]'', ''[[Zombieland]]'', ''[[Spider-Man 2]]'', ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'', ''[[Van Helsing (film)|Van Helsing]]'', ''[[Fast & Furious]]'', ''[[Red (2010 film)|Red]]'' and ''[[Limitless (film)|Limitless]]''.{{cn|date=December 2021}}
 
== List of notable works ==
Zoic Labs is an advanced visualization company focused on the intersection of big data, narrative, design, and emerging technologies. They provide R&D, agile software development, UI/UX design, and consulting services for a diverse range of clients, both public and private.<ref>{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/neYnl4nxZAc| archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neYnl4nxZAc| title = From Film FX To The U.S. Department of Defense: Inside Zoic’s Revolutionary Lab | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Type of media
!Year
!Name of work
!Note
|-
! rowspan="21" |Television
|2002
|''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]''
|
|-
|2002
||''[[The Twilight Zone]]''
|
|-
|2007
||''[[Mad Men]]''
|
|-
|2008
||''[[Breaking Bad]]''
|
|-
|2008
||''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]''
|
|-
|2008
||''[[True Blood]]''
|
|-
|2009
||''[[V (2009 TV series)|V]]''
|
|-
|2010
||''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''
|
|-
|2011
||''[[Falling Skies]]''
|
|-
|2011
||''[[Game of Thrones]]''
|
|-
|2011
||''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 October 2014 |title='Once Upon a Time' effects are part of a legacy for Orloff, Zoic Studios |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-once-upon-a-time-orloff-zoic-studios-20141006-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
|
|-
|2014
||''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]''
|
|-
|2016
||''[[The Good Place|Good Place]]''
|
|-
|2017
||''[[Future Man (TV series)|Future Man]]''
|
|-
|2017
||''[[The Defenders (miniseries)|The Defenders]]''
|
|-
|2017
||''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)|A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''
|
|-
|2018
||''[[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV series)|Chilling Adventures of Sabrina]]''
|
|-
|2018
||''[[Cloak & Dagger (TV series)|Cloak & Dagger]]''
|
|-
|2019
||''[[The Boys (TV series)|The Boys]]''
|
|-
|2019
||''[[Lucifer (TV series)|Lucifer]]''
|
|-
|2022
||''[[The Orville]]''
|
|-
! rowspan="13" |Feature film
|2004
|''[[Spider-Man 2]]''
|
|-
|2004
|''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]''
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Van Helsing (film)|Van Helsing]]''
|
|-
|2009
|''[[District 9]]''
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Zombieland]]''
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Red (2010 film)|Red]]''
|
|-
|2011
|''[[Limitless (film)|Limitless]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=With Zoic Studios (Sorted by Popularity Ascending) |url=http://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0081109 |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=IMDb}}</ref>
|
|-
|2014
|''[[Big Eyes]]''
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]''
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Hot Tub Time Machine 2]]''
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny]]''
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Keeping Up with the Joneses (film)|Keeping Up with the Joneses]]''
|
|-
|2018
|''[[The Ballad of Buster Scruggs]]''
|
|}
 
== References ==
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==External links==
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