Zoic Studios

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Zoic Studios is an American visual effects company based in Culver City, California,[1] specializing in visual effects for feature films, episodic television, commercials, video games, advertising design, and interactive online media,[2] the company has separate sister facilities in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[3] and New York City.[4] The company provides R&D, software development, UI/UX design, and consulting for public and private clients.[5] It is composed primarily of creative artists, producers and engineers.

Zoic Studios
Company typePrivate
IndustryVisual effects
Founded2002
Headquarters3582 Eastham Dr., Culver City, California, USA
Key people
Loni Peristere
(Founder, Executive Creative Director)
Chris Jones
(Founder, Executive Creative Director)
Tim McBride
(CFO / COO)
Andrew Orloff
(Executive Creative Director)[1]
Number of employees
150
Websitezoicstudios.com

The studio has been awarded an Emmy award for work on CSI.[6]

History

 
Loni Peristere talking about Virtual Production in Television at FMX 2012.

Zoic Studios was founded by five partners in 2002 and 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.[7]

In September 2002, the company moved to Culver City, California, where they employed 150 employees.[8]

In 2006, Zoic founded Zoic BC, in Vancouver, British Columbia.[9]

In 2016, Zoic opened an East Coast studio in NYC's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood.

List of notable works

Type of media Year Name of work Note
Television 2002 Firefly
2002 The Twilight Zone
2007 Mad Men
2008 Breaking Bad
2008 Fringe
2008 True Blood
2009 V
2010 The Walking Dead
2011 Falling Skies
2011 Game of Thrones
2011 Once Upon a Time[10]
2014 The Flash
2016 Good Place
2017 Future Man
2017 The Defenders
2017 A Series of Unfortunate Events
2018 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018 Cloak & Dagger
2019 The Boys
2019 Lucifer
2022 The Orville
Feature film 2004 Spider-Man 2
2004 The Day After Tomorrow
2004 Van Helsing
2009 District 9
2009 Zombieland
2010 Red
2011 Limitless[11]
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
2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

References

  1. ^ "Zoic Tears Up London for 24: Live Another Day Super Bowl Spot". Studio Daily. 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ Los Angeles Times (8 October 2014). "'Once Upon a Time' effects are part of a legacy for Orloff, Zoic Studios". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ "Hollywood North: Vancouver's Zoic Studios brings rain of Emmy nominations to Falling Skies". Archived from the original on 2013-10-28.
  4. ^ "ZOIC OPENS NEW YORK STUDIO, ADDS EP COLLEEN BACHMAN". STASH. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  5. ^ "From Film FX To The U.S. Department of Defense: Inside Zoic's Revolutionary Lab | Ghostarchive". ghostarchive.org. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  6. ^ "Zoic Studios wins Emmy for VFX in CSI". 24 August 2010.
  7. ^ Phillips, Jevon (2014-10-08). "'Once Upon a Time' effects are part of a legacy for Orloff, Zoic Studios". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  8. ^ "Zoic Studios: About Zoic". Zoic Studios. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  9. ^ "Zoic BC Launches in Vancouver". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  10. ^ "'Once Upon a Time' effects are part of a legacy for Orloff, Zoic Studios". Los Angeles Times. 8 October 2014.
  11. ^ "With Zoic Studios (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-03-31.

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