Zoic Studios
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Visual effects |
Founded | 2002 |
Headquarters | 3582 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 |
Website | zoicstudios.com |
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. 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, allowing actors to view the virtual world before acting in it.[6]
The studio has been awarded an Emmy award for work on CSI.[7]
History
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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.[6]
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
[edit]Type of media | Year | Name of work | Note |
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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
[edit]- ^ "Zoic Tears Up London for 24: Live Another Day Super Bowl Spot". Studio Daily. 7 February 2014.
- ^ Los Angeles Times (8 October 2014). "'Once Upon a Time' effects are part of a legacy for Orloff, Zoic Studios". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Hollywood North: Vancouver's Zoic Studios brings rain of Emmy nominations to Falling Skies". Archived from the original on 2013-10-28.
- ^ "ZOIC OPENS NEW YORK STUDIO, ADDS EP COLLEEN BACHMAN". STASH. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
- ^ "From Film FX To The U.S. Department of Defense: Inside Zoic's Revolutionary Lab | Ghostarchive". ghostarchive.org. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Zoic Studios wins Emmy for VFX in CSI". 24 August 2010.
- ^ "Zoic Studios: About Zoic". Zoic Studios. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ "Zoic BC Launches in Vancouver". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ "'Once Upon a Time' effects are part of a legacy for Orloff, Zoic Studios". Los Angeles Times. 8 October 2014.
- ^ "With Zoic Studios (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-03-31.