Academy Award-winning VFX and animation studio Sony Footage Imageworks, which lately celebrated its thirtieth anniversary, is increasing to Montreal, Canada, with firm VP of New Enterprise, Laura Fitzpatrick, who joined the corporate in 2022, taking the lead. The studio at present employs over 1,000 staff throughout its Vancouver and Los Angeles places of work, with the brand new location initially including 150 staff to its roster.
Imageworks Govt VP Michelle Grady stated, “The rising VFX and animation trade coupled with the established expertise base makes Montreal the proper location for growth and can enable Imageworks to proceed to execute the various artistic visions of our purchasers.”
Vancouver-based Doug Oddy, beforehand Senior VFX Producer at Imageworks, is being promoted to Vice President VFX, New Enterprise, accountable for third-party VFX enterprise growth, strategic planning for long-term progress, and shopper engagement. Oddy lately served as VFX Producer on “In Vaulted Halls Entombed,” an episode of Netflix’s animated anthology Love Loss of life and Robots, Jumanji: The Subsequent Level, and Males in Black: Worldwide.
“We’re thrilled that Laura has agreed to guide our Montreal workplace and Doug has accepted the position of Vice President, VFX, New Enterprise,” added Grady. “Each are strategic, forward-thinking executives with many years of trade expertise, and we welcome them into these new management roles.”
The brand new Montreal workplace, slated to be a everlasting state-of-the-art house within the Previous Montreal space, is recruiting manufacturing professionals, artists, and know-how consultants.
Imageworks is collaborating in CAFE VFX 2023, an animation and VFX trade convention. Imageworks’ artists will current a behind-the-scenes have a look at Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse two weeks earlier than launch.
The corporate most lately accomplished work on Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, and the Academy Award-nominated The Sea Beast. As well as, the corporate is in manufacturing on Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse, The Marvels, and In Your Desires.
Supply: Sony Footage Imageworks
Debbie Diamond Sarto is information editor at Animation World Community.
