Rodeo FX

Rodeo FX is a visual effects company specializing in projects in the film, television and advertising industry.^[1] The company currently has studios in Montreal, Quebec City, Munich and Los Angeles.

History[]

Rodeo FX was founded in 2006 in Montreal, Canada by Sébastien Moreau and started producing visual effects for feature films in 2007. In 2013, the company started producing visual effects for television for the first time, creating over 150 visually altered shots for the fourth season of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.^[2] In early 2014, it expanded outside of Montreal for the first time, opening an office in Quebec City, which now employs 35 animators and VFX-artists.^[3] In December 2014, following its acquisition of the VFX company Hatch FX, Rodeo FX opened an office in Los Angeles. According to Jordan Soles, Rodeo's vice president of technology and development, the step was taken to bring the company closer to the studios, directors and the film development process itself.^[4] In November 2017, the company announced the opening of a new office in Munich, Germany to establish a hub for the visual effects market in Europe.^[5]

The studio’s VFX work has been rewarded on many occasions, including six Visual Effects Society Award for visual effects; these included two for the television series Game of Thrones and four for motion pictures. The company has also received three Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Effects for its participation in the TV series Game of Thrones as well as three HPA (Hollywood Professional Association) Awards for the same series.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Filmography[]

Films[]

2007: Nitro
2007: Continental, un film sans fusil
2007: The Golden Compass
2008: La ligne brisée
2008: It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!)
2008: Death Race
2008: Journey to the Center of the Earth
2008: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008: The Day the Earth Stood Still
2009: Cadavres
2009: Mr. Nobody
2009: Journey to Mecca
2009: Amelia
2009: Terminator Salvation
2010: 10½
2010: Incendies
2010: Repo Men
2010: Jonah Hex
2010: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010: The Last Airbender
2010: Resident Evil: Afterlife
2010: Gulliver's Travels
2011: En terrains connus
2011: Le bonheur des autres
2011: Monsieur Lazhar
2011: Rango
2011: Source Code
2011: Immortals
2011: The Three Musketeers
2011: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
2012: Red Tails
2012: Underworld: Awakening
2012: Mirror Mirror
2012: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
2012: The Amazing Spider-Man
2012: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
2013: Jack the Giant Slayer
2013: The Host
2013: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013: Pain & Gain
2013: Now You See Me
2013: On/Off
2013: Pacific Rim
2013: The Smurfs 2
2013: Jerusalem
2013: Enemy
2013: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014: Beauty and the Beast
2014: Lucy
2014: Edge of Tomorrow
2014: Birdman
2014: Unbroken
2014: 22 Jump Street
2015: Jupiter Ascending
2015: Cinderella
2015: Furious 7
2015: Tomorrowland
2015: By the Sea
2015: Fantastic Four
2015: The Intern
2015: The Walk
2015: The Last Witch Hunter
2015: In the Heart of the Sea
2016: Deadpool
2016: Gods of Egypt
2016: The Divergent Series: Allegiant
2016: Two Lovers and a Bear
2016: Warcraft
2016: Central Intelligence
2016: The Legend of Tarzan
2016: Star Trek Beyond
2016: Nine Lives
2016: Arrival
2016: Wait Till Helen Comes
2016: Queen of Katwe
2016: The Promise
2016: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016: Bad Santa 2
2016: Silence
2016: Assassin's Creed
2016: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2017: The Space Between Us
2017: Kong: Skull Island
2017: The Shack
2017: The Fate of the Furious
2017: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017: Valérian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017: The Gracefield Incident
2017: Downsizing
2017: It
2017: Home Again
2017: Blade Runner 2049
2017: Thor: Ragnarok
2017: Justice League
2017: Paddington 2
2017: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017: The Greatest Showman
2018: Black Panther
2018: Game Night
2018: A Wrinkle In Time
2018: Death Wish
2018: Paradox
2018: Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018: Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018: Asura
2018: The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
2018: The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018: Overlord
2018: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018: Mowgli
2018: Aquaman
2018: Bumblebee
2019: The Kid Who Would Be King
2019: Dumbo
2019: Shazam!
2019: Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019: Men in Black: International
2019: Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019: Dark Phoenix
2019: Crawl
2019: It – Chapter Two
2019: Super Intelligence
2019: Anna
2019: Dhaka
2020: Bloodshot
2020: Jungle Cruise
2020: Chaos Walking
TBA: Magic Camp
TBA: Kablam

Television[]

2014: Game of Thrones – Season 4
2015: Game of Thrones – Season 5
2015: Fear the Walking Dead
2018: Krypton
2018: Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2019: Stranger Things – Season 3
2019: The Boys
2019: Locke & Key
2019: Snowpiercer
2019: Watchmen
2019: Raising Dion

Awards and nominations[]

The following list of awards and nominations for Rodeo FX lists accolades that have been presented to a team containing at least one employee of Rodeo FX.

Year	Nominated work	Award	For	Result
2007	The Golden Compass	VES Award	Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Motion Picture	Nominated
2007		Academy Award	Best Visual Effects	Won
2008		BAFTA Award	Best Special Visual Effects	Won
2009	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	VES Award	Best Single Visual Effect of the Year (For "Valley Destruction")	Nominated
	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull		Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture
	The Day the Earth Stood Still		Best Single Visual Effect of the Year (For "Newborn Klaatu")
2011	Rango	CFCA Award	Best Animated Film	Won
		Hollywood Film Award	Best Animation
		LAFCA Award	Best Animated Film
		NBR Award	Best Animated Film
		SFFCC Award	Best Animated Feature
		WAFCA Award	Best Animated Feature
2012		Academy Award	Best Animated Feature
		Annie Award	Best Animated Feature
		BAFTA Award	Best Animated Film
		VES Award	Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
		Critics' Choice Award	Best Animated Feature
		OFCS Award	Best Animated Film
	Source Code	VES Award	Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture	Nominated
2013	The Amazing Spider-Man	VES Award	Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture	Nominated
2013	Pacific Rim	Hollywood Film Award	Best Visual Effects	Won
2014	On/Off	Maverick Movie Award	Best VFX	Won
	Pacific Rim	BAFTA Award	Best Special Visual Effects	Nominated
		VES Award	Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture	Nominated
		Annie Award	Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in a Live Action Production	Won
	Enemy	Canadian Screen Award	Achievement in Visual Effects	Nominated
	Game of Thrones	Creative Arts Emmy Award	Outstanding Special Visual Effects (Episode "The Children")	Won
2015	Game of Thrones	VES Award	Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Broadcast Program (Episode "The Children")
2015	Birdman	VES Award	Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
2016	The Walk	VES Award	Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature	Nominated

External links[]

Official website

References[]

↑ "Rodeo FX: Our Philosophy". Rodeo FX. http://www.rodeofx.com/philosophy. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
↑ "Game of Thrones: Season 4". Rodeo FX. http://www.rodeofx.com/all-films/got. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
↑ Frei, Vincent. "Rodeo FX opens in Quebec City". Art of VFX. http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=7709. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
↑ Cummins, Julianna. "Rodeo FX expands stateside for feature biz". Playback. http://playbackonline.ca/2014/12/12/rodeo-fx-expands-stateside-for-feature-biz/. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
↑ "Rodeo FX announces the opening of a studio in Munich". RodeoFX. https://www.rodeofx.com/en/news/Rodeo_FX_announces_Munich. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
↑ "Rodeo FX Awards". Rodeo FX. http://www.rodeofx.com/en/awards. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
↑ "Rodeo FX Wins Third Consecutive Emmy Award for Game of Thrones". Philpott Communications. 12 September 2–16. http://philpott.ca/rodeo-fx-wins-third-consecutive-emmy-award-for-game-of-thrones/.
↑ "Rodeo FX wins a third HPA Award for Game of Thrones". Rodeo FX. 2016. http://www.rodeofx.com/en/news/Rodeo_FX_wins_a_third_HPA_Award_for_Game_of_Thrones. "its third consecutive HPA Awards for Game of Thrones in the “Outstanding Visual Effects – Television” category"

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[rodeo-phil-1] "Rodeo FX: Our Philosophy". Rodeo FX. http://www.rodeofx.com/philosophy. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

[2] "Game of Thrones: Season 4". Rodeo FX. http://www.rodeofx.com/all-films/got. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[3] Frei, Vincent. "Rodeo FX opens in Quebec City". Art of VFX. http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=7709. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[4] Cummins, Julianna. "Rodeo FX expands stateside for feature biz". Playback. http://playbackonline.ca/2014/12/12/rodeo-fx-expands-stateside-for-feature-biz/. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[5] "Rodeo FX announces the opening of a studio in Munich". RodeoFX. https://www.rodeofx.com/en/news/Rodeo_FX_announces_Munich. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

[6] "Rodeo FX Awards". Rodeo FX. http://www.rodeofx.com/en/awards. Retrieved 19 December 2016.

[7] "Rodeo FX Wins Third Consecutive Emmy Award for Game of Thrones". Philpott Communications. 12 September 2–16. http://philpott.ca/rodeo-fx-wins-third-consecutive-emmy-award-for-game-of-thrones/.

[8] "Rodeo FX wins a third HPA Award for Game of Thrones". Rodeo FX. 2016. http://www.rodeofx.com/en/news/Rodeo_FX_wins_a_third_HPA_Award_for_Game_of_Thrones. "its third consecutive HPA Awards for Game of Thrones in the “Outstanding Visual Effects – Television” category"

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