Power Circle

Visual Effects Society is delighted to welcome the founding members of the Power Circle - our business membership program. The businesses featured on this page are making a vital contribution to our organization as each membership dollar enables VES to expand our educational outreach throughout the entertainment industry and helps VES speak with a louder voice on the issues that are important to all of us. In return, Power Circle members receive special benefits such as "Job and Talent Listings," a "Think-Tank Dinner," educational events, and special discounts. You can add your logo today by contacting Rob Morgenroth, Director Development at (818) 981-7861 (or rob.m@visualeffectssociety.com).

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Visionary

fmx/10 – 14th International Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Digital Media At fmx/10 international speakers provide an insight into the creation, production and distribution of digital entertainment and discuss innovative approaches in the industry and research. Numerous panels, workshops and presentations draw a discerning audience, two-thirds of whom are professionals while one-third is made up of students. In an open atmosphere and casual encounters top names of the industry present their latest achievements, hard- and software companies demonstrate their innovations, recruiters search for new talent, schools and universities feature their programs and graduates.

fmx/10 is an event by Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg and takes place in Stuttgart, Germany, from May 4 to 7, 2010. Find out more at www.fmx.de

Leaders

Founding Member
For over thirty years, Industrial Light & Magic has set the standard for visual effects, creating some of the most stunning images in the history of film. Founded in 1975 by George Lucas, ILM is the leading effects facility in the world and has created visual effects for over 250 feature films, including: Transformers, The Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, Terminator 2 and 3, The Abyss, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial; the Harry Potter, Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park series; and all six Star Wars> episodes. ILM has been a key contributor to 7 of the top 10 worldwide box office hits of all time. The studio’s ability to seamlessly blend photo-realistic digital images with live-action footage is unrivaled in the film industry. ILM has been awarded no fewer than 16 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects and 19 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards.

Founding Member
CafeFX is an award-winning feature film visual effects facility offering visual effects production and supervision, CG character creation, and 3D animation. Founded in 1993 by Jeff Barnes and David Ebner, CafeFX is located in a 36,000-square-foot studio in the heart of Santa Barbara County. The company’s credits include THE KITE RUNNER, SPIDER-MAN 3, PAN’S LABYRINTH, SIN CITY, KING KONG and THE AVIATOR.

Its commercial and music video division, Santa Monica-based The Syndicate, is a creative design, branding services and digital production studio. Its feature film development and production company, Sententia Entertainment, focuses on both live action and animated projects.

Founding Member
Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc. is an Academy Award®-winning, state-of-the-art visual effects and character animation company dedicated to the art and artistry of digital production and character creation. The company has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Oscars® for its work on "Spider-Man 2" and the CG animated short film "The ChubbChubbs!" and nominations for "Spider-Man," "Hollow Man," "Stuart Little" and "Starship Troopers." Imageworks continues to raise the level in the visual effects and character animation businesses, becoming a major force in the industry by providing leading edge technology to its world-class artists. Imageworks is a division of Sony Pictures Digital, which oversees the digital production and online entertainment assets of Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Sohonet are the established experts in data handling for the international production and post-production industries. With a wide range of skills covering digital workflow, high-speed networking, and security, combined with an unrivalled commitment to customer service, Sohonet is your ideal resource on any Visual Effects project.

ReelSurfer represents the next level of interaction between online media content and the user. Through a proprietary data processing and indexing technology, ReelSurfer enables content providers to make their digital video more accessible, viral, and monetizable. ReelSurfer automates and accelerates the production process, minimizing time and money spent sifting through raw footage and allowing content creators to focus more energy on creative decisions. Once production is complete, content owners can easily find, access, and organize their digital content, thus optimizing the value of large digital libraries and maximizing return on potential referral revenue. With current customers including the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the Stanford Medical School, ReelSurfer looks forward to bringing innovative solutions to the digital media community.