LOS ANGELES — Boston-based VFX/creative studio Zero VFX (www.zerovfx.com) has opened a new West-Coast operation in Venice Beach, CA. The 5,000-square-foot office further strengthens the studio’s film operations and helps expand its commercial business.
Staffing doubles with the opening of the new location, with the team growing from 40 to more than 80 employees.
“This is a really exciting time of growth for us, and we are looking forward to offering our clients even greater service with the opening of our second location in LA,” says Zero co-founder/head of production, Brian Drewes. “This office opening represents a clear extension of the quality, photoreal visual effects work we have been creating in the feature film market, which continues to be an exciting and key part of our business, while also driving the commercial work we do alongside talented agencies and brands. We don’t silo feature film work and commercials into divisions – one supports and augments the other. Our Venice Beach office will strengthen our ability to serve our valued commercials clients with quality, creatively-driven effects work, while also enhancing the work we do in feature films.”
“This expansion is part of our continued, organic growth, diversifying our team and allowing a large pool of artists and producers to be cast for each show and commercial project as it comes through,” adds Zero co-founder/CD Sean Devereaux. “We are building technology that allows both locations to work together as a single studio that can share work, ideas, and creative direction.”
Zero has had success in the feature film, television, and commercial markets. The studio recently executed three projects with Netflix Originals, and delivered work on film projects that include The Equalizer, Southpaw and Black Mass. Several more high-profile projects are currently in the works.
On the commercial side, Zero’s credits include work for Toyota, Jack Daniel’s and New Balance and more. In August 2014, Zero sold its commercial cloud rendering solution, Zync Render to Google for an undisclosed sum. The technology, which was developed from the company’s proprietary solution, was used to render effects in movies like Star Trek: Into Darkness and Looper. Google has since integrated the solution into its Google Cloud Platform.