ZERO VFX
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Visual effects and advertising |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founders | Brian Drewes, Sean Devereaux |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Website | ZERO VFX |
ZERO VFX is a visual effects and creative studio with offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Venice Beach, California. Co-founded by Brian Drewes and Sean Devereaux in 2010,[1] the company works on feature film and commercial projects.[2]
History
ZERO VFX was founded in 2010 by Brian Drewes and Sean Devereaux.
ZERO VFX developed Zync in 2011,[3] a cloud based rendering tool for VFX and was sold to Google for an undisclosed sum in August 2014.[4][5]
With headquarters in Boston, the company opened a second office in Venice Beach, California in November 2015.}}[6]
UPDATE: As of March 20th 2020, the Venice CA location shut its doors permanently which resulted in layoffs. This was in part by the covid19 quarantine, as well as a general lull in features work. The Boston MA office remains open.
Sale of Zync
ZERO VFX was the original developer of Zync, a cloud based rendering tool geared towards the visual effects industry with support for The Foundry's NUKE, Autodesk Maya, Solid Angle's Arnold and Chaos Group's V-Ray.[7] Zync was sold to Google for an undisclosed sum in August 2014.[8]
Previous film projects
- Creed 2
- Tomb Raider
- Fences[9]
- Patriots Day[10]
- Ghostbusters[11]
- The Magnificent Seven[12][13]
- Hardcore Henry[14][15]
- Ridiculous 6
- Project X
- Sex Tape
- American Hustle
- Black Mass
- Fury
- Southpaw
- The Equalizer
- The Way, Way Back
- The Interview
Previous advertising projects
- Walmart
- Ocean Spray
- Toyota
- SolarCity
- Snapchat
- Bose Corporation
- Under Armour
- Vaseline
- Jack Daniel's
- New Balance
- Ocean State Job Lot
- US Cellular
- Samsonite
- Humane Society
- Subway
- Friendly's
- 1800 Tequila
- Dunkin Donuts
References
- ^ "Meet The Business Owner: Zero VFX's Sean Devereaux".
- ^ "Boston Visual Effects Company Taking It To Next Level".
- ^ "ZYNC get your own vast renderfarm instantly".
- ^ "Google acquires Zync to boost its influence in Hollywood".
- ^ "Google Buys Visual Effects Firm Zync".
- ^ "Zero VFX Expands with Opening of New LA Office".
- ^ "Cloud rendering solutions by VFX artists for VFX artists".
- ^ "Google buys Zync, a cloud-based visual effects rendering firm".
- ^ "The Invisible VFX of Fences from ZERO VFX". TheAngryVideoGuy. 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ^ "Patriots Day VFX breakdown by ZERO VFX". artofVFX. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ^ "Who you gonna call? Call Illoura, MPC, SPI, & Zero VFX". fxguide. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ "Making visible worlds invisible: ZERO VFX's work on the Magnificent Seven | 3D Artist - Animation, Models, Inspiration & Advice | 3DArtist Magazine". www.3dartistonline.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ "Post Magazine - VFX: The Magnificent Seven". www.postmagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ Murphy, Mekado (2016-04-01). "'Hardcore Henry' Transforms the Viewer Into the Star". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ^ Desowitz, Bill. "'Hardcore Henry': How They Did the VFX for the Explosive Highway Chase | IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.