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Piranha NYC
Company typeCorporation
Industry
FoundedSeptember 19, 2009
FounderGaspard Giroud, Rob Sabatini
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Gaspard Giroud, Rob Sabatini, Thomas Allen, Nate Robinson
Websitepiranhanyc.com

Piranha NYC[1] /ˈpɪrænhə/ is a motion graphics, design, and VFX house founded in 2009 by Gaspard Giroud and Rob Sabatini in SoHo, New York City. Piranha's[2] clients[3] include Intel, Verizon, Coca-Cola, Nike, Reebok, L'oreal, IBM,[4] Delta Air Lines, Mercedes, Trojan, Lucky, Sony Ericsson, Wired,[5] UPS, KMart, HBO.

3D World Magazine[6] listed Piranha as one of the ten hottest CG studios of 2012, in part of their visualization[7] of the New World Trade Center,[8] that was featured in several architectural publications. The company was twice nominated for New York Emmy Awards[9] in category of graphics.

Piranha NYC also worked on 3D modelling for the Sex and the City movie.[10] The company partnered with Fluid in 2009 to provide 3D and visual work.[11]

At the beginning of 2012 Piranha participated in the CGarchitect[12] 3D awards competition with their film created for Silverstein Properties. It has been selected as one of the five nominees[13] in the category of Architectural Film/Animation (Commissioned).

The company created the visual accompaniment of Rihanna to play behind Coldplay while performing their single "Princess of China" on 2012 tour.[14]

In September 2012 3D World Magazine named Piranha the Arch-Viz Animation winner in the 2012 CG Awards.

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