
SCREEN DAILY: Cinesite Opens Animation Studio in Montréal
Top brass at the effects and feature animation studio said on Monday the 54,000 sq ft Canadian hub will get nine features into production and create 500 permanent jobs by 2020.

Top brass at the effects and feature animation studio said on Monday the 54,000 sq ft Canadian hub will get nine features into production and create 500 permanent jobs by 2020.

A future world-class animation hub creating 500 jobs by 2020

Last night at the 14th annual Visual Effects Society awards, The Revenant won in the strongly contested category Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature.

Eamonn Butler – Director of Animation

Currently in production at Cinesite Animation studios in Montréal, Charming is an upcoming American-Canadian 3D computer-animated musical comedy film directed and written by Ross Venokur.

It has just been announced that The Revenant has been awarded an Academy Award nomination for Visual Effects. This is a fantastic acknowledgement of Cinesite’s extensive work across the production. Congratulations to vfx supervisor Rich McBride and everyone who contributed to the amazing effects. The invisible range of effects included digital matte painting and set extension, fx simulation […]