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Luma Pictures
Visual effects studio
Visual effects studio
| Field | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | Luma Pictures | ||||
| logo | Luma Pictures logo.svg | ||||
| type | Private | ||||
| industry | Visual effects, CGI animation | ||||
| foundation | 2002 | ||||
| founder | Payam Shohadai, Jonathan R. Betuel | ||||
| location | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||
| {{Infobox | decat | yes | child=yes | label1=Additional offices | data1= Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada}} | |||||
| key_people | Grady Gamble, Vincent Cirelli, Jamy Zink, Shauna Bryan | ||||
| homepage | https://www.luma.inc/ |
Luma Pictures is a visual effects/CGI animation studio with facilities in Los Angeles, Melbourne and Vancouver. Founded in 2002 by Payam Shohadai and Jonathan R. Beutel, the company is best known for their creatures, environments, and effects.
Luma Pictures has won several awards for their visual effects work, including an AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects on Spider-Man: Far From Home and Elvis.
The studio has also earned several Visual Effects Society (VES) nominations over the years, including nominations for Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Today, Luma Pictures is led by CEO Grady Gamble.
History
Luma Pictures was founded in 2002 by Payam Shohadai and Jonathan R. Beutel, the latter of whom is known for writing the screenplay of The Last Starfighter (1984) and writing and directing Theodore Rex (1996).
The company debuted in 2002 with work on Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, and since then it has completed visual effects on over 150 films and episodics, including Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the Underworld franchise, Prisoners, Mary Poppins Returns, Candyman, the Marvel Cinematic Universe including the Spider-Man franchise, The Tomorrow War, and I Am Groot for which it was the lead VFX provider for the first season. Additionally, they have worked with film auteurs such as the Coen Brothers on four films, including No Country for Old Men and *True Grit; *Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; and Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit. Its headquarter changed from Venice, California to Los Angeles and company expanded to Melbourne, Australia in 2013 and Vancouver, British Columbia in 2021 and has grown to nearly 300 global employees.
Filmography
Films
| Year | Notable films |
|---|---|
| 2003 | |
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| 2016 | |
| 2017 | *Alien: Covenant* |
| *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | |
| Thor: Ragnarok* | |
| 2018 | *Black Panther* |
| *A Wrinkle in Time* | |
| *Ant-Man and the Wasp* | |
| *Peppermint* | |
| *Aquaman* | |
| *Mary Poppins Returns* | |
| *The Nutcracker and the Four Realms* | |
| 2019 | *Captain Marvel* |
| *Spider-Man: Far From Home* | |
| *Jojo Rabbit* | |
| *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* | |
| 2020 | *Birds of Prey* |
| *Dolittle* | |
| 2021 | *Godzilla vs. Kong* |
| *Space Jam: A New Legacy* | |
| *Spider-Man: No Way Home* | |
| *Eternals* | |
| *King Richard* | |
| *Candyman* | |
| *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings* | |
| *The Tomorrow War* | |
| *Those Who Wish Me Dead* | |
| 2022 | *The King's Daughter* |
| *Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness* | |
| *Elvis* | |
| *Thor: Love and Thunder* | |
| *Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile* | |
| *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* | |
| 2023 | *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* |
| *Ghosted* | |
| *The Mother* | |
| *Heart of Stone* | |
| *Spy Kids: Armageddon* | |
| *Rebel Moon* |
TV series
| Year | Notable series |
|---|---|
| 2021 | *WandaVision* |
| *Loki* | |
| *Hawkeye* | |
| 2022-present | *I Am Groot* |
| 2023 | *Citadel* |
| *Secret Invasion* | |
| *Ahsoka* | |
| *Gen V* | |
| 2024 | *The Acolyte* |
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