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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motion picture |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Founders | James Cameron Scott Ross Stan Winston |
| Headquarters | Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California , |
Key people | Daniel Seah (CEO) |
| Services | |
| Owner | Digital Domain Holdings Limited |
| Website | digitaldomain |
Digital Domain (also known as Digital Domain Media Group or DDMG) is a global visual effects and digital production company headquartered in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California .
Founded in 1993, Digital Domain has produced visual effects for feature films including: Titanic, Apollo 13, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, TRON: Legacy, Thor, X-Men: First Class, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Iron Man 3, Maleficent, Furious 7, and more recently Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel, Shazam, Avengers: Endgame, Terminator: Dark Fate and Sonic the Hedgehog. Digital Domain artists and technologists have been recognized with seven Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects and Scientific and Technical Achievement.
The company creates digital imagery for feature films; television; advertising; games; and virtual and immersive experiences. It has eight locations across North America (Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal) and Asia (Hyderabad, Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.)[1]Template:ToC
History
The company was founded by film director James Cameron, Stan Winston and Scott Ross in 1993.
The company began producing visual effects with its first three films: True Lies,[2] Interview with the Vampire, and Color of Night.
Early 2000s
In 2000, Digital Domain designed the digital character, Mya, that represented Motorola's intelligent assistant.[3] In October 2002, Digital Domain launched a wholly owned subsidiary, D2 Software, Inc., to market and distribute its Academy Award-winning compositing software, Nuke.[4]
In 2002–2003, Digital Domain co-produced its first feature film, Secondhand Lions, written and directed by Tim McCanlies and starring Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, and Kyra Sedgwick.[5][6]
The founders were known for feuding, principally due to internal conflicts over the film Titanic.[citation needed] Founder Scott Ross announced plans to raise $100 million in financing to become more active as a production company.[7] This plan never materialized, forcing management to seek a buyer of the company.
2006–present
In May 2006, Digital Domain was purchased by an affiliate of Wyndcrest Holdings, LLC, a private holding company. Wyndcrest's principals then included founder John Textor, director Michael Bay, former Microsoft executive Carl Stork and former NFL player and sports television commentator Dan Marino.[8] The buyers purchased the company for an estimated $35 million. Textor and Bay would become co-chairman of Digital Domain and Stork was named CEO.
In 2007, Wyndcrest also acquired The Foundry which was tasked with taking over the development of Nuke. The Foundry was subject to a management buy-out in 2009.[9]
In 2011, Digital Domain Media Group entered into the film production business with a major investment into the feature film Ender's Game, which was a co-production with OddLot Entertainment and Summit Entertainment. The film was released November 1, 2013.[10]
In November 2011, DDMG took the company public through an initial public offering (IPO), and the company was listed on the NYSE under the symbol DDMG, achieving a market valuation of more than $400 million.[11]
In 2012, DDMG announced initiatives to open VFX studios in Beijing China and Abu Dhabi.[12] Also in 2012, subsidiary Digital Domain created a virtual likeness of the late rap star Tupac Shakur for Dr. Dre's and Snoop Dogg's show at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The performance earned Textor's studio the Titanium Award at the 59th annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.[13][14] Digital Domain also announced that the company would create virtual Elvis Presley in partnership with CORE Media Group.[15]
In 2015, the UFC hired Digital Domain to create a commercial series for their UFC 189 event.[16]
In 2016, the Pokémon Company hired Digital Domain to create the visual effects for their "Train On" Super Bowl ad, released to celebrate the Pokémon series' 20th anniversary.[17]
In 2017, Voltron Chronicles, a VR game Digital Domain co-developed with Universal based on Netflix's Voltron Legendary Defender, went live. Fans can play this game on PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive for $15.[18]
Digital Humans Group
The company maintains a Digital Humans Group sub-division headed by Darren Hendler.
The Digital Humans Group provides scanning and digitization services to create digital reproductions of humans.[19] The process uses two programs, Masquerade and Direct Drive, which combines high-resolution scans and motion capture technology. This generated data can then be mapped and animated.[20]
Financial difficulties
In 2009, Digital Domain parent company DDMG launched Tradition Studios in Florida to develop and produce original, family-oriented CG animated features. The studio moved on January 3, 2012, to a new 115,000-square-foot (10,700 m2) facility in Port St. Lucie, built with the city's incentives.[21] The studio attracted a number of creators, including Aaron Blaise, the director of Brother Bear, and Brad Lewis, co-director of Cars 2, who together were developing an animated feature film The Legend of Tembo for a planned 2014 release.[22][23][24][25]
In November 2011, DDMG completed a successful IPO capital raise for $40 million. Textor's Florida expansion plans did not overcome the continuing negative cash flow of Digital Domain's primary visual effects business. In the summer of 2011, Lydian Private Bank failed.[26] As DDMG's principal lender and major shareholder, this had a major impact during the peak of DDMG's capital consumption. Lydian's sizable stake was sold to a hedge fund affiliated with Florida Power & Light which was then traded to hedge fund and lender Tenor Capital. Tenor Capital engaged in heavy short-selling of DDMG's publicly listed stock as a strategy to pull cash proceeds from the daily trading of DDMG stock. [citation needed]
Once considered critical funding for the future of DDMG, the IPO became the vehicle by which hedge funds could prevent the company from accessing capital while profiting from the decline in DDMG's stock price.[27] Tenor became a stakeholder in DDMG in early May 2012, with DDMG stock price trading at an all-time high,[28] but DDMG would soon be unable to access the cash needed to fund its Venice operations and its Florida studio growth.[29] Documents and emails demonstrate that Digital Domain senior management believed they had options to put cash into the company. However, Tenor Capital had significant weight as a chief lender and, according to Palm Beach Capital and the Tenor strategy, may have been shorting DDMG stock to profit from its failure.[30]
When a deal to fund the company failed on July 31, Tenor Capital cited a violation of a minimum cash covenant and demanded $51 million on August 20 as repayment for its $35 million loan made four months earlier.[27] The lenders appointed Mike Katzenstein as interim chief operating officer of the company who acted without conferring with DDMG senior management,[27] deciding to close the Florida studio, causing Chairman John Textor to submit a letter of resignation "in profound disagreement" with this decision.[31]
On September 7, 2012, it was announced that all of DDMG's Port St. Lucie's operations—including Tradition Studios—were to be shut down, laying off nearly 300 newly trained and recruited employees.[32]
Bankruptcy, Financial Restructuring, and Lawsuits
On September 11, 2012, Digital Domain Media Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after the company's hedge fund lenders alleged the company defaulted on a minimum cash covenant relating to a $35 million loan. DDMG's lenders proposed a deal to sell its operating businesses–Digital Domain and Mothership—to a private investment firm, Searchlight Capital Partners, for $15 million. At the public auction on September 21, 2012, Digital Domain's visual effects business and its principal animation feature film properties were instead acquired by a joint venture led by a leading DDMG shareholder Beijing Galloping Horse America, LLC in partnership with Reliance MediaWorks (USA) The sale was approved on September 24, 2012.[33]
In July 2013, approximately nine months after Digital Domain filed for bankruptcy, the majority ownership was acquired by Hong Kong listed public company Sun Innovation. This acquisition placed an approximate $3.5 billion valuation on Digital Domain, with Reliance MediaWorks continuing to own the minority stake. Daniel Seah was appointed CEO.[34] Seah spearheaded the bankruptcy acquisition and protection of Digital Domain by DDMG shareholder Beijing Galloping Horse America, LLC.
The bankruptcy and financial restructuring of Digital Domain triggered a number of lawsuits naming John Textor, former Apple CEO John Sculley and the entire Board of Directors, the auditors and others involved in the business and in the IPO offering.[35][36][37][38]
In February 2015, the Supreme Court of New York and the Inspector General of the State of Florida cleared Textor of any financial wrongdoing,[39][40] and The Athletic reported that he had received a settlement from the hedge fund that caused the collapse.[41][42] The Court found no evidence of fraud or misrepresentation and confirmed that DDMG accurately disclosed its financial situation to investors. In her 26-page opinion, New York Supreme Court Judge Debra James ruled contrary to the investors’ claims, stating that the evidence “conclusively established” that plaintiffs were not misled and DDMG painted a realistic picture of the company's financial situation in SEC filings. The Court ruled that there was no evidence that Textor and the other defendants made false or misleading statements or misrepresentations of material facts.[43] The Court further ordered the plaintiffs to reimburse Textor for his fees and court costs.
Palm Beach Capital, the largest investor in DDMG, identified hedge funds, Tenor Capital et al., as the primary cause of the company's difficulties. Palm Beach Capital cited unlawful finance penalties and possible illegal short selling strategies designed to damage the company's public stock price.[44][45] Ultimately, the hedge fund lenders agreed to settle outstanding claims by the DDMG parties through a May 2016 settlement agreement awarding $8.5 million to former CEO John Textor and $3 million each to the city of Port Saint Lucie and the state of Florida.[46] The settlement also assigned all technology assets of Digital Domain's Florida studio.
Filmography
Films - 1990s
| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and distributor(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | True Lies | James Cameron | Lightstorm Entertainment
20th Century Fox Universal Pictures |
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| Color of Night | Richard Rush | Hollywood Pictures
Cinergi Pictures Buena Vista Pictures |
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| Interview with the Vampire | Neil Jordan | The Geffen Film Company
Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| 1995 | Strange Days | Kathryn Bigelow | Lightstorm Entertainment
20th Century Fox |
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| Apollo 13 | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment
Universal Pictures |
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| 1996 | Sgt. Bilko | Jonathan Lynn | Imagine Entertainment
Universal Pictures |
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| Chain Reaction | Andrew Davis | The Zanuck Company
Chicago Pacific Entertainment 20th Century Fox |
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| The Island of Dr. Moreau | John Frankenheimer | New Line Cinema | ||
| 1997 | Dante's Peak | Roger Donaldson | Pacific Western Productions
Universal Pictures |
|
| The Fifth Element | Luc Besson | Gaumont
Gaumont Buena Vista International |
||
| Red Corner | Jon Avnet | Avnet/Kerner Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
||
| Kundun | Martin Scorsese | Touchstone Pictures
Cappa-De Fina Pictures Dune Films Refuge Productions Buena Vista Pictures |
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| Titanic | James Cameron | Lightstorm Entertainment
20th Century Fox Paramount Pictures |
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| 1998 | Armageddon | Michael Bay | Touchstone Pictures
Jerry Bruckheimer Films Valhalla Motion Pictures |
|
| What Dreams May Come | Vincent Ward | Interscope Communications
Polygram Filmed Entertainment |
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| 1999 | Fight Club | David Fincher | Fox 2000 Pictures
New Regency Productions 20th Century Fox |
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| Lake Placid | Steve Miner | Fox 2000 Pictures
Phoenix Pictures 20th Century Fox |
Films - 2000s
| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Supernova | Walter Hill
Jack Sholder Francis Ford Coppola |
Screenland Pictures
Hammerhead Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
|
| Rules of Engagement | William Friedkin | Scott Rudin Productions
Seven Arts Pictures Paramount Pictures |
||
| X-Men | Bryan Singer | Marvel Entertainment Group
The Donners' Company Bad Hat Harry Productions 20th Century Fox |
||
| Red Planet | Antony Hoffman | Village Roadshow Pictures
Warner Bros. Roadshow Entertainment |
||
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Joel Coen | Touchstone Pictures
Universal Pictures Studio Canal Working Title Films Blind Bard Pictures Buena Vista Pictures Alliance Atlantis BAC Films |
||
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment
Universal Pictures |
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| 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Cameron Crowe | Cruise/Wagner Productions
Vinyl Films Summit Entertainment Artisan Entertainment Sogecine |
|
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson | Wingnut Films
New Line Cinema |
||
| A Beautiful Mind | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment
Universal Pictures DreamWorks Pictures |
||
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Randall Wallace | Icon productions
Wheelhouse Entertainment Paramount Pictures Concorde Filmverleih |
|
| The Time Machine | Simon Wells | Parkes/Macdonald
DreamWorks Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| XXX | Rob Cohen | Revolution Studios
Sony Pictures Releasing |
||
| Adaptation | Spike Jonze | Columbia Pictures
Magnet Productions Intermedia Films Clinica Estetico Productions Sony Pictures Releasing |
||
| Star Trek: Nemesis | Stuart Baird | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 2003 | Daredevil | Mark Steven Johnson | New Regency Enterprises
Marvel Entertainment Group Horseshoe Bay Productions 20th Century Fox |
|
| The Italian Job | F. Gary Gray | De Line Pictures
Paramount Pictures |
||
| Secondhand Lions | Tim McCanlies | New Line Cinema | ||
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Joe Dante | Warner Bros. Feature Animation
Baltimore Spring Creek Productions Goldmann Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| The Missing | Ron Howard | Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios Imagine Entertainment Sony Pictures Releasing |
||
| Peter Pan | P.J. Hogan | Universal Pictures
Columbia Pictures Revolution Studios Red Wagon Entertainment Allied Stars |
||
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Roland Emmerich | Centropolis Entertainment
Lionsgate Films Mark Gordon Company 20th Century Fox |
|
| I, Robot | Alex Proyas | Davis Entertainment
Laurence Mark Productions Overbrook Films Mediastream IV 20th Century Fox |
||
| Flight of the Phoenix | John Moore | Davis Entertainment
20th Century Fox |
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| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Tim Burton | The Zanuck Company
Plan B Entertainment Village Roadshow Pictures Theobald Film Productions Warner Bros. Pictures |
|
| Æon Flux | Karyn Kusama | MTV Films
Lakeshore Entertainment Valhalla Motion Pictures Paramount Pictures |
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| Stealth | Rob Cohen | Columbia Pictures
Phoenix Pictures Original Film |
||
| Dark Water | Walter Salles | Touchstone Pictures
Vertigo Entertainment Buena Vista Pictures |
||
| Cinderella Man | Ron Howard | Touchstone Pictures
Universal Pictures Miramax Films Imagine Entertainment Parkway Productions Buena Vista Pictures |
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| 2006 | Roving Mars | George Butler | Walt Disney Pictures
White Mountain Films The Kennedy/Marshall Company Buena Vista Pictures |
|
| My Super Ex-Girlfriend | Ivan Reitman | Regency Enterprises
Pariah |
||
| Zoom | Peter Hewitt | Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios Team Todd Productions Boxing Cat Films Sony Pictures Releasing |
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| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | Johnathan Liebesman | Next Entertainment
Platinum Dunes New Line Cinema |
||
| Flags of Our Fathers | Clint Eastwood | DreamWorks Pictures
Malpaso Productions Amblin Entertainment Paramount Pictures |
||
| Letters from Iwo Jima | DreamWorks Pictures
Malpaso Productions Amblin Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures Paramount Pictures |
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| The Nativity Story | Catherine Hardwicke | Temple Hill Entertainment
New Line Cinema |
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| 2007 | Meet the Robinsons | Stephen Anderson | Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Animation Studios Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
|
| The Hitcher | Dave Meyers | Platinum Dunes
Intrepid Pictures Rogue Pictures |
||
| Zodiac | David Fincher | Phoenix Pictures
Paramount Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
||
| Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End | Gore Verbinski | Walt Disney Pictures
Jerry Bruckheimer Films Buena Vista Pictures |
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| Transformers | Michael Bay | DreamWorks Pictures
Paramount Pictures Hasbro Di Bonaventura Pictures Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| The Golden Compass | Chris Weitz | New Line Cinema
Ingenious Film Partners Scholastic Productions Entertainment Film Distributors |
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| 2008 | Gran Torino | Clint Eastwood | Double Nickel Entertainment
Malapso Productions Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | David Fincher | Paramount Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures The Kennedy/Marshall Company |
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| 2009 | Star Trek | J.J. Abrams | Spyglass Entertainment
Bad Robot Productions Paramount Pictures |
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| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Shawn Levy | 21 Laps Entertainment
Ingenious Film Partners 1492 Pictures Dune Entertainment 20th Century Fox |
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| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Michael Bay | Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks Pictures Hasbro Di Bonaventura Pictures |
||
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Stephen Sommers | Spyglass Entertainment
Hasbro Di Bonaventura Pictures |
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| 2012 | Roland Emmerich | Columbia Pictures
Centropolis Entertainment Sony Pictures Releasing |
Films - 2010s
| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Chris Columbus | Fox 2000 Pictures
1492 Pictures Sunswept Entertainment Dune Entertainment |
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| Tron: Legacy | Joseph Kosinski | Walt Disney Pictures
Sean Bailey Productions Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| 2011 | Thor | Kenneth Branagh | Marvel Studios
Paramount Pictures |
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| X-Men: First Class | Matthew Vaughn | Marvel Entertainment
The Donners' Company Bad Hat Harry Productions Dune Entertainment Ingenious Film Partners 20th Century Fox |
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| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Michael Bay | Hasbro Films
Di Bonaventura Pictures Paramount Pictures |
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| Real Steel | Shawn Levy | DreamWorks Pictures
21 Laps Entertainment ImageMovers Montford Murphy Productions Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | David Fincher | Columbia Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Scott Rudin Productions Yellow Bird Sony Pictures Releasing |
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| 2012 | The Avengers | Joss Whedon | Marvel Studios
Paramount Pictures Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| Rock of Ages | Adam Shankman | New Line Cinema
Offspring Entertainment Corner Stone Entertainment Material Pictures |
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| The Watch | Akiva Schaffer | 21 Laps Entertainment
20th Century Fox |
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| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Bryan Singer | New Line Cinema
Legendary Pictures Original Film Big Kid Pictures Bad Hat Harry Productions Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Jon M. Chu | Skydance Productions
Hasbro Films Di Bonaventura Pictures Paramount Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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| Oblivion | Joseph Kosinski | Relativity Media
Chernin Entertainment Monolith Pictures Radical Studios Universal Pictures |
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| Iron Man 3 | Shane Black | Marvel Studios
Paramount Pictures Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| Her | Spike Jonze | Annapurna Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| 47 Ronin | Carl Rinsch | H2F Entertainment
Mid Atlantic Films Moving Picture Company Stuber Productions Relativity Media Universal Pictures |
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| 2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Bryan Singer | Marvel Entertainment
Bad Hat Harry The Donners' Company Genre Films TSG Entertainment 20th Century Fox |
|
| Maleficent | Robert Stromberg | Roth Films
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| Into the Storm | Steven Quale | New Line Cinema
Broken Road Productions Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
||
| Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Shawn Levy | 21 Laps Entertainment
1492 Pictures TSG Entertainment 20th Century Fox |
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| 2015 | Furious 7 | James Wan | Original Film
One Race Films MRC China Film Universal Pictures |
|
| Pixels | Chris Columbus | Columbia Pictures
Happy Madison Productions 1492 Pictures LStar Capital Sony Pictures Releasing |
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| Eye in the Sky | Gavin Hood | Entertainment One
Raindog Films |
||
| 2016 | Deadpool | Tim Miller | 20th Century Fox
Marvel Entertainment Kinberg Genre The Donners' Company TSG Entertainment |
|
| The Jungle Book | Jon Favreau | Walt Disney Pictures
Fairview Entertainment Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| The Huntsmen: Winter's War | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | Roth Films
Perfect World Pictures Universal Pictures |
||
| X-Men: Apocalypse | Bryan Singer | Marvel Entertainment
TSG Entertainment Bad Hat Harry Productions Kinberg Genre The Donners' Company 20th Century Fox |
||
| Independence Day: Resurgence | Roland Emmerich | TSG Entertainment
Centropolis Entertainment Electric Entertainment 20th Century Fox |
||
| Suicide Squad | David Ayer | Warner Bros. Pictures
RatPac-Dune Entertainment DC Films Atlas Entertainment |
||
| Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Akiva Schaffer
Jorma Taccone |
Perfect World Pictures
Apatow Company The Lonely Island Universal Pictures |
||
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Bill Condon | Walt Disney Pictures
Mandeville Films Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
|
| Power Rangers | Dean Israelite | Lionsgate
SCG Films Temple Hill Entertainment |
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| Spider-Man: Homecoming | Jon Watts | Columbia Pictures
Marvel Studios Pascal Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing |
||
| Thor: Rangarok | Taika Waititi | Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
||
| 2018 | Ready Player One | Steven Spielberg | Warner Bros. Pictures
Amblin Partners Amblin Entertainment Village Roadshow Pictures De Line Pictures Farah Films & Management |
|
| Avengers: infinity War | Anthony Russo
Joe Russo |
Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| Ant-Man and the Wasp | Peyton Reed | Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| Hidden Man | Jiang Wen | Gravity Pictures
Warner Bros. |
||
| Hello Mr. Billionaire | Fei Yan
Damo Peng |
Alibaba Pictures
Beijing Mahua Funage Company New Classics Media Slinky Town Pictures Starry Entertainment Alibaba Group Clover Films Golden Village Pictures Uni-Film Distribution & Financial |
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| Shadow | Zhang Yimou | Tencent Pictures
Perfect Village Entertainment Le Vision Pictures Tianjin Maoyan Weying Media Bodi Media Company Bona Film Group Well Go USA Entertainment Universal Pictures |
||
| Taxiwaala | Rahul Sankrityan | GA2 Pictures
UV Creations |
||
| 2.0 | S. Shankar | Lyca Productions
Dharma Productions AA Films |
||
| Aquaman | James Wan | Warner Bros. Pictures
DC Films Cruel and Unusual Films The Safran Company Mad Ghost Productions RatPac Entertainment |
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| 2019 | NTR: Kathanayakudu | Krish | NBK Films
Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram Vibri Media |
|
| Captain Marvel | Anna Boden
Ryan Fleck |
Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
||
| Shazam! | David F. Sandberg | New Line Cinema
DC Films The Safran Company Seven Bucks Productions Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| The Curse of La Llorona | Michael Chaves | New Line Cinema
Atomic Monster Emile Gladstone Productions Warner Bros. Productions |
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| Avengers: Endgame | Anthony Russo
John Russo |
Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
||
| Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy | Surender Reddy | Konidela Production Company
Excel Entertainment AA Films Super Good Films Gemini Studios |
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| Terminator: Dark Fate | Tim Miller | Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media 20th Century Fox Tencent Pictures TSG Entertainment Lightstorm Entertainment |
Films - 2020s
| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Jeff Fowler | Sega Sammy Group
Original Film Marza Animation Planet Blur Studio Paramount Pictures |
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| Children of the Corn | Kurt Wimmer | Tiger13
Anvil Entertainment Digital Riot RLJE Films |
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| The Rescue | Dante Lam | Bona Film Group
China Communications Press China Modern Film And Television Development Tencent Pictures Autonavi YunMap Technology Maoyan Weying Culture Media Emperor Film Production Company Limited CMC Pictures Holdings |
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| 2021 | Chaos Walking | Doug Liman | TIK Films
Quadrant Pictures Allison Shearmur Productions 3 Arts Entertainment Hercules Bron Creative Partnership Lionsgate |
|
| Black Widow | Cate Shortland | Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| Free Guy | Shawn Levy | Berlanti Productions
21 Laps Entertainment Maximum Effort Lit Entertainment Group 20th Century Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Destin Daniel Cretton | Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| Dune | Denis Villeneuve | Legendary Entertainment
Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| West Side Story | Steven Spielberg | Amblin Entertainment
Amblin Partners 20th Century Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| Spider-Man: No Way Home | Jon Watts | Columbia Pictures
Marvel Studios Pascal Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing |
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| 2022 | RRR | S. S. Rajamouli | DVV Entertainments
Lyca Productions Pen Studios KVN Productions HR Pictures |
|
| Morbius | Daniel Espinosa | Columbia Pictures
Marvel Entertainment Sony Pictures Releasing |
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| Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness | Sam Raimi | Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| Black Adam | Jaume Collet-Serra | Warner Bros. Pictures
New Line Cinema DC Films Seven Bucks Productions FlynnPictureCo. |
||
| Ordinary Hero | Tony Chan | Bona Pictures Group Co., Ltd.
Tianshan Film Studio China Southern Airlines Group Co., Ltd. Alibaba Pictures |
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| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ryan Coogler | Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| 2023 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Peyton Reed | Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
|
| Agent | Surendra Reddy | AK Entertainments
Surender 2 Cinema Goldmines Telefilms B4U Films |
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| Ponniyin Selvan: II | Mani Ratnam | Madras Talkies
Lyca Productions |
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| Extraction 2 | Sam Hargrave | AGBO
Netflix |
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| The Mother | Niki Caro | Netflix
Nuyorican Productions Vertigo Entertainment |
||
| Hidden Strike | Scott Waugh | Changchun Film Studio
Epitome Flame Pictures Company Huaxia Film Distribution Talent International Media XYZ Films |
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| Blue Beetle | Angel Manuel Soto | DC Studios
The Safran Company Warner Bros. Pictures |
Films - Upcoming
| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Madame Web | S. J. Clarkson | Columbia Pictures
Marvel Entertainment Di Bonaventura Pictures |
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| Dune: Part Two | Denis Villeneuve | Legendary Entertainment
Warner Bros. Pictures |
Television series
| Year | Title | Network | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–2020 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | ABC | |
| 2015–2016 | Black Sails (seasons 2–3) | Starz | |
| 2016–2020 | The Good Place | NBC | |
| 2017 | The Mist | Spike | |
| Outlander | Starz | ||
| 2018–2019 | A Series of Unfortunate Events (seasons 2–3) | Netflix | |
| 2019–2020 | The Twilight Zone | CBS All Access | |
| 2019–2021 | Lost In Space (seasons 2–3) | Netflix | |
| 2020–present | Perry Mason | HBO | |
| 2021 | WandaVision | Disney+ | |
| 2022 | Ms. Marvel | ||
| She-Hulk: Attorney at Law |
Awards
Film
| Year | Award | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | True Lies | Nominated | |
| 1995 | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | Apollo 13 | Nominated | |
| 1997 | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | Titanic | Won | |
| 1998 | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | What Dreams May Come | Won | |
| 2004 | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | I, Robot | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Won | [47] |
| 2011 | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | Real Steel | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Nominated |
Digital Domain has also earned multiple British Academy (BAFTA) Awards for excellence in digital imagery and animation. [citation needed]
Design
| Year | Award | Recipients | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Scientific and Technical Achievement Award | Dr. Douglas R. Roble | Track (tracking software) | [48] |
| 2001 | AMPAS Scientific and Technical Achievement Award | Bill Spitzak, Paul Van Camp, Jonathan Egstad and Price Pethel | Nuke (compositing software) | [49] |
| 2004 | AMPAS Scientific and Technical Achievement Award | Alan Kapler | Storm (volumetric renderer) | [50] |
| 2007 | AMPAS Scientific and Technical Achievement Award | Dr. Douglas R. Roble, Nafees Bin Zafar and Ryo Sakaguchi | Storm (fluid simulation system) | [51] |
Industry
Digital Domain's Advertising division provides digital imagery and animation for television commercials, working with top commercial directors. To date, Digital Domain has been awarded 37 Clio Awards, 22 AICP awards, 9 Cannes Lion Awards and numerous other advertising honors.[citation needed]
The advertising division has also produced multiple music videos working with artists (including The Rolling Stones, Faith Hill, Creed, Janet Jackson, Busta Rhymes, Björk, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson and Nine Inch Nails) which have earned Grammy and MTV "Music Video of the Year" Awards.[52]
See also
- Industrial Light & Magic
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Wētā FX
- Wētā Workshop
- Blur Studio
- Cinesite
- Rhythm & Hues
- Framestore
- Moving Picture Company (MPC)
- DNEG
- Image Engine
- Lego Alpha Team (video game)
References
- ↑ "About | Digital Domain" (in en-US). 2018-04-17. https://digitaldomain.com/about/.
- ↑ Prince, Stephen (1996). "True Lies: Perceptual Realism, Digital Images, and Film Theory". Film Quarterly 49 (3): 27–37. doi:10.1525/fq.1996.49.3.04a00040. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/25811. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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Further reading
- Bizony, Piers. (2001) Digital Domain: the leading edge of visual effects, London: Aurum Press. ISBN:1-85410-707-0
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