Company:Milk VFX
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| Industry | Motion Picture, Film, TV, Animation, Visual Effects |
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| Headquarters | London, England, , United Kingdom |
Number of locations | 4 |
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| Website | www.milk-vfx.com/ |
Milk VFX is a British independent visual effects studio. It was founded in London in 2013[1] and is known for creating complex and innovative sequences for high-end television and feature films.
The company received an Academy Award for Sara Bennett’s work on Ex Machina,[2] three BAFTA Television Craft Awards[3] for Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode: The Day of The Doctor, Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 1: Deep Breath and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Episode 5: Arabella. In addition, Milk has won a Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Sherlock Special Episode: The Abominable Bride.
Headquartered in Clerkenwell, London, Milk has expanded into Bordeaux,[4] Dublin[5] and Barcelona[6] and acquired independent, BAFTA award-winning VFX studio Lola Post Production. Milk’s parent company Bizet Media has acquired Dublin-based High Wire[7] post-production to provide broader VFX and production solutions.
History
Milk was founded by a small group of talented VFX artists and producers in 2013[8] and moved into a new office in Clerkenwell[9] at the start of 2022.
In October 2022 Milk acquired BAFTA Award winning VFX Studio Lola Post Production.[10]
European Expansion
In December 2022 Milk announced the launch of a new studio in Bordeaux,[11] France. Milk VFX Supervisor Andy Morley leads the studio and creative team as head of studio and creative director.
In March 2023 Milk announced the soft launch of a studio in Dublin, Ireland.[12] Overseeing the creative launch of the studio are Milk VFX Supervisors Ciaran Crowley and Donal Nolan.
In July 2023 Milk announced its presence in El Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain.[13] This follows a long relationship between Milk and the talent in Spain; leading the creative team is Milk 2D Supervisor Jorge Oliva Ruiz de Leon.
Filmography
Feature films
2013-2024
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Distributor(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 47 Ronin | Carl Rinsch | H2F Entertainment, Mid Atlantic Films, Moving Picture Company, DMG Entertainment, Warrior Productions, Stuber Productions, Relativity Media, Universal Pictures | |
| 2014 | Hercules | Brett Ratner | Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Flynn Picture Company, Radical Studios, Film 44, RatPac Entertainment, Mid Atlantic Films | |
| Dracula: Untold | Gary Shore | Legendary Entertainment, Michael De Luca Productions, Universal Pictures | ||
| Get Santa | Christopher Smith | Scott Free Films, BFI, Screen Yorkshire, Ingenious, Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
| Ex Machina | Alex Garland | Film4, DNA Films, A24,Universal Pictures International | ||
| 2015 | The Divergent Series: Insurgent | Robert Schwentke | Red Wagon Entertainment, Summit Entertainment, Mandeville Films, Lionsgate | |
| Poltergeist | Gil Kenan | Fox 2000 Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Ghost House Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Fox | ||
| Everest | Baltasar Kormakur | Cross Creek Pictures, Walden Media, RVK Studios, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures | ||
| High Rise | Ben Wheatley | Recorded Picture Company, HanWay Films, Film4, BFI, Northern Ireland Screen, Ingenious Media, Scope Pictures, S Films, StudioCanal | ||
| The Martian | Ridley Scott | Scott Free Productions, Kinberg Genre, TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Fox | ||
| 2016 | Free Fire | Ben Wheatley | Film4 Productions, BFI, Rook Films, Protagonist Pictures, StudioCanal | |
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | David Yates | Warner Bros. Pictures, Heyday Films | ||
| 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Matthew Vaughn | Marv Films, Cloudy Productions, TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Fox | |
| The Escape (short) | Paul J. Franklin | Pari Passu Films | ||
| 2018 | Annihilation | Alex Garland | Skydance, DNA Films, Scott Rudin Productions, Huahua Media, Paramount Pictures (North America and China), Netflix (International) | |
| Adrift | Baltasar Kormakur | STXfilms, Lakeshore Entertainment, H. Brothers, Ingenious Media, RVK Studios, STX Entertainment | ||
| Who Will Write Our History | Roberta Grossman | Katahdin Productions, Match Spark, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Maziowiecki Fundusz Filmowy, EC1 Lódz - Miasto Kultury, NDR/Arte, Next Film (Poland), Abramorama (United States), Giant Pictures (International), Midas Filmes (Portugal) | ||
| Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Gindelwald | David Yates | Warner Bros. Pictures, Heyday Films | ||
| 2020 | Possessor | Brandon Cronenberg | Ingenious Media, Telefilm Canada, Arclight Films, Ontario Creates, Particular Crowd, Crave, Rhombus Media, Rook Films, Elevation Pictures, Signature Entertainment | |
| Four Kids And It | Andy De Emmony | Kindle Entertainment, Deadpan Pictures, Sky Cinema, Altitude Film Distribution | ||
| The Old Guard | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Skydance, Denver and Delilah Productions, Marc Evans Productions, Netflix | ||
| Rebecca | Ben Wheatley | Working Title Films, Big Talk Productions, Netflix | ||
| 2021 | In The Earth | Ben Wheatley | Rook Films, Protagonist Pictures, Neon (United States), Universal Pictures, Focus Features | |
| Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Jonathan Butterell | Regency Enterprises, Film4 Productions, Warp Films, New Regency, Amazon Studios | ||
| The Last Letter From Your Lover | Augustine Frizzell | Blueprint Pictures, The Film Farm, Canal+, Ciné+, StudioCanal | ||
| Earwig | Lucile Hadzihalilovic | Petit Film, BFI Fund, Anti-Worlds, Frakas Productions, Film4, New Story (France), Anti-Worlds (United Kingdom), Juno Films (United States), Mubi | ||
| 2022 | Me Time | John Hamburg | Particular Pictures, HartBeat Productions, Netflix | |
| The Swimmers | Sally El Hosaini | Working Title Films, Netflix | ||
| The Woman King | Gina Prince-Bythewood | TriStar Pictures, Entertainment One, TSG Entertainment II, JuVee Productions, Welle Entertainment, Sony Pictures Releasing | ||
| What's Love got to do With It? | Shekhar Kapur | Working Title Films, Instinct Productions, StudioCanal | ||
| I Used to Be Famous | Eddie Sternberg | Forty Foot Pictures, Filmkowski, Netflix | ||
| Catherine Called Birdy | Lena Dunham | Working Title Films, Good Thing Going, Amazon Studios | ||
| Your Christmas or Mine? | Jim O’Hanlon | Shiny Buttons Productions, Amazon Prime | ||
| 2023 | Kandahar | Ric Roman Waugh | Thunder Road Films, G-BASE, MBC Studios, Capstone Global, Open Road Films | |
| Meg 2: The Trench | Ben Wheatley | CMC Pictures, DF Pictures di Bonaventura Pictures, Apelles Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
| Genie | Sam Boyd | Universal Pictures, Peacock Productions, Working Title Films, Linden Productions, Universal Pictures International |
Television
2013-2024
| Year | Title | Distributor(s) |
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| 2013 | Ice Age Giants | BBC Studios, Discovery Channel, Terra Mater Factual Studios, France Télévisions |
| 2013-2017 | Doctor Who | BBC Wales |
| 2014 | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive 3D | Sky One |
| 24: Live Another Day | Imagine Television, Real Time Productions, Teakwood Lane Productions, 20th Century Fox Television | |
| 2014-2017 | Sherlock | Hartswood Films, BBC Wales, WGBH |
| 2015 | Thunderbirds: Are Go | ITV Studios, Pukeko Pictures, Weta Workshop |
| Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Cuba Pictures, Feel Films, BBC America, Screen Yorkshire, Space, Far Moor | |
| Lady Chatterley’s Lover | BBC Studios | |
| The Bastard Executioner | Sutter Ink, Imagine Television, FX Productions, Fox 21 Television Studios | |
| Harry Price: Ghost Hunter | Bentley Productions, ITV 1, Dazzler Media | |
| 2016 | Class | BBC Studios, BBC Cymru Wales, BBC America, BBC Worldwide |
| The Last Dragonslayer | Blueprint Pictures, Pixoloid Studios, OCS Max (France), 9Go!, Sony Pictures Television International | |
| My Mother and Other Strangers | BBC Northern Ireland | |
| 2017 | The Worst Witch | CBBC Productions ZDF |
| Decline and Fall | Cave Bear Productions, Tiger Aspect Productions, BBC | |
| Electric Dreams | Anonymous Content, Channel 4, Amazon Studios, Electric Shepherd Productions, Moon Shot Entertainment, Left Bank Pictures, Rooney McP Productions, Tall Ship Productions | |
| 2018 | The Alienist | Paramount Television, Studio T, Anonymous Content, Vanessa Productions Ltd., TNT |
| Altered Carbon | Virago Productions, Mythology Entertainment, Phoenix Pictures, Skydance Television, Netflix | |
| Origin | CiTVC, Midnight Radio, Sony Pictures Television, Left Bank Pictures, YouTube Premium | |
| 2019 | The Accident | The Forge, Channel 4, Hulu |
| 2019-2023 | Good Omens | Narrativia, Amazon Studios, BBC Studios, The Blank Corporation, Amazon Prime Video, BBC Two |
| 2020 | Dracula | Hartswood Films, BBC One, Netflix |
| Cursed | Arcanum, Frank Miller Ink, Netflix | |
| 2021 | Intergalactic | Motion Content Group, Moonage Pictures, Tiger Aspect Productions, Sky One |
| Fate: The Winx Saga | Archery Pictures, Young Blood Productions, Rainbow S.p.A., ViacomCBS, Netflix | |
| 2022 | Suspicion | Keshet UK, Apple TV+ |
| The Fear Index | FILLSCRN, Left Bank Pictures, Vidoeassist.hu, Sky | |
| Three Pines | Amazon Studios, Left Bank Pictures | |
| 2023 | Citadel | Gozie AGBO, Midnight Radio, PKM, Picrow, Amazon Studios |
| Bodies | Moonage Pictures, Netflix |
Other
Video Games
- Mass Effect 3 - Teaser Trailer (2012)[14]
VR Experiences
- Tree (2017)[15]
Experiences
- Dinosaurs in the Wild (2017)[16]
Awards
2013-2024
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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| 2014 | BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode: The Day of The Doctor[17] | Won |
| BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive 3D[18] | Nominated | |
| 2015 | BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 1: Deep Breath[19] | Won |
| Royal Television Society | Effects - Digital | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell[20] | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Academy Awards | Best Visual Effects | Ex Machina[21] | Won |
| Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role | Sherlock Special Episode: The Abominable Bride[22] | Won | |
| BAFTA | Best Special Visual Effects | Ex Machina[23] | Nominated | |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Arabella[24] | Nominated | |
| Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards | Effects - Digital | Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands[25] | Nominated | |
| BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Episode 5[26] | Won | |
| BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Doctor Who Series 9[27] | Nominated | |
| 2017 | BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | The Last Dragonslayer[28] | Nominated |
| BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Sherlock Special Episode: The Abominable Bride[29] | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards | Best VFX Project | Good Omens[30] | Nominated |
| 2020 | BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Good Omens[31] | Nominated |
| Broadcast Tech Innovation Award | Best VFX Project | Cursed[32] | Nominated | |
| 2021 | British Academy Television Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Cursed[33] | Nominated |
| Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards | Best VFX Project | Intergalactic [34] | Nominated | |
| 2022 | British Academy Television Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Intergalactic[35] | Nominated |
| 2014 | UK Screen Alliance | Outstanding Contribution to VFX | Jean-Claude Deguara – VFX Supervisor + Sara Bennett – CCO/VFX Supervisor Milk VFX[36] | Nominated |
References
- ↑ Warburton, Liz (2018-04-25). "How to fast track your business: Milk Visual Effects". https://www.bgf.co.uk/how-fast-track-business-milk-visual-effects/.
- ↑ Giardina, Carolyn (2016-02-28). "Oscars: 'Ex Machina' Wins for Visual Effects" (in en-US). https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2016-oscars-visual-effects-award-870731/.
- ↑ (in en) BAFTA Television Craft Awards: Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Winner 2014, 28 April 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d50HS_bJHa0, retrieved 2024-02-07
- ↑ Miller, Max (2022-12-13). "Milk to open France office" (in en). https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/tech/milk-to-open-france-office/5177413.article.
- ↑ "Milk to open VFX studio in Ireland" (in en-GB). https://www.ukscreenalliance.co.uk/news/milk-to-open-vfx-studio-in-ireland.
- ↑ "Milk Launches Barcelona VFX Studio" (in en). https://www.awn.com/news/milk-launches-barcelona-vfx-studio.
- ↑ Bickerton, Jake (2023-06-08). "Milk VFX owner acquires Dublin's High Wire" (in en). https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/tech/milk-vfx-owner-acquires-dublins-high-wire/5182964.article.
- ↑ Giardina, Carolyn (2014-06-30). "London-VFX House Milk Celebrates First Anniversary with '24: Live Another Day'" (in en-US). https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/london-vfx-house-milk-celebrates-715766/.
- ↑ televisual.com; Considine, Pippa (2022-09-27). "Milk VFX moves into new premises, makes key hires". https://www.televisual.com/news/milk-vfx-moves-into-new-premises-makes-key-hires/.
- ↑ "VFX studio Milk announces that it has acquired Lola Post Production" (in en-GB). https://www.ukscreenalliance.co.uk/news/vfx-studio-milk-announces-that-it-has-acquired-lola-post-production.
- ↑ "Milk opens VFX studio in France" (in en-GB). https://www.animationuk.org/news/milk-opens-vfx-studio-in-france.
- ↑ "Milk to open VFX studio in Ireland | The Irish Film & Television Network". http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4294801&sr=1&only=1&hl=milk+vfx&tpl=archnews.
- ↑ "Milk opens VFX studio in Barcelona" (in en-GB). https://www.ukscreenalliance.co.uk/news/milk-opens-vfx-studio-in-barcelona.
- ↑ "Milk VFX (Creator)". https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/MilkVFX.
- ↑ "Tree Official" (in en-US). https://www.treeofficial.com/.
- ↑ Naish, Darren. "Dinosaurs in the Wild: An Inside View" (in en). https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/dinosaurs-in-the-wild-an-inside-view/.
- ↑ (in en) BAFTA Television Craft Awards: Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Winner 2014, 28 April 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d50HS_bJHa0, retrieved 2024-02-12
- ↑ "2014 Television Craft Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | BAFTA Awards". https://awards.bafta.org/award/2014/tvcraft/special-visual-graphic-effects.
- ↑ "2015 Television Craft Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | BAFTA Awards". https://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/tvcraft/special-visual-graphic-effects.
- ↑ "Craft & Design Awards 2015" (in en). 2015-08-14. https://rts.org.uk/award/craft-design-awards-2015.
- ↑ "2016 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences" (in en). 16 February 2017. https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016.
- ↑ "Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Supporting Role Nominees / Winners 2016" (in en). https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2016/outstanding-special-visual-effects-in-a-supporting-role.
- ↑ "Film in 2016 | BAFTA Awards". https://awards.bafta.org/award/2016/film.
- ↑ ves-admin (11 March 2019). "14th Annual VES Awards" (in en-US). https://www.vesglobal.org/portfolio-items/2015-14th-annual-ves-awards/.
- ↑ "Craft & Design Awards 2016" (in en). 2016-06-21. https://rts.org.uk/craftdesign.
- ↑ "2016 Television Craft Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | BAFTA Awards". https://awards.bafta.org/award/2016/tvcraft/special-visual-graphic-effects.
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- ↑ "Television Craft in 2017 | BAFTA Awards". https://awards.bafta.org/award/2017/tvcraft?.
- ↑ "Television Craft in 2017 | BAFTA Awards". https://awards.bafta.org/award/2017/tvcraft?.
- ↑ "Broadcast Tech Innovation awards 2019 shortlist announced" (in en-GB). https://www.ukscreenalliance.co.uk/news/broadcast-tech-innovation-awards-2019-shortlist-announced.
- ↑ "Television Craft in 2020 | BAFTA Awards". https://awards.bafta.org/award/2020/tvcraft?.
- ↑ Bickerton, Jake (2020-10-29). "Shortlist revealed for Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards 2020". https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/tech/shortlist-revealed-for-broadcast-tech-innovation-awards-2020/5154482.article.
- ↑ "Television Craft in 2021 | BAFTA Awards". https://awards.bafta.org/award/2021/tvcraft?.
- ↑ Bickerton, Jake (2021-10-14). "Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards 2021 - shortlist revealed". https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/tech/broadcast-tech-innovation-awards-2021-shortlist-revealed/5164271.article.
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- ↑ "UK Screen Alliance and Animation UK unveil Outstanding Contributions shortlist" (in en-GB). https://www.ukscreenalliance.co.uk/news/uk-screen-alliance-and-animation-uk-unveil-outstanding-contributions-shortlist.
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