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VIFX

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  • animation
  • pioneer
  • production
  • co-founder
  • VIFX was co-founded by partners Richard Hollander, Greg McMurry, Rhonda Gunner, and John Wash.

  • The company's first job was to produce video display graphics for the feature film 2010: Odyssey 2. Virtually all the 3D CG in the early years was produced using Cubicomp equipment. Richard was inspired by a NASA/Kodak article about CCD technology and promptly designed and built a 1k by 1k input scanner for production use. The first digital composites it was used for were on the feature film Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure in 1989.

  • 2010, digital composites, Bill & Ted

    The company's first job was to produce video display graphics for the feature film 2010: Odyssey 2. Virtually all the 3D CG in the early years was produced using Cubicomp equipment. Richard was inspired by a NASA/Kodak article about CCD technology and promptly designed and built a 1k by 1k input scanner for production use. The first digital composites it was used for were on the feature film Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure in 1989.

  • In about 1990, the company began creating more ambitious motion picture visual effects and was then known as VIFX/Video Image. Feature film visual effects work for 20th Century Fox and other studios was wide-ranging and extensive. The work included Batman Returns, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Down Periscope, Volcano, Face/Off, The X-Files, The Relic, Star Trek: Insurrection, Blade, and Pushing Tin.

  • 1990's film visual effects

    In about 1990, the company began creating more ambitious motion picture visual effects and was then known as VIFX/Video Image. Feature film visual effects work for 20th Century Fox and other studios was wide-ranging and extensive. The work included Batman Returns, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Down Periscope, Volcano, Face/Off, The X-Files, The Relic, Star Trek: Insurrection, Blade, and Pushing Tin.

  • VIFX was sold to 20th Century Fox in 1996, and partners Greg McMurry and Rhonda Gunner left the company.

  • sold to 20th Century Fox

    VIFX was sold to 20th Century Fox in 1996, and partners Greg McMurry and Rhonda Gunner left the company.

  • In 1998, the Fox animation production Planet Ice was changed from an all-3D CG feature to being traditional cel animation. This left VIFX with an opportunity to sell itself yet again to Rhythm & Hues in the spring of 1999. About 80 people, including Richard Hollander, transferred to the new company following the merger.

  • sold to Rhythm & Hues

    In 1998, the Fox animation production Planet Ice was changed from an all-3D CG feature to being traditional cel animation. This left VIFX with an opportunity to sell itself yet again to Rhythm & Hues in the spring of 1999. About 80 people, including Richard Hollander, transferred to the new company following the merger.

  • In August of 1997 Fox/VIFX purchased Blue Sky Studios ( New York )

  • purchase / merger of Blue Sky

    In August of 1997 Fox/VIFX purchased Blue Sky Studios ( New York )