Luma Pictures

Luma Pictures

Type	Private
Industry	Visual effects, CGI animation
Founded	2002
Founder	Payam Shohadai, Jonathan R. Betuel
Headquarters	Santa Monica, California, USA Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Key people	Payam Shohadai, Jonathan R. Betuel, Steven Swanson, Vince Cirelli
Website	lumapictures.com

Luma Pictures is a visual effects studio with facilities in Santa Monica, California and Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 2002 by Payam Shohadai and Jonathan R. Beutel, the company is well known for their creatures, environments, and effects.

History

The company debuted in 2002 with 65 visual effects shots for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, and since then it has completed visual effects on over 70 films, including Thor: The Dark World, Prisoners, Iron Man 3, Oz the Great and Powerful, Captain America: The First Avenger, X-Men: First Class, Underworld (film series) for which it was the lead VFX provider for Underworld: Evolution.^[1] Additionally, they have worked with the Coen Brothers on four films, including No Country for Old Men, and True Grit. In 2012, the company opened a studio in Melbourne, Australia and currently employs as many as 200 artists worldwide.

Filmography

Year	Notable films
2003	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle The Human Stain Underworld Bad Santa
2004	Wicker Park Crash Ray Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2005	Cursed A Lot Like Love The Cave Into the Blue
2006	Underworld: Evolution Hoot First Snow Zoom The Covenant The Holiday Apocalypto
2007	Primeval Slipstream Reign Over Me Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End No Country for Old Men Hostel: Part II Rush Hour 3 Resident Evil: Extinction
2008	Henry Poole Is Here Untraceable Elegy Never Back Down Hancock The Midnight Meat Train Burn After Reading City of Ember
2009	Possession Underworld: Rise of the Lycans X-Men Origins: Wolverine Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince The Ugly Truth Gamer A Serious Man Fame This is it
2010	The Nutcracker in 3D The Book of Eli Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief True Grit
2011	The Green Hornet Battle Los Angeles Thor X-Men: First Class Captain America: The First Avenger Fright Night In Time
2012	Underworld: Awakening One for the Money The Avengers The Dictator Prometheus
2013	Thor: The Dark World Prisoners Oz: The Great and Powerful GI Joe: Retaliation Iron Man 3 Saving Mr. Banks
2014	I, Frankenstein Captain America: The Winter Soldier Guardians of the Galaxy
2015	Run All Night The Divergent Series: Insurgent The Age of Adaline Avengers: Age of Ultron Ant-Man The Vatican Tapes The Last Witch Hunter Heart of the Sea
2016	Deadpool Captain America: Civil War The Divergent Series: Allegiant Doctor Strange

Upcoming projects:

• The Moon and the Sun (2016)

References

1. "Luma Pictures Hits New Heights with Underworld: Evolution". "Digital Producer Magazine" (January 20, 2006). Retrieved November 12, 2011.

External links

• Official website : Film and Commercial production
• Luma Pictures on Facebook : Film and Commercial production
• Luma Pictures at the Internet Movie Database