Corridor Digital
{{short description|American production studio}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Corridor Digital LLC
| logo = Corridor Digital Logo.svg
| industry = Entertainment
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2009|10|09}}
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Sam Gorski|Niko Pueringer}}
| num_employees = 9 (January 2019)
| homepage = {{URL|https://corridordigital.com}}
}}
{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name = Corridor
| logo = Corridor-digital.jpg
| logo_alt = Corridor digital logo
| channel_handle = Corridor
| channel_display_name = Corridor Digital
| creator = Sam Gorski, Niko Pueringer
| location = Los Angeles, California, United States
| years_active = 2010-present
| subscribers = 10 million
| views = 2.03 billion
| silver_year = 2011
| silver_button = yes
| gold_year = 2012
| gold_button = yes
| diamond_year = 2024
| diamond_button = yes
| stats_update = November 2024
}}
Corridor Digital LLC{{Cite web |date=2009-10-09 |title=Corridor Digital LLC |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/200928610107 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=OpenCorporates}} is an American independent production studio based in Los Angeles, known for creating pop-culture-related viral online short-form videos since 2010, as well as producing and directing the Battlefield-inspired web series Rush and the YouTube Premium series Lifeline.{{cite web |last1=Barr |first1=Merrill |title=Corridor Digital's Sam & Niko Discuss Their New 'Battlefield' Inspired Web Series, 'Rush' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2016/09/20/battlefield-rush-go90-corridor-digital-sam-niko/ |website=Forbes}}{{cite web |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |title=YouTube Orders Shows From Dwayne Johnson, Dan Harmon, Doug Liman |url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/youtube-red-shows-from-dwayne-johnson-dan-harmon-doug-liman-1201890833/ |website=Variety}} It has also created television commercials for various companies, including Machine Zone{{Citation|last=DevStar|title=Mobile Strike Ad by Corridor Digital|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB-3dVMkNWU|access-date=2019-01-20}} and Google.{{Citation|last=Glen|first=Harvey|title=COMMERCIAL: Google Chromebook: Corridor Digital|date=2018-04-08|url=https://vimeo.com/263803074|access-date=2019-01-20}}
Corridor Digital has nine full-time employees (January 2019), including founders Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer. As of November 2024, the channel has over ten million subscribers and has won awards at several Streamys, including the "Visual and Special Effects Award" in 2017.{{cite web |title=Corridor Wins Visual and Special Effects - Streamy Awards 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ9OaxNJPBc |via=YouTube}}{{cite web |last1=Belanger |first1=Lydia |title=This Filmmaking Crew Found Success on YouTube Making Shorts With Crazy Visual Effects |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/318031 |website=Entrepreneur}}{{cite web |last1=Lanning |first1=Carly |title=Corridor Digital brings face-melting movie magic to YouTube |url=https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/corridor-digital-youtube-interview/ |website=The Daily Dot}} Its second channel, Corridor Crew,{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/samandniko|title=Corridor Crew|via=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}} consists of behind-the-scenes content, including the popular series VFX Artists React and VFX Artist Reveals, the latter of which is hosted by Wren Weichman.
History and prominent projects
Pueringer and Gorski began working together in junior high school in Stillwater, Minnesota, making student films with an emphasis on visual effects.{{cite web |last1=Backus |first1=Nicholas |title=Filmmakers honed skills in Stillwater classroom |url=https://www.presspubs.com/st_croix/news/article_d25cec95-d3de-5ec0-b3b5-cc8dfc6fb26e.html |website=The St Croix Valley Area Lowdown}} In 2008 they moved to Los Angeles, where they focused on visual effects for other projects. In 2010, they released a Modern Warfare fan film, "Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing", filmed in Minnesota, like many of their early projects.{{cite web |last1=Senior |first1=Tom |title=Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing, an amazing Call of Duty fan film |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/modern-warfare-frozen-crossing-an-amazing-call-of-duty-fan-film/ |website=PC Gamer}} In subsequent years, Pueringer and Gorski began creating more short-form content. In 2012, they created the viral hits "The Glitch" and "Minecraft: The Last Minecart".{{cite web |last1=Lance |first1=Liebl |title=Corridor Digital's 'The Glitch' video must be every video game character's nightmare |url=https://www.gamezone.com/news/corridor-digital-s-the-glitch-video-must-be-every-video-game-character-s-nightmare/ |website=GameZone}} They were featured in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 YouTube Rewind.
In 2016, they co-wrote, co-directed, and produced the Battlefield-inspired web series Rush.
=''Lifeline''=
{{Main|Lifeline (2017 TV series)}}
In 2017, Corridor produced and directed the YouTube Red series Lifeline, which was executive produced by Dwayne Johnson and a collaboration with his Seven Bucks Productions. The show was an American science fiction drama web television series broadcast on the YouTube Red network{{cite web|first=Todd |last=Spangler |url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/youtube-red-shows-from-dwayne-johnson-dan-harmon-doug-liman-1201890833/ |title=YouTube Orders Shows From Dwayne Johnson, Dan Harmon, Doug Liman|work=Variety |date=October 17, 2016 |accessdate=October 21, 2017}} which began October 11, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru4zkxNuJ_I |title=In 33 Days You'll Die – Lifeline (Ep 1) |via=YouTube |date=October 11, 2017 |accessdate=October 21, 2017}}
=''Top 10 Games You Can Play In Your Head, By Yourself''=
In 2019, the company published a book, Top 10 Games You Can Play In Your Head, By Yourself, released on Amazon and publicized with a commercial on its YouTube channel. The book is a collaboration between Gorski and author D. F. Lovett.{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Christopher |title=Top Ten Games You Can Play in Your Head by Yourself Is a Welcome Surprise for All Gamers |url=http://twincitiesgeek.com/2019/05/top-ten-games-you-can-play-in-your-head-by-yourself-is-a-welcome-surprise-for-all-gamers/ |website=Twin Cities Geek}}
=Boston Dynamics parody videos=
In June 2019, Corridor released a video in which a robot in the style of Boston Dynamics is abused in a variety of ways before finally fighting back against the humans attacking it. The video, watermarked "Bosstown Dynamics" instead of "Boston Dynamics", went viral across platforms, although most versions dropped attribution to the original source, with many claiming it to be an authentic Boston Dynamics video.{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Greg |title='Boston Dynamics' robot fighting back against humans is completely fake |url=https://www.indy100.com/article/boston-dynamics-robot-video-fake-8960716 |website=The Independent|date=2019-06-16 }} Gizmodo wrote that the "real lesson from Corridor's fake robot video might be just how far [robot technology has] come in real life over the past decade".{{cite web |last1=Novak |first1=Matt |title=That Viral Video of a Robot Uprising Is Fake Because the Real Thing Will Be So Much Deadlier |url=https://gizmodo.com/that-viral-video-of-a-robot-uprising-is-fake-because-th-1835575686 |website=Gizmodo}}
=''Rush''=
Rush, a Battlefield-inspired web series, was originally released for Go90 in 2016{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/corridordigital/posts/1166230226772262|title=Corridor Digital|via=Facebook|language=en|access-date=2019-12-29}} and rereleased on Corridor's YouTube channel in 2019.
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