Image Engine
{{Short description|Visual effects studio based in Vancouver, BC, Canada}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Image Engine
| logo = Image-Engine-VFX-Logo Blue.png
| logo_size = 250px
| type = Private
| founder = Christopher Mossman, Robin Hackl, Gregory Holmes
| key_people = Shawn Walsh
| industry = Visual effects
| services =
| revenue =
| num_employees = 250-400
| parent = Cinesite
| homepage = [http://www.image-engine.com/ www.image-engine.com]
| foundation = 1995
| location = 2043 Quebec Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V5T 2Z6
| operating profit =
}}
Image Engine (also known as Image Engine Design Inc.) is a visual effects studio based in Vancouver, BC, that offers a range of services for feature films and television, from concept designs and pre-visualization to CG animation, compositing, and explosive volumetric digital effects.
Their work includes contributions for the films and series District 9, The Mandalorian, Game of Thrones, Lost in Space, Jurassic World, and Elysium. In 2022, they won a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie for The Book of Boba Fett.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-07 |title=Emmy Award Winner for 'The Book of Boba Fett' {{!}} Image Engine VFX |url=https://image-engine.com/press-release/emmy-award-for-the-book-of-boba-fett/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |language=en-US}}
In July 2015, they partnered with Cinesite. Other partner companies include Trixter, Squeeze, L'Atelier, FX3X, Assemblage, and the Imaginarium Studios.
Credits
= 2020s =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" style="width: 200px;" | Year
! scope="col" style="width: 300px;" | Films / Television Series |
|---|
| colspan="1" rowspan="8" |2024 |
| Alien: Romulus |
| Snowpiercer (Season 4) |
| 3 Body Problem (Season 1) |
| Star Wars: Skeleton Crew |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender (Season 1) |
| Halo (Season 2) |
| Lift |
| rowspan="4" |2023 |
| Foundation (Season 2) |
| Ahsoka (Season 1) |
| The Mandalorian (Season 3) |
| rowspan="6" |2022
| Willow |
| The School for Good and Evil |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi (Season 1) |
| Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore |
| Moon Knight |
| Snowpiercer (Season 3) |
| rowspan="9" |2021
| The Book of Boba Fett (Season 1) |
| Swan Song |
| The Unforgivable |
| Hawkeye |
| The Mandalorian (Season 2) |
| Venom: Let There Be Carnage |
| The Twilight Zone (Season 2) |
| Chaos Walking |
| Snowpiercer (Season 2) |
| colspan="1" rowspan="6" |2020
| Mulan |
| Project Power |
| The Old Guard |
| Bloodshot |
| Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey |
| Underwater |
= 2010s =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" style="width: 200px;" | Year
! scope="col" style="width: 300px;" | Films / Television Series |
|---|
| colspan="1" rowspan="4" |2019
| The Mandalorian (Season 1) |
| Spider-Man: Far From Home |
| John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum |
| Pokémon Detective Pikachu |
| rowspan="12" |2018
| Overlord |
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald |
| Skyscraper |
| Kin |
| Tully |
| Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom |
| Lost in Space (Season 2) |
| Game of Thrones (Season 8) |
| The X-Files (Season 11) |
| Carnival Row |
| Sextuplets |
| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10090626/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_alien%2520ore Alien: Ore] |
| rowspan="12" |2017 |
| Game of Thrones (Season 7) |
| Detroit |
| Power Rangers |
| Logan |
| The Meg |
| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10223052/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_5_nm_3_in_0_q_out%2520of%2520the%2520cradle Out of the Cradle] |
| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7575954/ O.I] |
| Sacred Lies |
| Lost in Space (Season 1) |
| The X-Files (Season 11) |
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A07EwmMB8Jo The Woods] |
| rowspan="10" |2016 |
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |
| Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV |
| Independence Day: Resurgence |
| Game of Thrones (Season 6) |
| Captain America: Civil War |
| The X-Files (Season 10) |
| Deadpool |
| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6004158/?ref%20=fn%20al%20tt%201 Rue] |
| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6706220/?ref%20=fn%20al%20tt%201 Leviticus 24:20] |
| rowspan="11" |2015 |
| Point Break |
| The Man in the High Castle (TV series) |
| The Last Witch Hunter |
| Straight Outta Compton |
| Jurassic World |
| San Andreas |
| Game of Thrones (Season 5) |
| Child 44 |
| Chappie |
| The X-Files (Season 10) |
| rowspan="2" |2014 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| rowspan="6" |2013 |
| Elysium |
| R.I.P.D. |
| White House Down |
| Now You See Me |
| Fast & Furious 6 |
| rowspan="4" |2012 |
| Battleship |
| Safe House |
| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2053454/?ref%20=fn%20al%20tt%203 The Lift] |
| colspan="1" rowspan="7" |2011 |
| The Thing |
| Apollo 18 |
| Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Previsualization) |
| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1950268/?ref%20=ttmd%20md%20nm Monster] |
| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1950344/ Shhh] |
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 |
=2000s=
=1990s=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" style="width: 200px;" | Year
! scope="col" style="width: 300px;" | Films / Television Series |
|---|
| 1997 |
| 1994
| [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278219/?ref%20=fn%20al%20tt%201 Metro Cafe] |
Awards
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Title ! Episode or Character ! Status |
|---|
| 2000
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series | “Nemesis” | Nomination |
| 2001
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series | “Small Victories” | Nomination |
| 2001
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series | “Exodus” | Nomination |
| 2001
| Gemini Award | Best Visual Effects | “Small Victories” | Nomination |
| 2001
| Gemini Award | Best Visual Effects | “Tangent” | Nomination |
| 2001
| Leo Award | Best Visual Effects of Dramatic Series | “Small Victories” | Nomination |
| 2002
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series | “Revelations” | Nomination |
| 2002
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series | “Enemies” | Nomination |
| 2002
| Gemini Award | Best Visual Effects | “Enemies” | Nomination |
| 2002
| Leo Award | Best Visual Effects of Dramatic Series | “Revelations” | Nomination |
| 2003
| Gemini Award | Best Visual Effects | “Revelations” | Winner |
| 2003
| Leo Award | Best Visual Effects of Dramatic Series | “UnNatural Selection” | Nomination |
| 2003
| VES Award | Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial | “Revelations” | Nomination |
| 2004
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series | N/A | Nomination |
| 2004
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series | “They Kingdom Come” Pilot | Nomination |
| 2004
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series | “Lost City Part 2" | Nomination |
| 2005
| Gemini Award | Best Visual Effects | “Redemption” Part 2 | Nomination |
| 2005
| VES Award | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series | “Lost City Part 2" | Nomination |
| 2005
| VES Award | Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program | Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital | Antubis | Winner |
| 2010
| Academy Award | Best Achievement in Visual Effects | N/A | Nomination |
| 2010
| BAFTA | Best Special Visual Effects | N/A | Nomination |
| 2010
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series | "Space" | Nomination |
| 2010
| Leo Award | Best Visual Effects in a Dramatic Series | "Space" | Nomination |
| 2010
| VES Award | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven a Feature Motion Picture | N/A | Nomination |
| 2010
| VES Award | Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | N/A | Nomination |
| 2010
| VES Award | Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | N/A | Winner |
| 2012
| VES Award | Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Edvard/Adam | Nomination |
| 2013
| VES Award | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture | N/A | Nomination |
| 2014
| Leo Award | Best Visual Effects Motion Picture | Elysium | N/A | Winner |
| 2014
| VES Award | Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Elysium | N/A | Nomination |
| 2014
| VES Award | Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Elysium | N/A | Nomination |
| 2015
| HPA Award | Outstanding Visual Effects – Feature Film | N/A | Nomination |
| 2016
| VES Award | Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature | Chappie | N/A | Nomination |
| 2016
| VES Award | Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature | N/A | Nomination |
| 2017
| VES Award | Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or RealTime Project | S6 “The Winds of Winter”, Citadel | Nomination |
| 2018
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects | S1 "Danger, Will Robinson" | Nomination |
| 2018
| VES Award | Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project | S7 “The Spoils of War; Drogon Loot Train Attack” | Winner |
| 2019
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects | S8 “The Bells" | Winner |
| 2019
| HPA Award | Outstanding Visual Effects Episodic (Under 13 Episodes) or Non-theatrical Feature | S8 “The Bells" | Winner |
| 2019
| Leo Award | Best Visual Effects in a Motion Picture | Tully | N/A | Nomination |
| 2019
| VES Award | Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project | S2 "Jupiter is Falling" | Nomination |
| 2019
| VES Award | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | S1 "Danger, Will Robinson" | Winner |
| 2019
| VES Award | Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project | S2 "Humanoid" | Winner |
| 2020
| Annie Award | Best Character Animation - Live Action | S8 “The Long Night” – Dance of the Dragons | Nomination |
| 2020
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects | S2 "Ninety-Seven" | Nomination |
| 2020
| Leo Award | Best Visual Effects Short Drama | [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10090626/ Alien: Ore] | N/A | Nomination |
| 2021
| Annie Award | Best Character Animation - Live Action | S2 Mother Spider | Winner |
| 2021
| VES Award | Outstanding Compositing in an Episode | S2 "Chapter 10: The Passenger" | Nomination |
| 2022
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode | S3 "A Beacon For Us All" | Nomination |
| 2022
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie | Season 1 | Winner |
| 2022
| VES Award | Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature | Carnage | Nomination |
| 2023
| VES Award | Outstanding Effects Simulations In A Photoreal Feature | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | N/A | Nomination |
| 2024
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie | Season 1 | Nomination |
External links
- [https://image-engine.com/ Image Engine's Website]
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0069055 IMDb]
- [https://vimeo.com/imageengine Vimeo]
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/ImageEngineVFX YouTube]
- [https://www.instagram.com/image.engine.vfx/ Instagram]
- [https://www.linkedin.com/company/image-engine-design-inc-/ LinkedIn]
- [https://x.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FImageEngine Twitter]
- [https://www.facebook.com/ImageEngine/ Facebook]