Identity FX

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Identity FX
TypePrivately held company
IndustryFilm and Television
Founded2004
FounderLeo Vezzali and David Scott Van Woert
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
USA
Services Visual effects and Stereoscopic 3D for feature films, trailers, and commercials
Website identityfx.com

Identity FX, a post-production division of Identity Studios, Inc., is a Visual Effects (VFX) company and Stereoscopic 3D design studio located in Los Angeles. The company specializes in full-service visual effects and stereoscopic 3D conversion in post production.

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For nearly a decade, Identity FX has created visuals for award-winning feature films, TV shows, and commercial campaigns. This North Hollywood-based VFX company completed visual effects, stereo conversion, and native stereo optimization work for more than one-hundred titles, including such projects as The Amazing Spider-Man, Prometheus, Conan the Barbarian, Green Lantern, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Hancock, Transformers, U23D, Paramount Park's 4D Borg Adventure, and the RealD Demos. [1] [2]

Company history

Having established Shockwave Pictures, a digital production studio based in San Francisco, Leo Vezzali and David Scott Van Woert teamed up in Los Angeles on 2004 to co-found Identity FX, as a Visual Effects and Post Production Studio.

In 2010, Identity FX officially transitioned from Visual Effects into a Stereoscopic 3D studio, positioning itself as a top tier 2D to 3D conversion provider. [3]

Upon the popularity of stereo 3D conversion in recent years, Identity FX had invested significantly in the expertise to develop and manage the 2D-to-3D conversion process. [4] In November 2011, Identity FX took on the SGO Mistika 4K system which allows a "compelling combination of services that uniquely positions the studio to deliver camera-to-delivery 2D and stereo 3D services to its client base of Hollywood studios and feature film, television and commercial production companies worldwide." [5]

Notable Releases

Visual Effects and Stereo-3D

Commercials

Titles and Graphics

Trailers

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