Image Engine

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Image Engine
Company type Private
Industry Visual effects
Founded1995
FounderChristopher Mossman, Robin Hackl, Gregory Holmes
Headquarters2043 Quebec Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V5T 2Z6
Key people
Shawn Walsh
Number of employees
250-400
Parent Cinesite
Website www.image-engine.com

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.

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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 . [1]

In July 2015, they partnered with Cinesite. Other partner companies include Trixter, Squeeze, L'Atelier, FX3X, Assemblage, and the Imaginarium Studios.

Credits

2020s

YearFilms / Television Series
2024 Kraven the Hunter
Alien: Romulus
Snowpiercer (Season 4)
3 Body Problem (Season 1)
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Season 1)
Halo (Season 2)
Lift
2023 Leave The World Behind
Foundation (Season 2)
Ahsoka (Season 1)
The Mandalorian (Season 3)
2022 Willow
The School for Good and Evil
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Season 1)
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Moon Knight
Snowpiercer (Season 3)
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)
2020 Mulan
Project Power
The Old Guard
Bloodshot
Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey
Underwater

2010s

YearFilms / Television Series
2019 The Mandalorian (Season 1)
Spider-Man: Far From Home
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
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
Alien: Ore
2017 Thor: Ragnarok
Game of Thrones (Season 7)
Detroit
Power Rangers
Logan
The Meg
Out of the Cradle
O.I
Sacred Lies
Lost in Space (Season 1)
The X-Files (Season 11)
The Woods
2016 Assassin's Creed
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
Rue
Leviticus 24:20
2015 The Revenant
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)
2014 American Sniper
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2013 Lone Survivor
Elysium
R.I.P.D.
White House Down
Now You See Me
Fast & Furious 6
2012 Zero Dark Thirty
Battleship
Safe House
The Lift
2011 Immortals
The Thing
Apollo 18
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Previsualization)
Monster
Shhh
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1

2000s

YearFilms / Television Series
2009 Stargate Universe (Season 1)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Aliens in the Attic
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
The Losers
District 9
New in Town
2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Incredible Hulk
Stone of Destiny
Another Cinderella Story
Lost Boys: The Tribe
Tunnel Rats
Vantage Point
Snow Buddies
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Law Abiding Citizen
Orphan
2007 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Blades of Glory
Stargate SG-1 (Season 10)
White Noise: The Light
The Last Mimzy
2006 Night at the Museum
Stargate Atlantis (Season 3)
Stargate SG-1 (Season 10)
Three Moons Over Milford Pilot (Season 1)
Slither
Stargate SG-1 (Season 9)
Stargate Atlantis (Season 2)
2005 Stargate Atlantis (Season 2)
Stargate SG-1 (Season 9)
Stargate SG-1 (Season 8)
Sci Fi Lowdown: Behind the Stargate - Secrets Revealed (TV)
2004 Taxi
I, Robot
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2003 X2: X-Men United

1990s

YearFilms / Television Series
1997 Stargate SG-1
1994 Metro Cafe

Awards

YearAwardCategoryTitleEpisode or CharacterStatus
2000Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series Stargate SG-1 “Nemesis”Nomination
2001Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series Stargate SG-1 “Small Victories”Nomination
2001Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series Stargate SG-1 “Exodus”Nomination
2001Gemini AwardBest Visual Effects Stargate SG-1 “Small Victories”Nomination
2001Gemini AwardBest Visual Effects Stargate SG-1 “Tangent”Nomination
2001Leo AwardBest Visual Effects of Dramatic Series Stargate SG-1 “Small Victories”Nomination
2002Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series Stargate SG-1 “Revelations”Nomination
2002Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series Stargate SG-1 “Enemies”Nomination
2002Gemini AwardBest Visual Effects Stargate SG-1 “Enemies”Nomination
2002Leo AwardBest Visual Effects of Dramatic Series Stargate SG-1 “Revelations”Nomination
2003Gemini AwardBest Visual Effects Stargate SG-1 “Revelations”Winner
2003Leo AwardBest Visual Effects of Dramatic Series Stargate SG-1 “UnNatural Selection”Nomination
2003VES AwardBest Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial Stargate SG-1 “Revelations”Nomination
2004Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series Dead Like Me N/ANomination
2004Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series Kingdom Hospital “They Kingdom Come” PilotNomination
2004Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series Stargate SG-1 “Lost City Part 2"Nomination
2005Gemini AwardBest Visual Effects Stargate SG-1 “Redemption” Part 2Nomination
2005VES AwardOutstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series Stargate SG-1 “Lost City Part 2"Nomination
2005VES AwardOutstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital AntubisWinner
2010Academy AwardBest Achievement in Visual Effects District 9 N/ANomination
2010BAFTABest Special Visual Effects District 9 N/ANomination
2010Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series Stargate Universe "Space"Nomination
2010Leo AwardBest Visual Effects in a Dramatic Series Stargate Universe "Space"Nomination
2010VES AwardOutstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven a Feature Motion

Picture

District 9 N/ANomination
2010VES AwardOutstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture District 9 N/ANomination
2010VES AwardOutstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture District 9 N/AWinner
2012VES AwardOutstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture The Thing Edvard/AdamNomination
2013VES AwardOutstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture Zero Dark Thirty N/ANomination
2014Leo AwardBest Visual Effects Motion Picture Elysium N/AWinner
2014VES AwardOutstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture Elysium N/ANomination
2014VES AwardOutstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture Elysium N/ANomination
2015HPA AwardOutstanding Visual Effects – Feature Film Jurassic World N/ANomination
2016VES AwardOutstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature Chappie N/ANomination
2016VES AwardOutstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature Jurassic World N/ANomination
2017VES AwardOutstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or RealTime Project Game of Thrones S6 “The Winds of Winter”, CitadelNomination
2018Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects Lost in Space S1 "Danger, Will Robinson"Nomination
2018VES AwardOutstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project Game of Thrones S7 “The Spoils of War; Drogon Loot Train Attack”Winner
2019Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects Game of Thrones S8 “The Bells"Winner
2019HPA AwardOutstanding Visual Effects Episodic (Under 13 Episodes) or Non-theatrical Feature Game of Thrones S8 “The Bells"Winner
2019Leo AwardBest Visual Effects in a Motion Picture Tully N/ANomination
2019VES AwardOutstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time

Project

Lost in Space S2 "Jupiter is Falling"Nomination
2019VES AwardOutstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode Lost in Space S1 "Danger, Will Robinson"Winner
2019VES AwardOutstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project Lost in Space S2 "Humanoid"Winner
2020Annie AwardBest Character Animation - Live Action Game of Thrones S8 “The Long Night” – Dance of the DragonsNomination
2020Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects Lost in Space S2 "Ninety-Seven"Nomination
2020Leo AwardBest Visual Effects Short Drama Alien: Ore N/ANomination
2021Annie AwardBest Character Animation - Live Action The Mandalorian S2 Mother SpiderWinner
2021VES AwardOutstanding Compositing in an Episode The Mandalorian S2 "Chapter 10: The Passenger"Nomination
2022Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode Snowpiercer S3 "A Beacon For Us All"Nomination
2022Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie The Book Of Boba Fett Season 1Winner
2022VES AwardOutstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature Venom: Let There Be Carnage CarnageNomination
2023VES AwardOutstanding Effects Simulations In A Photoreal Feature Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore N/ANomination
2024Emmy AwardOutstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1Nomination

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