Surreal World

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Surreal World
Company type Subsidiary of Francis Digital Studios pty ltd.
Industry Entertainment Visual effects Animation
Founded1995
Headquarters Elwood, Melbourne, Australia
Key people
John Francis
Website Surrealworld.com.au

Surreal World is a leading boutique Australian visual effects and animation studio in Melbourne, Australia. [1] Founded in 1995, [2] it is the creative studio of award-winning Melbourne artist, composer, animator, and visual effects filmmaker John Francis.

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Surreal World operates a visual effects and animation services facility for the film, television, and advertising industries and a production studio, developing a slate of entertainment projects.

Surreal World has created visual effects and animation for domestic and international TV series and feature films, including all three seasons of the U.S. TV series La Brea (2021 - 2023), the Liam Neeson feature film Blacklight (2022), and Poker Face (2022), directed by and starring Russell Crowe. Multi-award-winning TV series include Nowhere Boys (2013 - 2018), Wentworth (2013 - 2018), and A Place To Call Home . Top Australian box office feature films include Paper Planes (2014), Oddball (2015), Ride Like a Girl (2019), and Blueback (2022).

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References

  1. Earnshaw, Rae (25 August 2017). State of the Art in Digital Media and Applications. Springer. p. 37. ISBN   978-3-319-61409-0.
  2. Team, The IF (12 December 2007). "Press release: Ausfilm welcomes new member". IF Magazine. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  3. Hurst, Adriene (23 March 2022). "The Cup - Against the Odds". Digital Media World. Retrieved 1 July 2025. John Francis at Surreal World took on 'The Cup' as a one-man VFX team, helping to bring this great story to the screen. The Cup' was shot entirely in Australia.... ConsequentlyJohn Francis, VFX artist and founder at Surreal World film services facility in Melbourne, was enlisted to help tie all of these elements together into a dramatic true story fitting Director Simon Wincer's vision.