Tau Films

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Tau Films
Type Private
Industry Visual effects, Computer animation
Predecessor Rhythm & Hues
Founded 2014;9 years ago (2014)
FoundersJohn Hughes, Mandeep Singh, and Walt Jones
Headquarters United States, Malaysia, India, China, Canada. [1]
Services Visual effects, Computer animation
Website taufilms.com

Tau Films is an American visual effects and animation company with locations in the United States, Malaysia, India, China, and Canada.

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History

Tau Films was founded in 2014 by John Hughes, [2] Mandeep Singh, [3] and Walt Jones. [1] [4] In 2015, it was nominated for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project at the 13th Visual Effects Society Awards for its work on the amusement park special venue-ride film The Lost Temple (Movie Park Germany) . [5] [6] It has since produced other special venue-ride films such as The Forbidden Caves (Bobbejaanland) [7] and Racing Legends at Ferrari Land (PortAventura World:Ferrari Land) . [8] It also created Delusion: Lies Within (virtual reality episodic storytelling). [9] Tau has worked on films such as Evil Nature (2018), [10] Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] 2.0 (2018), [16] [17] Crazy Alien (2019), [18] [19] the 2019 Nicolas Cage film Primal , [20] [21] Simon West's Skyfire (2019), [22] and Li Weiran's The Yinyang Master (2021). [23] [24]

Filmography

2021
2019
2018
2017
2015
2014

Awards and nominations

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  2. ↑ "John Hughes". IMDb . Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  3. ↑ "Mandeep Singh". IMDb . Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  4. ↑ "Walt Jones". IMDb . Retrieved 2019-04-04.
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