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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Visual effects |
Founded | 2002 |
Headquarters | 177 West 7th Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada |
Number of locations | 2 |
Website | theembassyvfx |
The Embassy is a visual effects studio located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Embassy is known for its photo-realistic visual effects work on commercials and more recently, features. [1] [2] The studio completed a number of visual effects shots for Marvel Studios, Iron Man and more recently contributed effects to the climactic sequence of the Peter Jackson produced film, District 9 . [3] [4] [5] The Embassy's visual effects work on District 9 was nominated for an Academy Award. [6]
The Embassy is most famous for a series of commercials created for French automobile maker, Citroën. The commercials feature a computer generated car which transforms into a robot. The visual effects created for the first Citroën commercial were the subject of a promotional campaign by Apple Inc., promoting the use of its compositing software, Shake.[ citation needed ]
The Embassy has also worked on advertising campaigns for Nike, Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet and GMC.