pfungstadt germany founder thilo kuther headquarters los angeles united states number of locations 7 2016 key people thilo kuther ceo services visual effects cgi characters 3d animation and pre visualization number of employees 400 2016 website pixomondo.com pixomondo is an international visual effects company with a global network of studios in los angeles frankfurt stuttgart vancouver beijing toronto and shanghai . the company produces feature film television and commercial visual effects . as of 2016 pixomondo employs over 400 people worldwide . contents 1 history 2 locations 3 filmography 3.1 movies 3.2 tv shows 3.3 tv productions 4 awards and nominations 5 external links 6 references history edit pixomondo was originally founded in pfungstadt germany as a design studio in 2001 by thilo kuther . the company began its work creating video installations and 3d animations for high end corporate clients such as porsche and bertelsmann . by the end of 2003 pixomondo consisted of its one office in pfungstadt and 40 employees . in 2005 the company first began working in the entertainment business by producing the visual effects for the german television film atlantropa der traum vom neuen kontinent . in 2005 a second location specializing in feature films opened in ludwigsburg germany . at this location the company produced nearly all the visual effects for the international feature film the red baron which was released in 2008 and earned pixomondo first international recognition . in the same year the first studio abroad opened in london . in 2007 and 2008 studios were opened in frankfurt am main and los angeles respectively . also in 2008 pixomondo was commissioned by director roland emmerich to produce over 100 complete cg environments for his feature film 2012 . pixomondo s first offices in asia specifically in shanghai and beijing were opened in 2009 . in 2011 the company expanded its london office and added two studios in munich and hamburg as well as one in toronto in 2011 . on february 26 2012 pixomondo won the academy award for best visual effects for its work on the film hugo . the award was presented to alex henning and ben grossmann who were the projects supervisors . with 854 scenes that have a running time of about 62 minutes in the final film pixomondo produced about 94 % of the films visual effects . 1 pixomondo closed its london office in february 2013 . 2 in march 2013 pixomondo closed its shanghai office laying off around 20 animators and artists and moving another 13 to the location in beijing in the process . on may 31 2013 the company also closed its berlin office naming restructuring processes as a reason for the closure and announced on their facebook site that the closure would strengthen the other locations . 3 in august 2013 it became known pixomondo was experiencing a cash crunch which resulted in late or no paychecks at all for various freelancers . 4 as of 2014 the office in shanghai has been reopened . 5 locations edit currently pixomondo has offices in the following locations 5 los angeles frankfurt stuttgart beijing toronto shanghai vancouver filmography edit movies edit 2008 the red baron 2009 das vaterspiel 2009 ninja assassin 2009 2012 2010 devil s kickers 2010 percy jackson & the olympians the lightning thief 2010 the ghost writer 2010 iron man 2 additional visual effects 2010 the losers 2010 a nightmare on elm street 2010 the a team pre visualization 2010 knight and day additional visual effects 2011 the green hornet 2011 the rite 2011 sucker punch 2011 fast five 2011 super 8 2011 green lantern 2011 zookeeper 2011 hugo 2011 melancholia 2012 dark tide 2012 yoko 2012 wrath of the titans 2012 the amazing spiderman 2012 snow white & the huntsman 2012 the hunger games 2012 red tails 2012 the twilight saga breaking dawn part 2 2012 raven the little rascal 2012 journey 2 the mysterious island 2013 men of the emden 2013 rush 2013 fast & furious 6 2013 after earth 2013 only lovers left alive 2013 beautiful creatures 2013 oblivion 2013 a good day to die hard 2013 star trek into darkness 2013 the physician 2013 one night surprise 2014 a most wanted man 2014 pettersson und findus kleiner qu lgeist gro e freundschaft 2014 the breakup guru 2014 gone with the bullets 2014 the hunger games mockingjay part 1 2014 impossible 2015 furious 7 2015 wolf totem 2015 zhong kui snow girl and the dark crystal 2015 fantastic four 2015 bridge of spies tv shows edit 2008 fringe season 1 episodes 1 3 5 6 2010 outsourced 2010 undercovers episodes 1 3 5 6 2011 terra nova 2011 hawaii five o season 2 episodes 1 13 2011 grimm season 1 episodes 1 9 2012 revolution 2012 go on 2012 the mindy project 2012 present game of thrones since season 2 2012 mockingbird lane pilot show discontinued afterwards 2013 da vinci s demons 2013 sleepy hollow 2013 bonnie & clyde miniseries 2014 marco polo 2015 the walking dead 2015 limitless 2015 fear the walking dead 2015 agents of shield tv productions edit 2005 atlantropa der traum vom neuen kontinent 2009 vulkan 2009 crashpoint 90 minuten bis zum absturz 2010 terra x supertiere 2011 hindenburg 2012 terra x supertiere 2 2013 terra x supertiere 3 2013 helden wenn dein land dich braucht awards and nominations edit the following list of awards and nominations for pixomondo lists accolades that have been presented to a team containing at least one employee of pixomondo . year nominated work award for result 2012 hugo academy award best visual effects won ves award outstanding supporting visual effects in a feature motion picture international 3d society award live action 3d feature 3d moment of the year for the opening scene stereography live action satellite award 2012 best visual effects bafta film award 2012 special visual effects nominated game of thrones creative arts emmy award outstanding special visual effects episode valar morghulis 6 won aeaf award fascinating vfx work on season two 7 in category tv series animago award best post production season 2 nominated 2013 creative arts emmy award outstanding special visual effects episode valar dohaeris 8 won 2014 ves award outstanding visual effects in a broadcast program episode valar dohaeris 9 creative arts emmy award outstanding special visual effects episode the children 10 2015 ves award outstanding visual effects in a visual effects driven photoreal live action broadcast program episode the children 2015 gone with the bullets asian film awards best visual effects external links edit official website pixomondo at the internet movie database fastcompany profile references edit http www.imdb.com oscars nominations roxborough scott 2013 02 26 . vfx group pixomondo shuts down offices in london . variety . retrieved 2013 11 26 . lang brett 2013 04 29 . pixomondo vfx company for oblivion closes berlin office . the wrap . retrieved 2013 11 26 . lang brent august 22 2013 . vfx house pixomondo freelancers angry over late payments exclusive . thewrap . a b locations pixomondo . pixomondo . retrieved 18 february 2015 . 1 emmys.com access date 18 september 2012 2 vfxfestival.com access date 20 september 2012 3 emmys.com access date 9 december 2013 pixomondo wins ves awards for work on game of thrones . retrieved 15 april 2015 . 2014 creative arts emmy award for outstanding special visual effects . retrieved 15 april 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pixomondo & oldid 736074341 categories visual effects companiesanimation studiosmedia companies established in 2000hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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