effects cgi animation founded 2002 founder payam shohadai jonathan r. betuel headquarters santa monica california usa melbourne victoria australia key people payam shohadai jonathan r. betuel steven swanson vince cirelli website lumapictures.com luma pictures is a visual effects studio with facilities in santa monica california and melbourne victoria . founded in 2002 by payam shohadai and jonathan r. beutel the company is well known for their creatures environments and effects . contents 1 history 2 filmography 3 references 4 external links history edit the company debuted in 2002 with 65 visual effects shots for charlie s angels full throttle and since then it has completed visual effects on over 70 films including thor the dark world prisoners iron man 3 oz the great and powerful captain america the first avenger x men first class underworld film series for which it was the lead vfx provider for underworld evolution . 1 additionally they have worked with the coen brothers on four films including no country for old men and true grit . in 2012 the company opened a studio in melbourne australia and currently employs as many as 200 artists worldwide . filmography edit year notable films 2003 charlie s angels full throttle the human stain underworld bad santa 2004 wicker park crash ray sky captain and the world of tomorrow 2005 cursed a lot like love the cave into the blue 2006 underworld evolution hoot first snow zoom the covenant the holiday apocalypto 2007 primeval slipstream reign over me pirates of the caribbean at world s end no country for old men hostel part ii rush hour 3 resident evil extinction 2008 henry poole is here untraceable elegy never back down hancock the midnight meat train burn after reading city of ember 2009 possession underworld rise of the lycans x men origins wolverine harry potter and the half blood prince the ugly truth gamer a serious man fame this is it 2010 the nutcracker in 3d the book of eli percy jackson & the olympians the lightning thief true grit 2011 the green hornet battle los angeles thor x men first class captain america the first avenger fright night in time 2012 underworld awakening one for the money the avengers the dictator prometheus 2013 thor the dark world prisoners oz the great and powerful gi joe retaliation iron man 3 saving mr. banks 2014 i frankenstein captain america the winter soldier guardians of the galaxy 2015 run all night the divergent series insurgent the age of adaline avengers age of ultron ant man the vatican tapes the last witch hunter heart of the sea 2016 deadpool captain america civil war the divergent series allegiant upcoming projects the moon and the sun 2016 doctor strange 2016 references edit luma pictures hits new heights with underworld evolution . digital producer magazine january 20 2006 . retrieved november 12 2011 . external links edit official website film and commercial production luma pictures on facebook film and commercial production luma pictures at the internet movie database retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title luma pictures & oldid 743512623 categories special effects companiesvisual effects companiescompanies based in los angeleshidden categories articles created via the article wizard 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 informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view