RODEO FX, AN INDEPENDENT GLOBAL VFX STUDIO, CELEBRATES ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY AND MOVES TO CREATIVE COMPANY!
Montreal, January 31st 2022 – What started as a small boutique visual effects studio in downtown Montréal, founded by then-compositor Sébastien Moreau, now celebrates its 15th anniversary as one of the largest independent VFX companies in the world with close to 750 artists, and five different studios located in Los Angeles, Montréal, Québec City, Toronto, and Munich.
With 15 years of experience behind it, the company had the perfect opportunity to launch a new brand identity and move from “Visual Effects Company” to “Creative Company”, positioning itself as a strong creative partner, offering high- end solutions in visual effects and in all its other services. “Rodeo is at its best when it’s involved in a project early so that we can bring the most creative solutions to our clients’ stories, ideas and visions,” says Solène Lavigne Lalonde, Director of Marketing and Communications. “We needed an option that would reflect the brand’s visual effects DNA and still let us expand.”
As part of this creative expansion, the Rodeo FX Advertising and Experience division will provide services such as visual effects for ads, game cinematic, colour grading and experiential. All production services will be consolidated under the RODEO PRODUCTION company. As for the recently acquired sister company BLVD-MTL, they will focus solely on original music, sound and audio— a new dynamic that will strongly consolidate Rodeo’s offering beyond VFX.
“Now is the time for us to use our accolades and expertise to get more seats at the creative table,” says Sébastien Moreau, President and CEO of Rodeo FX. “Of course we’re going to keep making some of the best shots in the world for films and TV, but we also just finished a music video for Coldplay, collaborated on ads for YouTube and William F1, and are developing an animated short film with our top notch team.”
Where many visual effects studios are supported by conglomerate networks, Rodeo’s commitment to never compromise quality and its focus on high-end craft earned its modest-sized teams an A+ reputation with the biggest storytellers and makers in the industry—Netflix, Disney, Marvel, Apple TV, Amazon, and Warner Bros.—moving from reliable vendor to real creative partner.
“What our artists really love are the most challenging shots. This is where we’re having the most fun,” says Jordan Soles, VP of Technology and Development.
After a slow down in production, the studio just wrapped a challenging year, working remotely while delivering premium projects including three Disney+ shows that earned them 3 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Visual Effects at the 2021 ceremony (out of just 5 contenders) plus incredible scenes on Marvel’s latest blockbuster, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Rodeo FX is currently ramping up for 2022 as one of its biggest years ever with projects including Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Warner Bros.’s Fantastic Beasts 3: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Paramount’s Halo, Netflix’s Resident Evil and Sandman as well as fan-favourite Stranger Things season 4.
About Rodeo FX
Voted one of Montreal’s Top Employers in 2021, Rodeo FX is a high-end creative company offering services in visual effects, advertising, and experiential. Nominated for 3 Emmy® Awards for its work on the series Lovecraft Country, WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the independent, Oscar®-winning company boasts close to 750 artists crafting from studios across North America and Europe. Rodeo FX is a creative partner to the world’s best storytellers including Netflix, HBO, Disney, Marvel, Amazon Studios, and Sony and has collaborated on ads for YouTube, NBC and Apple. Recent projects include Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Stranger Things season 3 for which they earned two VES awards, Dune, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and The Witcher season 2.
For more information, please visit rodeofx.com
Contact:
Carmen King
PR & Communications Manager @ Rodeo FX 514-237-7927
cking@rodeofx.com
