ImageMovers

ImageMovers, L.L.C.

Formerly	South Side Amusement Company (1984–1997) ImageMovers Digital (2007–2011)
Company type	Private
Industry	Motion pictures, motion-capture & Computer animation
Founded	March 1, 1984; 40 years ago (1984-03-01) (as South Side Amusement Company; in-name only) 1997; 27 years ago (1997) (officially incorporated as ImageMovers, L.L.C.)
Founders	Robert Zemeckis
Headquarters	Novato, California, U.S.
Key people	Robert Zemeckis, Doug Chiang, Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke
Products	Motion pictures
Number of employees	450 (2011)
Divisions	Compari Entertainment

ImageMovers, L.L.C.^[1] (IM) (formerly known as South Side Amusement Company), is an American production company which produces CGI animation, motion-capture, live-action films and television shows. The company is known for producing such films as Cast Away (2000), What Lies Beneath (2000), The Polar Express (2004), Monster House (2006), and Beowulf (2007). From 2007 to 2011, The Walt Disney Company and ImageMovers founded a joint venture animation facility known as ImageMovers Digital which produced two motion-captured CGI-animated films: A Christmas Carol (2009) and Mars Needs Moms (2011) for Walt Disney Pictures, neither of which were financially successful.