Cinema Research Corporation

Cinema Research Corporation
Company typeIncentive
IndustrySpecial effects
Founded1953
Brooklyn, New York
FounderCharles Patti
Defunct2000
FateDefunct
SuccessorNone
HeadquartersHollywood, California
Area served
Worldwide

Cinema Research Corporation (CRC) was an American special effects company in Hollywood, California, and one of the first to produce effects, trailers, opticals, and titles under one roof. The company was the special effects industry leader for decades, until Industrial Light and Magic surpassed them in the late 1980s.[1] In 1990, CRC began to concentrate its efforts on titles and opticals, and became the industry leader in those categories, by providing the titles and opticals for over 400 productions in the decade before the CEO's passing in 2000.[2]

Business card for CEO of Cinema Research Corporation from 1971 with old area code for Hollywood, California with defunct phone number.
  1. ^ Venkatasawmy, Rama (2013). The Digitization of Cinematic Visual Effects: Hollywood's Coming of Age. ISBN 9780739176214.
  2. ^ "Cinema Research Titles (1990s)". IMDb.