Company type | Incentive |
---|---|
Industry | Special effects |
Founded | 1953 Brooklyn, New York |
Founder | Charles Patti |
Defunct | 2000 |
Fate | Defunct |
Successor | None |
Headquarters | Hollywood, 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]