Zoic Studios

Zoic Studios
Company typePrivate
IndustryVisual effects
Founded2002
Headquarters3582 Eastham Dr., Culver City, California, USA
Key people
Loni Peristere
(Founder, Executive Creative Director)
Chris Jones
(Founder, Executive Creative Director)
Tim McBride
(CFO / COO)
Andrew Orloff
(Executive Creative Director)[1]
Number of employees
150
Websitezoicstudios.com

Zoic Studios is an American visual effects company based in Culver City, California,[1] specializing in visual effects for feature films, [2] episodic television, commercials, video games, advertising design, and interactive online media,[3] the company has separate sister facilities in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[4] and New York City.[5] The company provides R&D, software development, UI/UX design, and consulting for public and private clients.[6] It is composed primarily of creative artists, producers and engineers. It has also developed a proprietary technology Z.E.U.S. - Zoic Environmental Unification System, which was used for the production of Once upon a time, allowing actors to view the virtual world before acting in it.[7]

The studio has been awarded an Emmy award for work on CSI.[8]

  1. ^ "Zoic Tears Up London for 24: Live Another Day Super Bowl Spot". Studio Daily. 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ Failes, Ian (2024-07-16). "Behind the scenes of the VFX of 'Manhunt', with Zoic Studios". befores & afters. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  3. ^ Los Angeles Times (8 October 2014). "'Once Upon a Time' effects are part of a legacy for Orloff, Zoic Studios". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ "Hollywood North: Vancouver's Zoic Studios brings rain of Emmy nominations to Falling Skies". Archived from the original on 2013-10-28.
  5. ^ "ZOIC OPENS NEW YORK STUDIO, ADDS EP COLLEEN BACHMAN". STASH. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  6. ^ "From Film FX To The U.S. Department of Defense: Inside Zoic's Revolutionary Lab | Ghostarchive". ghostarchive.org. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
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  8. ^ "Zoic Studios wins Emmy for VFX in CSI". 24 August 2010.