- The Orphanage (company)
The Orphanage is a
visual effects studio located inCalifornia . It has offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver. It was co-founded in 1999 byStu Maschwitz , Jonathan Rothbart and Scott Stewart, who all previously worked atIndustrial Light and Magic . Scott Kirsner at Hollywood Reporter [ [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003222473 Hollywood Reporter interview] ] interviewed a couple of the founders and writes about the company and its future plans. Stu Maschwitz created the Magic Bullet software which gives video afilm look and wrote a book about guerrilla filmmaking called "The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap".The Orphanage is known for its work on both commercials and features. The company recently launched
Orphanage Animation Studios [http://www.orphanageanimation.com/] which is headed up byGenndy Tartakovsky and will make their film debut with "Power of the Dark Crystal " in 2009.The Orphanage did approximately 640 shots for the "That Yellow Bastard" section of "Sin City" (2005). [ [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/crafts/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000865347 'Sin's' effects crewsend up on same page] ] as well as three other films with
Robert Rodriguez , "", "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D " and theQuentin Tarantino /Robert Rodriguez co-directed double feature "Grindhouse".The company has worked on a number of Hollywood blockbusters including "
Superman Returns ", "Night at the Museum ", ' & ' and theKorea n blockbuster "The Host". They recently created theHead-up display (HUD) for the hi-tech suit of armour in theMarvel Studios production of "Iron Man".They have also created commercials and a handful of
Super Bowl spots for clients as varied asComcast ,Toshiba ,HP ,Benadryl and several award winning spots for Sony PlayStation's "Ratchet & Clank ".References
External links
* [http://www.theorphanage.com/ Official website of The Orphanage]
*imdb company|id=0089909|company=The Orphanage chronological list of credits
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