Vancouver has long been a center for live-action shooting, but in recent years, as live production has migrated away, digital production has boomed. Vancouver is already a rival to London, the global center for visual effects, and the local trade association for vfx and animation, DigiBC, expects an additional 2,000 digital production jobs to come online in the next year.
Many of the biggest vfx and animation companies have opened branches there: Technicolor subsidiary Moving Picture Co., for example, launched its Vancouver facility in 2007 to work on Warner’s “Watchmen” with about 30 artists. It now has about 230 artists, expects 275 within months, and expects to fill all 400 seats at its facility. There are many similar stories. Sony Imageworks opened in Vancouver 30 months ago with 30 artists for “Smurfs” and expects to be at 260 artists by March. Digital Domain, which opened three years, has 220 artists and expects to grow to 300. Rhythm & Hues has 75 artists, on its way to around 200. Industrial Light & Magic opened a branch there in April and has 80 artists.
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