| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Visual effects |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | 3582 Eastham Dr., Culver City, California, USA |
| Key people | Steve Schofield (Founder, Executive Producer), Loni Peristere (Founder, Creative Director), Chris Jones (Founder, Creative Director), Tim McBride (CFO/COO), Andrew Orloff (VFX Supervisor) |
| Employees | 150 staff |
| Website | zoicstudios.com |
Zoic Studios is a visual effects company based in Culver City, California. They specialize in visual effects for feature films, episodic television, commercials, video games, advertising design, and interactive online media. The name "Zoic" is derived from a Greek word meaning "life," and is meant to connote "evolution."
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Zoic Studios was founded by five partners in 2002: Loni Peristere, Christopher Jones, Steve Schofield, Andrew Orloff and Tim McBride. It began as a 15-person company working out of the Sunset Gower Studios lot. Their first project was creating visual effects for the action, western, science fiction television series Firefly, which featured their trademark shaky-cam effect.
In September 2002, they moved to their current 17,000-square-foot (1,600 m2) studio in Culver City, California, and the company has grown to house 150 employees. Zoic Studios currently boasts a delivery pipeline of 500 visual effects shots a week.
In 2006, Zoic founded Zoic BC, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Zoic BC houses an additional 40 employees locally.
Zoic also has a shooting stage in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
Zoic is a diverse visual effects company offering services ranging from first unit production services, post-production, project management, design capabilities, and media applications for the entertainment industry.
Zoic has created effects for such popular TV shows as Firefly (which earned the team an Emmy), Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI, Fringe, V, and True Blood. They have also worked on numerous feature films such as District 9, Zombieland, Serenity, Get Smart, Spider-Man 2, and The Day After Tomorrow.
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