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Framestore founding member and CEO William Sargent has stepped down after 26 years in the role at the Oscar-winning VFX studio. Mel Sullivan has been made the company's new CEO, effective from this week. Going forward, Sargent will focus on the wider Framestore Company 3 Group, the post-production giant that…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning VFX firm Framestore has opened the doors to its awaited purpose-built studio in Mumbai, India. The 30,000 square-foot facility, which was initially due to open in 2020 but was delayed by the pandemic, currently houses 120 Indian VFX specialists working across titles such as His Dark Materials…

EXCLUSIVE: VFX powerhouse Framestore has hired Cruella and Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil VFX Supervisor Damien Stumpf. Stumpf joins the Bafta and Oscar-winning firm’s growing Montreal studio. Originally from France, Stumpf began his career as a digital artist in 2003 at Parisian boutique studio BUF. He became one of…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar and BAFTA-winning VFX firm Framestore is consolidating its film and TV divisions in line with growing demand for episodic content. Both departments at the UK firm will be brought under one banner, one pipeline and a new leadership structure. The company's episodic work is being headed by recent BAFTA…

EXCLUSIVE: Framestore, the UK VFX studio that has offices across North America and in Mumbai, has made a trio of key hires into its London-based film division. Two-time VES award-winner Graham Page has joined the company as VFX Supervisor after 14 years at DNEG, where he supervised work on titles including Avengers: En…

EXCLUSIVE: Multi-Oscar-winning VFX studio Framestore has appointed a four-strong team of creatives that will comprise its new Pre-production Services team in London. The company, which is headquartered in the UK but has offices across North America and in Mumbai, launched the wing back in February, hiring Alex Webster…

London-based VFX powerhouse Framestore has appointed Akhauri P. Sinha as the head of its new Mumbai studio. A 20-year industry vet, Akhauri joins from Method, where he was Managing Director of the studio's Indian operations. His credits include Indian VFX work on Jumanji: The Next Level and Ford vs Ferrari. He will…

Between films including War for the Planet of the Apes, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Beauty and the Beast, it’s been a big year for films led by CGI-enhanced characters. Having worked on the first Guardians installment, visual effects supervisor confronted an abundance of VFX characters this year on the latter…

British VFX company Framestore, which worked on films such as Gravity, the Harry Potter franchise and Doctor Strange, has agreed to a takeover by Chinese conglomerate Cultural Investment Holdings Co., in a deal that values it at nearly £150M ($187M). This marks another Western company being bought by a Chinese company…