Animal Logic

Animal Logic is an Australian animation and visual effects digital studio based at Fox Studios in Sydney, New South Wales in Australia, Yaletown, Vancouver in Canada, and Rideback Ranch[1] in Los Angeles, California. Established in 1991, Animal Logic has produced visual effects and animation for feature films such as the Academy Award-winning Happy Feet, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D, The Lego Movie [2] and Peter Rabbit. The company was also recognized for its work as lead visual effects vendor on Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, which won Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects at the 3rd AACTA Awards ceremony. In 2018, Peter Rabbit was presented with a range of accolades, including the AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation,[3] and Australian Production Design Guild Awards (APDG) in Visual Effects Design and Drawing, Concept Illustration & Concept Models for Screen.[4] Most recently, the company has produced work for the Warner Animation Group's The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part and Marvel Studios' Captain Marvel.

Animal Logic

Industry	CGI visual effects and animation Motion pictures
Founded	26 July 1991
Founders	Zareh Nalbandian Chris Godfrey
Headquarters	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Number of locations	Rideback Ranch, California, U.S. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Products	Animated films, Visual effects
Divisions	Animal Logic Entertainment, Truant Pictures
Website	www.animallogic.com

Initially, Animal Logic's core business was the design and production of high-end visual effects for commercials and television programs, and early success within these fields provided a platform for expansion into feature film work. Animal Logic went on to produce visual effects for many large budget feature film projects, including Babe, Babe: Pig in the City, The Matrix, Moulin Rouge!, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Planet of the Apes, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, World Trade Center, Fool's Gold, 300, Knowing, Australia, Sucker Punch, The Great Gatsby, and more.

History

In 1991, Zareh Nalbandian and Chris Godfrey formed and founded a digital studio in Crows Nest, Sydney, Australia. The company was named Animal Logic and was born out of the now defunct Video Paint Brush Company. Animal Logic moved to Fox Studios Australia in Moore Park, Sydney, in 1998. In 2002, Animal Logic began work on its first computer-animated feature film, the Academy Award-winning Happy Feet, for director George Miller. Released in the United States on 17 November 2006, the project saw the company expand significantly, recruiting up to 300 artists and technicians from Australia and around the world. Happy Feet, which was the first computer animated feature film produced in Australia, went on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature as well as the inaugural BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film.

Their full-length feature animation, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, was released on 24 September 2010 and was Australia's first animated feature to be released in 3D stereoscopic. From 2004 to 2007, the company produced bumpers for Cartoon Network.[5] In 2011, the company produced and animated LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace, a 30-minute TV special.[6] Produced for Lucasfilm and Cartoon Network,[6] the special premiered in the United States on cartoon Network and was followed by a worldwide DVD and Blu-ray release.[7] In 2012, Animal Logic acquired the assets of fellow Australian visual effects studio Fuel VFX,[8] known for their work on feature films such as Iron Man 3, Prometheus, The Avengers, Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Cowboys & Aliens, Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor. Fuel VFX was nominated for a Visual Effects Society Award[9] and a BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects[10] for their work on Prometheus. 2012 also saw the release of the Animal Logic-animated "Polar Bowl" campaign, consisting of a 60-second and two 30-second commercials that aired at halftime at the Super Bowl XLVI.[11] The campaign aimed to re-launch the iconic Coca-Cola polar bear characters to a new generation. Following the success of the 3 spots, which were viewed by over 160 million people globally, the company went on to animate a 6-minute short film directed by John Stevenson to headline Coca-Cola's 2013 global campaign. The film was first released through YouTube in December 2012, followed by a worldwide international cinema release. In 2013, the company led animation and visual effects work on BBC Earth and Evergreen Films' 3D live action feature Walking with Dinosaurs 3D,[12]

In 2014, Animal Logic provided animation services for the 2014 film The Lego Movie,[13] which was produced by the Warner Animation Group and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. After the film's huge success, the company was split into three subsidiaries operating under the Animal Logic's group: Animal Logic Animation, Animal Logic VFX, and Animal Logic Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based arm tasked with developing animated, VFX and hybrid feature films for the company.[14] The following year, the company opened a 45,000 square feet (4,200 m²) facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The new studio initially produced work for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, the first in a three-film deal with Warner Bros., all of which will be developed in Canada.[15][16]

Animal Logic's co-founder, Zareh Nalbandian, in 2009

Awards

Film

Year	Award	Title
2018	APDG Award in Visual Effects Design	Peter Rabbit
2018	APDG Award in Drawing, Concept Illustration & Concept Models for Screen	Peter Rabbit
2018	AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation[17]	Peter Rabbit
2015	AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation[17]	The LEGO Batman Movie
2014	BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film[18]	The LEGO Movie
2014	AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation[17]	The LEGO Movie
2014	Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature[19]	The LEGO Movie
2014	BAFTA Children's Award for Best Feature Film 2014[20]	The LEGO Movie
2014	New York Film Critics Circle for Best Animated Film of the Year[21]	The LEGO Movie
2013	AACTA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects[22]	The Great Gatsby
2013	AEAF Award for Visual Effects[23]	The Great Gatsby
2011	AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects[24]	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2009	AFI Award for Best Visual Effects	Australia
2008	Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects	Australia
2007	Washington DC Area Film Critic Award for Best Animated Film of the Year	Happy Feet
2007	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award: Best Animation	Happy Feet
2007	Academy Award for Best Animated Feature	Happy Feet
2007	New York Film Critics Circle for Best Animated Film of the Year	Happy Feet
2007	New York Film Critics Online for Best Animated Film of the Year	Happy Feet
2005	Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects	House of Flying Daggers
2005	AIMIA Awards, Finalist – Best Entertainment Award Category	Stealth
2003	Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects	Moulin Rouge!

Design

Year	Award	Title
2012	Silver Award Awards for Craft in Film (Animation)	SBS: Seven Billion Stories and Counting
2007	World Gold Medal for Most Innovative Music Video	Telemetry Orchestra, Under the Cherry Tree
2006	AEAF Award, Best Music Video	Telemetry Orchestra, Under the Cherry Tree
2005	Digital Imaging Awards for Best Print Advertising Melbourne	Smirnoff, Letterbar
2005	ATV Award for Best Program Subtitle Sequence	Spicks and Specks
2005	ATV Award for Best Image Promotion, HIghly Commended	Cartoon Network
2005	ATV Award for Best Program Subtitle Sequence, Highly Commended	Margaret and David at the Movies
2004	New York Festivals Award for Best Promotions Spot	Cartoon Network

Industry

Year	Award
2014	Inaugural NSW Creative Laureate[25]
2013	51st Australian Export Awards, Creative Industries Award[26]
2013	51st Australian Export Awards, Creative Industries Award[26]
2013	Premier's NSW Exporter of the Year Award[27]
2012	Australia Network Arts and Entertainment Exporter of the Year Award[28]
2012	Premier's NSW Exporter of the Year Award (Arts and Entertainment)[29]
2010	AFI Byron Kennedy Award for Outstanding Creative Enterprise[30]

Filmography

Year	Production	Credit	Ref.
TBA	The Shrinking of Treehorn	Production Company
	Parts	Production Company
	Fortunately, The Milk	Production Company	[31]
	Astro Boy	Production Company	[32]
	The Magician's Elephant	Animation studio	[33]
2022	DC Super Pets	Animation studio	[34]
2021	The Matrix 4	Visual effects
	Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway	Production Company
2019	Captain Marvel	Visual Effects	[35]
	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	Production Company/Animation Studio	[36]
2018	Peter Rabbit	Production Company	[37]
2017	The Lego Batman Movie	Production Company/Animation Studio	[38]
	The Lego Ninjago Movie	Production Company/Animation Studio	[36]
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	Visual Effects	[39]
	Alien: Covenant	Visual Effects	[40]
2016	The Great Wall	Visual Effects	[41]
	Doctor Strange	Visual Effects	[42]
	The Divergent Series: Allegiant	Visual Effects	[43]
	Captain America: Civil War	Visual Effects	[44]
	The Master	Production Company	[45]
2015	Monk Comes Down the Mountain	Visual Effects	[46]
	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Visual Effects	[47]
	Insurgent	Visual Effects	[48]
2014	Unbroken	Visual Effects
	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	Visual Effects
	The Rover	Visual Effects	[49]
	The Lego Movie	Animation Studio
	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Visual Effects	[50]
2013	Walking with Dinosaurs 3D	Animation Studio
	The Great Gatsby	Visual Effects
	Iron Man 3	Visual Effects	[51]
2012	The Polar Bears	Production Company/Animation Studio	[52]
2011	Happy Feet Two	Opening "Doomberg" Visual Effects
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	3D Digital Services	[53]
	Sucker Punch	Visual Effects
	Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace	Production Company
2010	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Animation Studio
2009	Knowing	Visual Effects
2008	Australia	Visual Effects
	The Black Balloon	Visual Effects
	Fool's Gold	Visual Effects
2007	28 Weeks Later	Digital Visual Effects
	Clubland	Front Title Design
	Crocodile Dreaming	Special Effects Company
	300	Visual Effects
2006	Charlotte's Web	Film Scanning
	Happy Feet	Animation Studio
	David Tench Tonight	Animation
	World Trade Center	Additional Visual Effects
	The Silence	Visual Effects
	Aquamarine	Visual Effects
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Visual Effects
	The Cave	Additional Previsualization
	The Great Raid	Visual Effects
	Stealth	Visual Effects
	Little Fish	Visual Effects
2004	Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars	Visual Effects
	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	Opening Titles
	My Sister	Digital Film Transfer
	House of Flying Daggers	Visual Effects
2003	XMA: Xtreme Martial Arts	Special Effects Company
	In the Cut	Visual Effects
	Danny Deckchair	Titles and Opticals
	The Matrix Reloaded	Visual Effects
	Swimming Upstream	Special Effects Company
	Darkness Falls	Special Effects Company
2002	Ang agimat: Anting-anting ni Lolo	Digital Tape to Film Transfer
	Hero	Special Effects Company
	Garage Days	Special Effects Company
	The Quiet American	Special Effects Company
	Mano Po	Digital Tape To Film Transfer
	The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	VFX and CGI
	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Visual Effects
2001	Charlotte Gray	Special Effects Company
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Visual Effects
	Planet of the Apes	Special Effects Company
	Moulin Rouge!	Special Effects Company
	South Pacific	Visual Effects
2000	Chopper	Special Effects Company
	Devi Putrudu	Scanning
	Mr. Accident	Visual Effects
1999	Me Myself I	Visual Effects and CGI
	Holy Smoke!	Special Effects Company
	The Incredible Genie	Digital Effects
	Strange Planet	Title Design And Production, Visual Effects
	The Matrix	Special Effects Company
	Farscape	Visual Effects
1998	The Thin Red Line	Special Effects Company
	Babe: Pig in the City	Special Effects Company
	In the Winter Dark	Special Effects Company
1997	MouseHunt	Additional Visual Effects
	Heaven's Burning	Digital Opticals
	Thank God He Met Lizzie	Title Design
	Face/Off	Additional Visual Effects, Titles
	Blackrock	Special Effects Company
1995	Babe	Special Effects Company
1994	Little Women	Title Design

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External links

• Official website
• Animal Logic at IMDb