Luma Pictures is a visual effects studio with facilities in Santa Monica, California and Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 2002 by Payam Shohadai and Jonathan R. Beutel, the company is best known for their creatures, environments, and effects.

Luma Pictures
Company typePrivate
IndustryVisual effects, CGI animation
Founded2002
FounderPayam Shohadai, Jonathan R. Betuel
HeadquartersSanta Monica, California, USA
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Key people
Grady Gamble, Vincent Cirelli, Jamy Zink, Shauna Bryan
Websitehttps://www.luma.inc/

Luma Pictures has won several awards for their visual effects work, including an AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects on Spider-Man: Far From Home and Elvis.

The studio has also earned several Visual Effects Society (VES) nominations over the years, including nominations for Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, and Spider-Man: Far From Home.

Today, Luma Pictures is led by CEO Grady Gamble.

History

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Luma Pictures was founded in 2002 by Payam Shohadai and Jonathan R. Beutel, the latter of whom is known for writing the screenplay of The Last Starfighter (1984) and writing and directing Theodore Rex (1996).

The company debuted in 2002 with work on Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle,[1] and since then it has completed visual effects on over 150 films and episodics, including Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the Underworld franchise, Prisoners, Mary Poppins Returns, Candyman, the Marvel Cinematic Universe including the Spider-Man franchise, The Tomorrow War, and I Am Groot for which it was the lead VFX provider for the first season. Additionally, they have worked with film auteurs such as the Coen Brothers on four films, including No Country for Old Men and True Grit; Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; and Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit. The company expanded to Melbourne, Australia in 2013 and Vancouver, BC in 2021 and has grown to nearly 300 global employees.

Filmography

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Films

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Year Notable films
2003

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
The Human Stain
Underworld
Bad Santa

2004

Wicker Park
Crash
Ray
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

2005

Cursed
A Lot like Love
The Cave
Into the Blue

2006

Underworld: Evolution
Hoot
First Snow
Zoom
The Covenant
The Holiday
Apocalypto

2007

Primeval
Slipstream
Reign Over Me
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
No Country for Old Men
Hostel: Part II
Rush Hour 3
Resident Evil: Extinction

2008

Henry Poole Is Here
Untraceable
Elegy
Never Back Down
Hancock
The Midnight Meat Train
Burn After Reading
City of Ember

2009

Possession
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Ugly Truth
Gamer
A Serious Man
Fame
This is it

2010

The Nutcracker in 3D
The Book of Eli
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
True Grit

2011

The Green Hornet
Battle: Los Angeles
Thor
X-Men: First Class
Captain America: The First Avenger
Fright Night
In Time

2012

Underworld: Awakening
One for the Money
The Avengers
The Dictator
Prometheus

2013

Thor: The Dark World
Prisoners
Oz the Great and Powerful
GI Joe: Retaliation
Iron Man 3
Saving Mr. Banks

2014

I, Frankenstein
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy

2015

Run All Night
The Divergent Series: Insurgent
The Age of Adaline
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Ant-Man
The Vatican Tapes
The Last Witch Hunter
Heart of the Sea

2016

Deadpool
Captain America: Civil War
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Doctor Strange
Underworld: Blood Wars

2017 Alien: Covenant
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Thor: Ragnarok
2018 Black Panther
A Wrinkle in Time
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Peppermint
Aquaman
Mary Poppins Returns
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2019 Captain Marvel
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2020 Birds of Prey
Dolittle
2021 Godzilla vs. Kong
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Eternals
King Richard
Candyman
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Tomorrow War
Those Who Wish Me Dead
2022 The King's Daughter
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Elvis
Thor: Love and Thunder
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Ghosted
The Mother
Heart of Stone
Spy Kids: Armageddon
Rebel Moon

TV series

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Year Notable series
2021 WandaVision
Loki
Hawkeye
2022-present I Am Groot
2023 Citadel
Secret Invasion
Ahsoka
Gen V
2024 The Acolyte

References

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  1. ^ "Luma Hires Ben Hibon as Head Creative Director | LBBOnline". www.lbbonline.com. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
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