Luma Pictures

Luma Pictures

Company type	Private
Industry	Visual effects, CGI animation
Founded	2002
Founder	Payam Shohadai, Jonathan R. Betuel
Headquarters	Santa Monica, California, USA Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Key people	Grady Gamble, Vincent Cirelli, Jamy Zink, Shauna Bryan
Website	https://www.luma.inc/

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 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

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, 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

Films

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

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

External links

• Official website
• Luma Pictures on Facebook