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Scanline VFX
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVisual effects
Founded1989; 35 years ago (1989), in Munich, Germany
Headquarters,
Number of employees
1,200+ (2021)
ParentNetflix
Websitewww.scanlinevfx.com

Scanline VFX is a global visual effects and animation company founded 1989 in Munich. The studio was led by VFX Supervisor Stephan Trojansky. The company has 7 locations including Munich, Stuttgart, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, London, and Seoul.[1]

Scanline has recently completed work on films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) such as Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Eternals (all 2021), and films based on DC Comics such as Zack Snyder's Justice League, The Suicide Squad (both 2021) and The Batman (2022). They have also worked on Terminator: Dark Fate, Gemini Man (both 2019), Godzilla vs. Kong, Free Guy and Don't Look Up (all 2021).

In terms of television, Scanline has worked on Game of Thrones season eight (2019), Shadow and Bone (2021-), Foundation (2021-), Cowboy Bebop (2021) and Stranger Things season four (2022).

In November 2021, Netflix announced that it would acquire Scanline with plans for it to operate as a standalone business working with a variety of clients.[2][3] The acquisition closed in the first quarter of 2022.[4]

Accolades

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Scanline is responsible for the development of its proprietary fluid effects software, Flowline. Scanline was the sole developer of Flowline and in 2008, was the recipient of a Scientific and Technical Achievement Academy Award for the software.[5]

In 2010, Scanline was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for its work on Clint Eastwood's Hereafter, for which it was the sole visual effects vendor.[6]

Scanline received a BAFTA nomination for Best Special Visual Effects in 2010 for its work on Iron Man 3[7] as well as a second Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects in 2014, for Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[8]

In 2010, Scanline won its first Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture for Hereafter.[9] Scanline has two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Special Visual Effects to its credit for its work on Season Four[10] and Season Eight[11] of Game of Thrones as well as an HPA Award for Outstanding Visual Effects[12] and a Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Created Environment for episode The Iron Throne.[13]

Film and television awards
Year Project Award For Result
2020 Game of Thrones - The Iron Throne VES Award Outstanding Created Environment Won
2019 Game of Thrones - The Bells Emmy Award Special Visual Effects Won
HPA Award Outstanding Visual Effects - Episodic Won
2010 Captain America: The Winter Soldier VES Award Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture Won

Completed projects

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Filmography

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2000s

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Year Films Directors Studio(s) and Distributor(s)
2006 300 Zack Snyder Legendary Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

Poseidon Wolfgang Petersen Warner Bros. Pictures
2007 The Invasion Oliver Hirschbiegel Village Roadshow Pictures

Vertigo Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures

2008 Iron Man Jon Favreau Marvel Studios

Paramount Pictures

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Andrew Adamson Walt Disney Pictures

Walden Media Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

2009 Vicky the Viking Michael Herbig Constantin Film
2012 Roland Emmerich Columbia Pictures

Sony Pictures Releasing

2010s

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Year Films Directors Studio(s) and Distributor(s)
2010 The Ghost Writer Roman Polanski StudioCanal
Hanni & Nanni Christine Hartmann UFA GmbH

Universal Pictures International

The Last Airbender M. Night Shyamalan Nickelodeon Movies

Paramount Pictures

Hereafter Clint Eastwood The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Amblin Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures

Gulliver's Travels Rob Letterman Dune Entertainment

20th Century Fox

2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Rob Marshall Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Walt Disney Studios

Super 8 J. J. Abrams Bad Robot

Amblin Entertainment Paramount Pictures

Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods Christian Ditter Constantin Film
Hotel Lux Leander Haußmann Bavaria Film
Immortals Tarsem Singh Relativity Media

Universal Pictures

When Santa Fell to Earth [de] Oliver Dieckmann Bavaria Film
2012 Battleship Peter Berg Hasbro Studios

Universal Pictures

Looper Rian Johnson TriStar Pictures

FilmDistrict Endgame Entertainment DMG Entertainment Ram Bergman Productions

The Avengers Joss Whedon Marvel Studios

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The Amazing Spider-Man Marc Webb Columbia Pictures

Marvel Entertainment Sony Pictures Releasing

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Brad Peyton New Line Cinema

Walden Media Contrafilm Warner Bros. Pictures

The Apparition Todd Lincoln Dark Castle Entertainment

Studio Babelsberg Warner Bros. Pictures (US) StudioCanal (Germany)

Cloud Atlas Lana Wachowski

Lilly Wachowski Tom Tykwer

Cloud Atlas Productions

X Filme Creative Pool Anarchos Productions Warner Bros. Pictures

Hanni & Nanni 2 [de] Julia von Heinz UFA Fiction

Universal Pictures International

Zettl [de] Helmut Dietl Diana-Film

herbX Film Warner Bros.

2013 White House Down Roland Emmerich Columbia Pictures

Centropolis Entertainment Mythology Entertainment Sony Pictures Releasing

Iron Man 3 Shane Black Marvel Studios

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Man of Steel Zack Snyder Warner Bros. Pictures

Legendary Pictures DC Entertainment Syncopy Peters Entertainment

The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese Red Granite Pictures

Appian Way Productions Sikelia Productions EMJAG Productions Paramount Pictures

A Good Day to Die Hard John Moore Giant Pictures

TSG Entertainment Temple Hill Entertainment 20th Century Fox

Snowpiercer Bong Joon-ho Moho Film

Opus Pictures Union Investment Partners Stillking Films CJ Entertainment Bontonfilm

Don Jon Joseph Gordon-Levitt Voltage Pictures

HitRecord Films Ram Bergman Productions Relativity Media

The Almost Perfect Man Vanessa Jopp UFA Fiction

Warner Bros. ARD

Hanni & Nanni 3 [de] Dagmar Seume UFA Fiction

Universal Pictures International

Girl on a Bicycle Jeremy Leven Wiedermann & Berg Filmproduktion

Warner Bros.

2014 Who Am I Baran bo Odar Deutsche Columbia Pictures Film Produktion

Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion Seven Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Francis Lawrence Color Force

Lionsgate

300: Rise of an Empire Noam Murro Legendary Pictures

Cruel and Unusual Films Atmosphere Pictures Hollywood Gang Productions Warner Bros. Pictures

Godzilla Gareth Edwards Legendary Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Anthony Russo

Joe Russo

Marvel Studios

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Divergent Neil Burger Red Wagon Entertainment

Summit Entertainment Lionsgate

Exodus: Gods and Kings Ridley Scott Chemin Entertainment

Scott Free Productions Babieka Volcano Films TSG Entertainment 20th Century Fox

Pompeii Paul W. S. Anderson Constantin Film

Impact Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing

Into the Storm Steven Quale New Line Cinema

Broken Road Productions Village Roadshow Pictures Illumination Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures

The Cut Fatih Akin NDR

Pandora Film Verleih

Big Game Jalmari Helander EuropaCorp

Subzero Film Entertainment Bavaria Film Partners Relativity Media

Beauty and the Beast Christophe Gans Eskwad

Pathé Studio Babelsberg Concorde Filmverleih

Joy of Fatherhood Matthias Schweighöfer Pantaleon Films

Wiedermann & Berg Filmproduktion Warner Bros.

2015 Furious 7 James Wan MRC

Original Film One Race Films China Film Co., Ltd. Universal Pictures

San Andreas James Wan New Line Cinema

Village Roadshow Pictures RatPac-Dune Entertainment Flynn Picture Company Warner Bros. Pictures

In the Heart of the Sea Ron Howard Village Roadshow Pictures

Roth Films Imagine Entertainment RatPac-Dune Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures

Point Break Ericson Core Alcon Entertainment

Studio Babelsberg Warner Bros. Pictures

Blackhat Michael Mann Legendary Pictures

Forward Pass Universal Pictures

Pan Joe Wright Berlanti Productions

RatPac-Dune Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures

The Manny Matthias Schweighöfer Erfttal Film

ARRI Productions Pantaleon Films Warner Bros. Pictures

Macho Man [de] Christof Wahl Bavaria Pictures

Conrad Film Erfttal Film Universum Film (UFA)

2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Zack Snyder Warner Bros. Pictures

RatPac-Dune Entertainment DC Entertainment Atlas Entertainment Cruel and Unusual Films

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Tim Burton Chemin Entertainment

Tim Burton Productions TSG Entertainment 20th Century Fox

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Gareth Edwards Lucasfilm Ltd.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Suicide Squad David Ayer Warner Bros. Pictures

RatPac-Dune Entertainment DC Films Atlas Entertainment

The 5th Wave J Blakeson Columbia Pictures

L Star Capital GK Films Sony Pictures Releasing

The Shallows Jaume Collet-Serra Columbia Pictures

Sony Pictures Releasing

Ben-Hur Timur Bekmambetov Paramount Pictures

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures

Independence Day: Resurgence Roland Emmerich 20th Century Fox

TSG Entertainment Centropolis Entertainment Electric Entertainment

The Most Beautiful Day Florian David Fitz Pantaleon Films

Erfttal Film Warner Bros.

The Promise Terry George Survival Pictures

Open Road Films

Welcome to Germany Simon Verhoeven Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion

Sentana Film Seven Pictures Film Warner Bros.

The Wild Soccer Bunch 6 Joachim Masannek Bayerische Banken-Fonds

SamFilm Produktion Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Seitenwechsel [de] Vivian Naefe Odeon Fiction

SevenPictures Film Warner Bros.

Antonio, in Wonderland! Sven Unterwaldt Jr. Bavaria Pictures

20th Century Fox

Manhunt: Escape to the Carpathians [de] Dominik Graf W&B Television

Global Screen

Friend Request Simon Verhoeven Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion

Seven Pictures Film Two Oceans Productions Warner Bros. Pictures

2017 Power Rangers Dean Israelite Lionsgate Films

Temple Hill Entertainment SCG Films

Geostorm Dean Devlin Warner Bros. Pictures

Skydance Media Electric Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures

Kong: Skull Island Jordan Vogt-Roberts Legendary Pictures

Tencent Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 James Gunn Marvel Studios

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Renegades Steven Quale EuropaCorp

Studio Babelsberg Universum Film

Justice League Zack Snyder Warner Bros. Pictures

DC Films RatPac-Dune Entertainment Atlas Entertainment Cruel and Unusual Films

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Guy Ritchie Warner Bros. Pictures

Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures

Transformers: The Last Knight Michael Bay Paramount Pictures

Hasbro Studios

Teenosaurus Rex [de] Leander Haußmann Constantin Film
Bullyparade: The Film Michael Herbig Herbx Film

Warner Bros. Pictures Germany

In the Fade Fatih Akin Bombero International

Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany Pathé Warner Bros. Pictures Germany

2018 Tomb Raider Roar Uthaug Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Warner Bros. Pictures GK Films Square Enix

The Meg Jon Turteltaub Gravity Pictures

Di Bonaventura Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures

Black Panther Ryan Coogler Marvel Studios

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Aquaman James Wan Warner Bros. Pictures

DC Entertainment DC Films RatPac Entertainment

Ant-Man and the Wasp Peyton Reed Marvel Studios

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Rampage Brad Peyton New Line Cinema

Warner Bros. Pictures

Bird Box Susanne Bier Bluegrass Films

Chris Morgan Productions Netflix

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom J. A. Bayona Amblin Entertainment

Legendary Pictures The Kennedy/Marshall Company Perfect World Pictures Universal Pictures

Balloon Michael Herbig StudioCanal
Bumblebee Travis Knight Allspark Pictures

Di Bonaventura Pictures Tencent Pictures Paramount Pictures

Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver Dennis Gansel Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany

Malao Film Studio Babelsberg Rat Pack Filmproduktion Constantin Film Michael Ende Productions

Hot Dog Torsten Künstler Pantaleon Films

Warner Bros.

2019 X-Men: Dark Phoenix Simon Kinberg 20th Century Fox

Marvel Entertainment TSG Entertainment Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

6 Underground Michael Bay Skydance

Bay Films Netflix

Captain Marvel Anna Boden

Rylan Fleck

Marvel Studio

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Gemini Man Ang Lee Skydance

Jerry Bruckheimer Films Fosun Pictures Alibaba Pictures Paramount Pictures

Spider-Man: Far From Home Jon Watts Columbia Pictures

Marvel Studios Pascal Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing

Joker Todd Phillips Warner Bros. Pictures

Village Roadshow Pictures Bron Creative Joint Effort DC Films

Terminator: Dark Fate Tim Miller 20th Century Fox

Skydance Media Tencent Pictures TSG Entertainment Lightstorm Entertainment Paramount Pictures

Midway Roland Emmerich Summit Entertainment

Centropolis Entertainment AGC Sudios Lionsgate

Between Two Ferns: The Movie Scott Aukerman Funny or Die

Billios Productions Netflix

The Golden Glove Fatih Akin Bombero International

Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany Pathé Film Warner Bros. Pictures

Charlie's Angels Elizabeth Banks Columbia Pictures

Perfect World Pictures 2.0 Entertainment Brownstone Entertainment Sony Pictures Releasing

The Goldfish Alireza Golafshan Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion

Sony Pictures Releasing

2020s

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Year Films Directors Studio(s) and Distributor(s)
2020 NightLife
Jim Button and the Wild 13 Dennis Gansel Rat Pack Filmproduktion

Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany Jänsch & Meyers Filmproduktionsgesellschaft Malao Film Michael Ende Productions Global Screen

The Wrong Missy
The Rescue
2021 Black Widow
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Suicide Squad
Godzilla vs. Kong
Eternals
Don't Look Up
Tides
Reminiscence
Blood Red Sky
Free Guy
The Battle at Lake Changjin
2022 Moonfall
The Gray Man
The Adam Project
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Slumberland
Black Adam
Rheingold
A Thousand Lines
Me Time
2023 Shazam! Fury of the Gods
The Flash
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
Meg 2: The Trench
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Nyad
Spy Kids: Armageddon
Rebel Moon Part One: A Child of Fire
2024 Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver
Atlas
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire

Upcoming Projects

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Year Films Directors Studio(s) and Distributor(s)
2024 Joker: Folie À Deux

TV Series

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Year(s) Name of Series Network
2011 Moby Dick TMG
2011 Game of Thrones HBO
2015 Line of Separation ZDF
2016 Stranger Things Netflix
2018 The First Hulu, Channel 4
2020 Cosmos: Possible Worlds National Geographic
2021 Cowboy Bebop Netflix
Lisey's Story Apple TV+
The Nevers HBO
Foundation Apple TV+
Blackout Joyn
Shadow and Bone Netflix
Kitz Netflix
2022 Andor Disney+
2023 Yu Yu Hakusho Netflix
2024 3 Body Problem Netflix
Avatar: The Last Airbender Netflix

References

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  1. ^ "About". scanlinevfx.com. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  2. ^ "Netflix to Acquire Scanline VFX, Effects Studio That Has Worked on Stranger Things, Cowboy Bebop, Eternals and More". Variety. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  3. ^ "Bringing More VFX Magic to Our Members With the Acquisition of Scanline VFX". Netflix Media Center (Press release). Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  4. ^ "Netflix Q1 2022 SEC filing". US SEC Edgar filings. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  5. ^ "The 80th Scientific & Technical Awards 2008". oscars.org. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  6. ^ "The 83rd Academy Awards 2011". oscars.org. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  7. ^ "Film | Special Visual Effects in 2014". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  8. ^ "The 86th Academy Awards 2014". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  9. ^ "9th Annual VES Awards". visualeffectssociety.com. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  10. ^ "66th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". emmys.com. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  11. ^ "71st Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". emmys.com. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  12. ^ "2019 HPA Awards". hpaonline.com. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  13. ^ "18th Annual VES Awards". visualeffectssociety.com. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
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