Milk VFX

Milk VFX
IndustryMotion Picture, Film, TV, Animation, Visual Effects
FoundedJune 4, 2013 (2013-06-04)
Headquarters
London, England,
,
United Kingdom
Number of locations
4
Key people
Jagjit Mundi - Chairman

Marianne Speight - CBDO/Exec Producer

Sara Bennett - CCO/VFX Supervisor

Jean-Claude Deguara - VFX Exec Supervisor
Websitewww.milk-vfx.com/

Milk VFX is a British independent visual effects studio. It was founded in London in 2013[1] and is known for creating complex and innovative sequences for high-end television and feature films.

The company received an Academy Award for Sara Bennett’s work on Ex Machina,[2] three BAFTA Television Craft Awards[3] for Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode: The Day of The Doctor, Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 1: Deep Breath and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Episode 5: Arabella. In addition, Milk has won a Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Sherlock Special Episode: The Abominable Bride.

Headquartered in Clerkenwell, London, Milk has bolstered its offering by expanding into Bordeaux,[4] Dublin[5] and Barcelona[6] and acquired independent, BAFTA award-winning VFX studio Lola Post Production. Milk’s parent company Bizet Media has acquired Dublin-based High Wire[7] post-production to provide broader VFX and production solutions.

History

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Milk was founded by a small group of talented VFX artists and producers in 2013[8] and moved into a new office in Clerkenwell[9] at the start of 2022.

In October 2022 Milk acquired BAFTA Award winning VFX Studio Lola Post Production.[10]

European Expansion

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In December 2022 Milk announced the launch of a new studio in Bordeaux,[11] France.  Milk VFX Supervisor Andy Morley leads the studio and creative team as Head of Studio and Creative Director.

In March 2023 Milk announced the soft launch of a studio in Dublin, Ireland.[12] Overseeing the creative launch of the studio are Milk VFX Supervisors Ciaran Crowley and Donal Nolan.

In July 2023 Milk announced its presence in El Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain.[13] This follows a long relationship between Milk and the talent in Spain; leading the creative team is Milk 2D Supervisor Jorge Oliva Ruiz de Leon.

Filmography

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Feature films

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2013-2024

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Year Title Director(s) Distributor(s) Notes
2013 47 Ronin Carl Rinsch H2F Entertainment, Mid Atlantic Films, Moving Picture Company, DMG Entertainment, Warrior Productions, Stuber Productions, Relativity Media, Universal Pictures
2014 Hercules Brett Ratner Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Flynn Picture Company, Radical Studios, Film 44, RatPac Entertainment, Mid Atlantic Films
Dracula: Untold Gary Shore Legendary Entertainment, Michael De Luca Productions, Universal Pictures
Get Santa Christopher Smith Scott Free Films, BFI, Screen Yorkshire, Ingenious, Warner Bros. Pictures
Ex Machina Alex Garland Film4, DNA Films, A24,Universal Pictures International
2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent Robert Schwentke Red Wagon Entertainment, Summit Entertainment, Mandeville Films, Lionsgate
Poltergeist Gil Kenan Fox 2000 Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Ghost House Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
Everest Baltasar Kormakur Cross Creek Pictures, Walden Media, RVK Studios, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures
High Rise Ben Wheatley Recorded Picture Company, HanWay Films, Film4, BFI, Northern Ireland Screen, Ingenious Media, Scope Pictures, S Films, StudioCanal
The Martian Ridley Scott Scott Free Productions, Kinberg Genre, TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
2016 Free Fire Ben Wheatley Film4 Productions, BFI, Rook Films, Protagonist Pictures, StudioCanal
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them David Yates Warner Bros. Pictures, Heyday Films
2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle Matthew Vaughn Marv Films, Cloudy Productions, TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
The Escape (short) Paul J. Franklin Pari Passu Films
2018 Annihilation Alex Garland Skydance, DNA Films, Scott Rudin Productions, Huahua Media, Paramount Pictures (North America and China), Netflix (International)
Adrift Baltasar Kormakur STXfilms, Lakeshore Entertainment, H. Brothers, Ingenious Media, RVK Studios, STX Entertainment
Who Will Write Our History Roberta Grossman Katahdin Productions, Match Spark, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Maziowiecki Fundusz Filmowy, EC1 Lódz - Miasto Kultury, NDR/Arte, Next Film (Poland), Abramorama (United States), Giant Pictures (International), Midas Filmes (Portugal)
Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Gindelwald David Yates Warner Bros. Pictures, Heyday Films
2020 Possessor Brandon Cronenberg Ingenious Media, Telefilm Canada, Arclight Films, Ontario Creates, Particular Crowd, Crave, Rhombus Media, Rook Films, Elevation Pictures, Signature Entertainment
Four Kids And It Andy De Emmony Kindle Entertainment, Deadpan Pictures, Sky Cinema, Altitude Film Distribution
The Old Guard Gina Prince-Bythewood Skydance, Denver and Delilah Productions, Marc Evans Productions, Netflix
Rebecca Ben Wheatley Working Title Films, Big Talk Productions, Netflix
2021 In The Earth Ben Wheatley Rook Films, Protagonist Pictures, Neon (United States), Universal Pictures, Focus Features
Everybody's Talking About Jamie Jonathan Butterell Regency Enterprises, Film4 Productions, Warp Films, New Regency, Amazon Studios
The Last Letter From Your Lover Augustine Frizzell Blueprint Pictures, The Film Farm, Canal+, Ciné+, StudioCanal
Earwig Lucile Hadzihalilovic Petit Film, BFI Fund, Anti-Worlds, Frakas Productions, Film4, New Story (France), Anti-Worlds (United Kingdom), Juno Films (United States), Mubi
2022 Me Time John Hamburg Particular Pictures, HartBeat Productions, Netflix
The Swimmers Sally El Hosaini Working Title Films, Netflix
The Woman King Gina Prince-Bythewood TriStar Pictures, Entertainment One, TSG Entertainment II, JuVee Productions, Welle Entertainment, Sony Pictures Releasing
What's Love got to do With It? Shekhar Kapur Working Title Films, Instinct Productions, StudioCanal
I Used to Be Famous Eddie Sternberg Forty Foot Pictures, Filmkowski, Netflix
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham Working Title Films, Good Thing Going, Amazon Studios
Your Christmas or Mine? Jim O’Hanlon Shiny Buttons Productions, Amazon Prime
2023 Kandahar Ric Roman Waugh Thunder Road Films, G-BASE, MBC Studios, Capstone Global, Open Road Films
Meg 2: The Trench Ben Wheatley CMC Pictures, DF Pictures di Bonaventura Pictures, Apelles Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures
Genie Sam Boyd Universal Pictures, Peacock Productions, Working Title Films, Linden Productions, Universal Pictures International

Television

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2013-2024

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Year Title Distributor(s)
2013 Ice Age Giants BBC Studios, Discovery Channel, Terra Mater Factual Studios, France Télévisions
2013-2017 Doctor Who BBC Wales
2014 David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive 3D Sky One
24: Live Another Day Imagine Television, Real Time Productions, Teakwood Lane Productions, 20th Century Fox Television
2014-2017 Sherlock Hartswood Films, BBC Wales, WGBH
2015 Thunderbirds: Are Go ITV Studios, Pukeko Pictures, Weta Workshop
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Cuba Pictures, Feel Films, BBC America, Screen Yorkshire, Space, Far Moor
Lady Chatterley’s Lover BBC Studios
The Bastard Executioner Sutter Ink, Imagine Television, FX Productions, Fox 21 Television Studios
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter Bentley Productions, ITV 1, Dazzler Media
2016 Class BBC Studios, BBC Cymru Wales, BBC America, BBC Worldwide
The Last Dragonslayer Blueprint Pictures, Pixoloid Studios, OCS Max (France), 9Go!, Sony Pictures Television International
My Mother and Other Strangers BBC Northern Ireland
2017 The Worst Witch CBBC Productions ZDF
Decline and Fall Cave Bear Productions, Tiger Aspect Productions, BBC
Electric Dreams Anonymous Content, Channel 4, Amazon Studios, Electric Shepherd Productions, Moon Shot Entertainment, Left Bank Pictures, Rooney McP Productions, Tall Ship Productions
2018 The Alienist Paramount Television, Studio T, Anonymous Content, Vanessa Productions Ltd., TNT
Altered Carbon Virago Productions, Mythology Entertainment, Phoenix Pictures, Skydance Television, Netflix
Origin CiTVC, Midnight Radio, Sony Pictures Television, Left Bank Pictures, YouTube Premium
2019 The Accident The Forge, Channel 4, Hulu
2019-2023 Good Omens Narrativia, Amazon Studios, BBC Studios, The Blank Corporation, Amazon Prime Video, BBC Two
2020 Dracula Hartswood Films, BBC One, Netflix
Cursed Arcanum, Frank Miller Ink, Netflix
2021 Intergalactic Motion Content Group, Moonage Pictures, Tiger Aspect Productions, Sky One
Fate: The Winx Saga Archery Pictures, Young Blood Productions, Rainbow S.p.A., ViacomCBS, Netflix
2022 Suspicion Keshet UK, Apple TV+
The Fear Index FILLSCRN, Left Bank Pictures, Vidoeassist.hu, Sky
Three Pines Amazon Studios, Left Bank Pictures
2023 Citadel Gozie AGBO, Midnight Radio, PKM, Picrow, Amazon Studios
Bodies Moonage Pictures, Netflix

Other

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Video Games

  • Mass Effect 3 - Teaser Trailer (2012)[14]

VR Experiences

Experiences

  • Dinosaurs in the Wild (2017)[16]

Awards

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2013-2024

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Year Award Category Work Result
2014 BAFTA - Craft Awards Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode: The Day of The Doctor[17] Won
BAFTA - Craft Awards Special, Visual & Graphic Effects David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive 3D[18] Nominated
2015 BAFTA - Craft Awards Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 1: Deep Breath[19] Won
Royal Television Society Effects - Digital Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell[20] Nominated
2016 Academy Awards Best Visual Effects Ex Machina[21] Won
Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role Sherlock Special Episode: The Abominable Bride[22] Won
BAFTA Best Special Visual Effects Ex Machina[23] Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Arabella[24] Nominated
Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards Effects - Digital Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands[25] Nominated
BAFTA - Craft Awards Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Episode 5[26] Won
BAFTA - Craft Awards Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Doctor Who Series 9[27] Nominated
2017 BAFTA - Craft Awards Special, Visual & Graphic Effects The Last Dragonslayer[28] Nominated
BAFTA - Craft Awards Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Sherlock Special Episode: The Abominable Bride[29] Nominated
2019 Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards Best VFX Project Good Omens[30] Nominated
2020 BAFTA - Craft Awards Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Good Omens[31] Nominated
Broadcast Tech Innovation Award Best VFX Project Cursed[32] Nominated
2021 British Academy Television Craft Awards Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Cursed[33] Nominated
Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards Best VFX Project Intergalactic [34] Nominated
2022 British Academy Television Craft Awards Special, Visual & Graphic Effects Intergalactic[35] Nominated
2014 UK Screen Alliance Outstanding Contribution to VFX Jean-Claude Deguara – VFX Supervisor + Sara Bennett – CCO/VFX Supervisor Milk VFX[36] Nominated

References

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