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Rhythm & Hues Studios was an American
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and
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company, that received the
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is an Academy Award given for the best achievement in visual effects. History of the award The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first recognized the technical contributions of special effects ...
in 1995 for '' Babe'', in 2008 for '' The Golden Compass'', and in 2013 for '' Life of Pi''. It also received four Scientific and Technical Academy Awards. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in early 2013. It was then purchased by an affiliate of
Prana Studios Prana Studios, Inc. was an American computer animation and visual effects company, founded in 2005 in Los Angeles, United States, with a wholly owned subsidiary in Mumbai, India. Prana Studios' investors include Reliance Industries and Mahindra G ...
, 34x118 Holdings, LLC, but retained the same name. Rhythm & Hues Studios ceased operations in November 2020 due to various factors including financial pressure caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
.


History


1987–2012

Rhythm & Hues Studios was established in
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in 1987 by former employees of
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(John Hughes, Pauline Ts'o, Keith Goldfarb, Cliff Boule, Frank Wuts and Charles Gibson). The company used its own proprietary software for its photo-realistic character animation/visual effects—as well as for those that are more stylized. In 1999, Rhythm & Hues Studios acquired visual effects house VIFX from
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. By 2012, the company had become a global one, with offices and artists in
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).Rhythm & Hues Taps NVIDIA Technology for Life of Pi
'' Animation World Network'', November 26, 2012
A First Mate Bares His Fangs: Creating a Tiger for ‘Life of Pi’
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'', November 16, 2012
Rhythm & Hues Makes Skies Soar
''Computer Graphics World'', November 27, 2012


2013–2020

Director
Ang Lee Ang Lee (; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. Born in Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States. During his filmmaking career, he has received international critical and popula ...
approached Rhythm & Hues in August 2009 to discuss a planned film adaptation of the fantasy novel '' Life of Pi''.'Life of Pi's' digital magic
''
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'', January 18, 2013
EXCLUSIVE: Life of Pi's Stunning Effects
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'', November 26, 2012
R&H VFX (Visual Effects) Supervisor
Bill Westenhofer Bill Westenhofer is an American visual effects supervisor. He worked for Rhythm and Hues Studios until its closure in 2013. Early life and education His hometown is Brookfield, Connecticut, where he graduated from Brookfield High School in 1986. ...
noted that Lee "knew we had done the lion in the first Narnia movie. He asked, 'Does a digital character look more or less real in 3D?' We looked at each other and thought that was a pretty good question." He also stated that during these meetings, Lee said, "'I look forward to making art with you.' This was really for me one of the most rewarding things I've worked on and the first chance to really combine art with VFX. Every shot was artistic exploration, to make the ocean a character and make it interesting we had to strive to make it as visually stunning as possible.""Life of Pi: a tiger's tale"
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'', November 26, 2012
Rhythm & Hues spent a year on
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, "building upon its already vast knowledge of CG animation" to develop the tiger.Vfx team dares to take tiger by the tail
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'', December 15, 2012
Artist Abdul Rahman in the Malaysian branch underscored the global nature of the effects process, saying that "the special thing about ''Life of Pi'' is that it was the first time we did something called remote rendering, where we engaged our cloud infrastructure in Taiwan called CAVE (Cloud Animation and Visual Effects)"."Local touch to Life Of Pi"
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'', November 26, 2012
The resulting film, '' Life of Pi'', was released in theaters in November 2012, and was a critical and commercial success. The
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's '' Sight & Sound'' magazine suggested that, "''Life of Pi'' can be seen as the film Rhythm & Hues has been building up to all these years, by taking things they learned from each production from ''Cats & Dogs'' to ''Yogi Bear'', integrating their animals in different situations and environments, pushing them to do more, and understanding how all of this can succeed both visually and dramatically."Video essay: The animal menagerie of Rhythm and Hues
.
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's '' Sight & Sound'' magazine, December 21, 2012
On February 11, 2013, Rhythm & Hues Studios filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11, three months after ''Life of Pi'' was released. Around 254 people were laid off at that time. This led to a demonstration of nearly 500 VFX artists who protested outside of the 2013 Academy Awards, as Rhythm & Hues was nominated for an Oscar (which it won) for ''Life of Pi''. Inside, during the Oscars, when R&H visual effects supervisor
Bill Westenhofer Bill Westenhofer is an American visual effects supervisor. He worked for Rhythm and Hues Studios until its closure in 2013. Early life and education His hometown is Brookfield, Connecticut, where he graduated from Brookfield High School in 1986. ...
brought up R&H during his acceptance speech for ''Life of Pi'', the microphone was cut off as the music of ''Jaws'' slowly took over. This started an uproar among many visual effects industry professionals, changing profile pictures on social media such as Facebook and Twitter to show the green key color, in order to raise awareness of general negative trends in the effects industry. In addition, director
Ang Lee Ang Lee (; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. Born in Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States. During his filmmaking career, he has received international critical and popula ...
was heavily criticized by the community for not acknowledging their work in the effects-laden film in his acceptance speech, despite thanking many other people, and for earlier having complained about the costs of visual effects. On March 29, 2013, an affiliate of
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, 34x118 Holdings, LLC, won the bidding on Rhythm and Hues in a bankruptcy auction. The sale was "valued at about $30 million". After the bankruptcy and sale, Rhythm and Hues continued to work on film, television, and ride-film projects, winning multiple Emmy Awards and a Visual Effects Society award for their work on ''
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''. Rhythm & Hues Studios ceased operations in November 2020 due to various factors including financial pressure caused by the
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.


Selected filmography

;2022 * '' RRR'' ;2021 * ''
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'' * '' The Boys'' ;2018 * ''
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'' * '' Carnival Row'' * ''
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'' * '' Slender Man'' ;2017 * '' Game of Thrones (season 7)'' * '' The Walking Dead (season 7)'' * '' Midnight, Texas'' * '' The Mist'' ;2016 * '' Game of Thrones (season 6)'' * '' Skull Island: Reign of Kong'' ;2015 * '' Game of Thrones (season 5)'' * '' Fear the Walking Dead'' ;2014 * '' 300: Rise of an Empire'' * '' Seventh Son'' * '' Winter's Tale'' * '' Tammy'' * '' Into the Storm'' * '' X-Men: Days of Future Past'' ;2013 * '' Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters'' * ''
Machete Kills ''Machete Kills'' (also known as ''Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills'') is a 2013 American action exploitation film directed by Robert Rodriguez, with a screenplay by Kyle Ward, from a story by Robert and Marcel Rodriguez. Based on the eponym ...
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R.I.P.D. ''R.I.P.D.'', also marketed as ''R.I.P.D.: Rest in Peace Department'', is a 2013 American supernatural action comedy film starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds. The film was directed by Robert Schwentke and written by Phil Hay and Matt Man ...
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Grown Ups 2 ''Grown Ups 2'' is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Adam Sandler, Fred Wolf, and Tim Herlihy, and produced by Sandler and Jack Giarraputo. It is a sequel to the 2010 film '' Grown Ups''. The film stars Sandler ...
'' * '' The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' ;2012 * '' The Bourne Legacy'' * ''
Big Miracle ''Big Miracle'' is a 2012 drama film directed by Ken Kwapis, and stars Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski. The film is based on Tom Rose's 1989 book '' Freeing the Whales'', which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to ...
'' * ''
Django Unchained ''Django Unchained'' () is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson, with Walton Goggins, Dennis C ...
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'' * '' Red Dawn'' * '' The Hunger Games'' * '' This is 40'' * '' Life of Pi'' * '' Snow White and the Huntsman'' ;2011 * '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked'' * '' Hop'' * ''
Moneyball ''Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game'' is a book by Michael Lewis, published in 2003, about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its general manager Billy Beane. Its focus is the team's analytical, evidence-based, sabermetric appro ...
'' * ''
The Cabin in the Woods ''The Cabin in the Woods'' is a 2011 science fiction horror comedy film directed by Drew Goddard in his directorial debut, produced by Joss Whedon, and written by Whedon and Goddard. It stars Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, F ...
'' * ''
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'' * '' Red Riding Hood'' * '' Mr. Popper's Penguins'' * '' X-Men: First Class'' ;2010 * '' The A-Team'' * '' Marmaduke'' * '' Charlie St. Cloud'' * '' Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief'' * '' The Wolfman'' * '' Knight and Day'' * '' Little Fockers'' * ''
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'' * ''
Yogi Bear Yogi Bear is an anthropomorphic animal character who has appeared in numerous comic books, animated television shows and films. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in '' The Huckleberry Hound Show''. Yogi Bear was the first ...
'' ;2009 * ''
Aliens in the Attic ''Aliens in the Attic'' is a 2009 American comic science fiction film directed by John Schultz and written by Mark Burton and Adam F. Goldberg, based on an original story conceived by Burton. Starring Carter Jenkins, Austin Butler, Ashley Tis ...
'' * '' Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' * ''
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'' * '' The Time Traveler's Wife'' * '' Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant'' * '' State of Play'' * '' Land of the Lost'' * '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel'' * '' Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian'' ;2008 * '' The Incredible Hulk'' * '' The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'' ;2007 * '' The Golden Compass'' * '' Live Free or Die Hard'' * ''
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'' * '' The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising'' * '' The Kingdom'' * ''
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'' * '' Evan Almighty'' ;2006 * ''
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'' * '' Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties'' * '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' * '' Happy Feet'' * '' Night at the Museum'' * '' Superman Returns'' * '' X-Men: The Last Stand'' ;2005 * '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe'' * '' Elektra'' * '' The Longest Yard'' * '' The Skeleton Key'' * '' The Ring 2'' * '' Serenity'' * ''
Ice Princess ''Ice Princess'' is a 2005 American teen sports comedy-drama film directed by Tim Fywell, written by Hadley Davis from a story by Meg Cabot and Davis, and starring Joan Cusack, Michelle Trachtenberg, Kim Cattrall and Hayden Panettiere. The fi ...
'' ;2004 * '' Around the World in 80 Days'' * '' Garfield: The Movie'' * '' Friday Night Lights'' * '' The Flight of the Phoenix'' * '' The Chronicles of Riddick'' * '' Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed'' ;2003 * ''
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'' * '' The Rundown'' * '' Intolerable Cruelty'' * '' Elf'' * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' * '' X2'' ;2002 * '' Men in Black II'' * '' Scooby-Doo'' * '' The Ring'' * '' Solaris'' * '' Kung POW!'' * ''
Stuart Little 2 ''Stuart Little 2'' is a 2002 American live action/ computer-animated comedy film directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, and Jonathan Lipnicki, and the voices of Michael J. Fox as Stuart Little and Nathan Lane as Snowb ...
'' * '' The Sum of All Fears'' ;2001 * '' Cats & Dogs'' * ''
Dr. Dolittle 2 ''Dr. Dolittle 2'' (also known as ''Doctor Dolittle 2'') is a 2001 American fantasy comedy film and a sequel to the 1998 film '' Dr. Dolittle''. It was written by Larry Levin, one of the co-writers of ''Dr. Dolittle'', and directed by Steve Carr. ...
'' * '' Along Came a Spider'' * '' Behind Enemy Lines'' * ''
One Night at McCool's ''One Night at McCool's'' is a 2001 American neo-noir black comedy film written by Stan Seidel, directed by Harald Zwart, and starring Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser, John Goodman, Michael Douglas, Andrew Silverstein and Reba McEntire. P ...
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'' * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' * ''
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'' ;2000 * '' How the Grinch Stole Christmas'' * '' Little Nicky'' * ''
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'' * '' Fantasia 2000'' * '' Dracula 2000'' * '' Bedazzled'' * ''
Frequency Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time. It is also occasionally referred to as ''temporal frequency'' for clarity, and is distinct from ''angular frequency''. Frequency is measured in hertz (Hz) which is eq ...
'' * '' Battlefield Earth'' * '' The Sixth Day'' * '' The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas'' * '' Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'' * '' Hollow Man'' ;1999 * ''
Anna and the King ''Anna and the King'' is a 1999 American biographical period drama film directed by Andy Tennant and written by Steve Meerson and Peter Krikes. Loosely based on the 1944 novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'', which gives a fictionalized accoun ...
'' * '' The Green Mile'' * '' End of Days'' * '' Mystery Men'' * '' Summer of Sam'' * '' The Story of Us'' * '' Stuart Little'' ;1998 * '' Babe: Pig in the City'' * '' The Parent Trap'' * '' The Faculty'' * ''
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'' * '' Stepmom'' ;1997 * '' Speed 2: Cruise Control'' * ''
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'' * '' MouseHunt'' * '' Batman & Robin'' ;1996 * ''
Kazaam ''Kazaam'' () is a 1996 fantasy comedy family film. It was directed by Paul Michael Glaser, written by Christian Ford and Roger Soffer based on a story by Glaser, and starring Shaquille O'Neal as the title character, a 5,000-year-old genie who a ...
'' * '' The Nutty Professor'' ;1995 * '' Babe'' * '' Batman Forever'' * '' Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'' * '' Waterworld'' ; 1994 * ''
The Pagemaster ''The Pagemaster'' is a 1994 American live-action/animated fantasy adventure film starring Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Stewart, Leonard Nimoy, Frank Welker, Ed Begley Jr., and Mel Harris. The film was produced b ...
'' ; 1993 * ''Hocus Pocus'' * '' We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'' ; 1992 * '' Stay Tuned'' ; 1991 * ''
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'' * ''
Flight of the Intruder ''Flight of the Intruder'' is a 1991 war film directed by John Milius, and starring Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, and Brad Johnson. It is based on the novel of the same name by former Grumman A-6 Intruder pilot Stephen Coonts. The film received ...
'' ; 1990 * ''
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'' * '' Jetsons: The Movie''


Awards


Academy Award for Best Visual Effects The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is an Academy Award given for the best achievement in visual effects. History of the award The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first recognized the technical contributions of special effects ...

* 2012: Won: '' Life of Pi'' * 2007: Won: '' The Golden Compass'' * 1995: Won: '' Babe''


BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects

* 2013: Won: '' Life of Pi'' * 2007: Won: '' The Golden Compass'', Visual Effects


Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects

* 2018: Won: '' Game of Thrones "Beyond the Wall"'' * 2016: Won: '' Game of Thrones "Battle Of The Bastards"'' * 2015: Won: '' Game of Thrones "The Dance Of Dragons"''


Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Performance

* 2016: Won: '' Game of Thrones "Battle of the Bastards; Drogon"''


See also

*
Industrial Light & Magic Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American motion picture visual effects company that was founded on May 26, 1975 by George Lucas. It is a division of the film production company Lucasfilm, which Lucas founded, and was created when he began pr ...
* Sony Pictures Imageworks * Animal Logic * Weta Digital * Digital Domain *
Framestore Framestore is a British animation, visual effects company and creative studio based on Chancery Lane in London. Formed in 1986, it acquired (and subsequently merged with) the Computer Film Company in 1997. It works on feature films and telev ...
*
Moving Picture Company The Moving Picture Company (MPC) is a multinational company providing visual effects, CGI, animation, motion design and other services for the film, TV, brand experience and advertising industries. Their artists have produced Academy Award ...
* DNEG *
Pacific Data Images Pacific Data Images (PDI) was an American computer animation production company based in Redwood City, California, that was bought by DreamWorks SKG in 2000. It was renamed PDI/DreamWorks and was owned by DreamWorks Animation. Founded in 1980 ...
*
Blue Sky Studios Blue Sky Studios, Inc. was an American computer animation studio based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded on February 22, 1987 by Chris Wedge, Michael Ferraro, Carl Ludwig, Alison Brown, David Brown, and Eugene Troubetzkoy after their e ...


References


Further reading and viewing

* Lee, Kevin.
Video essay: The animal menagerie of Rhythm and Hues
. Sight & Sound,
British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...
. December 21, 2012. *
'Life of Pi's' digital magic
. ''
Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the ...
'', January 17, 2013. * Zahed, Ramin.
Beyond Talking Pigs and Chipmunks
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Animation Magazine ''Animation Magazine'' is an American print magazine and website covering the animation industry and education, as well as visual effects. The print magazine is published 10 times a year in the United States. History and profile ''Animation Maga ...
'', April 2, 2012. * ''Life After Pi'' (2014 documentary)


External links


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