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Pixomondo is an international visual effects company with a global network of studios in Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Los Angeles, Beijing, Toronto, Shanghai and Baton Rouge. The company also formerly had offices in Berlin, Detroit and London. The company produces feature film, television and commercial visual effects.〔(Company Locations )〕 As of 2013, Pixomondo employs over 400 people worldwide. == History == Pixomondo was originally founded in Pfungstadt, Germany as a design studio in 2001 by Thilo Kuther. The company began its work creating video installations and 3D-animations for high end corporate clients such as Porsche and Bertelsmann. By the end of 2003, Pixomondo consisted of its one office in Pfungstadt and 40 employees. In 2005, the company first began working in the entertainment business by producing the visual effects for the German television film ''Atlantropa - Der Traum vom neuen Kontinent''. In 2005, a second location, specializing in feature films, opened in Ludwigsburg, Germany. At this location, the company produced nearly all the visual effects for the international feature film ''The Red Baron'', which was released in 2008, and earned Pixomondo first international recognition. In the same year, the first studio abroad opened in London. In 2007 and 2008, studios were opened in Frankfurt am Main and Los Angeles, respectively. Also in 2008, Pixomondo was commissioned by director Roland Emmerich to produce over 100 complete CG-environments for his feature film ''2012''. Pixomondo's first offices in Asia, specifically in Shanghai and Beijing, were opened in 2009. In 2010, the company expanded its London office and added two studios in Munich and Hamburg, as well as one in Toronto in 2011. On February 26, 2012, Pixomondo won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for its work on the film ''Hugo''. The award was presented to Alex Henning and Ben Grossmann, who were the projects supervisors. With 854 scenes that have a running time of about 62 minutes in the final film, Pixomondo produced about 94% of the films visual effects.〔http://www.imdb.com/oscars/nominations/〕 In 2012, Pixomondo acquired the Detroit visual effects studio ''With A Twist'', renaming it Pixomondo DTW. Pixomondo closed its Detroit office in November 2012, followed by its London office in February 2013. In March 2013, Pixomondo closed its Shanghai office, laying off around 20 animators and artists and moving another 13 to the location in Beijing in the process. At the same time, CEO Thilo Kuther announced, the company would start focusing more on design and conceptual work again and distance itself from the feature film industry. When asked about the number of recent location closures, Kuther is quoted as saying “I believe in the philosophy that every seven years your company has to reinvent itself. For two to three years you build up, five years you run your business, and six to eight you come up with a new idea and the business has to adapt." On May 31, 2013, the company also closed its Berlin office, naming restructuring processes as a reason for the closure and announced on their Facebook site, that the closure would strengthen the other locations. In August 2013, it became known, Pixomondo was experiencing a cash crunch, which resulted in late, or no paychecks at all for various freelancers. As of 2014, the office in Shanghai has been reopened.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pixomondo.com/losangeles/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pixomondo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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