As Technicolor Creative Studios shutters the U.S. offices of its constituent studios and feels the effects of its financial imbroglio worldwide, Variety reports that the creative leadership and “practically the entire staff” of The Mill U.S. has found a lifeline with a new venture with multi-studio VFX house Dream Machine, dubbed Arc Creative.
The Dream Machine group of VFX companies includes Important Looking Pirates (Shōgun), Fin (The Creator), Zero VFX (Challengers) and Mavericks VFX (The Handmaid’s Tale). New label Arc Creative will launch with a focus on short-form work, such as advertising, game cinematics and trailers.
Arc Creative’s starting team, comprising more than 100 former The Mill artists, includes its U.S. executive creative directors Robert Sethi and Gavin Wellsman; managing directors Angela Lupo and Anastasia von Rahl; creative directors Ilya Abulkhavov, James Allen, Jimmy Bullard, David Lawson, John Leonti, Tom Mccullough and Thiago Porto; VFX supervisors Antoine Douadi, Anthony Jones, Eva Kuehlmann, Yarin Manes, Nhat Tran and Graeme Turnbull; senior colorist Mikey Pehanich; nine executive producers and 10 heads of departments, including 2D and 3D.
The Mill had Stateside outposts in both Los Angeles and New York City, and the Arc team is working to secure new facility space in both cities. The London-established studio was launched in 1990 and has since won countless honors from the VES Awards, Clios, Cannes Lions and more.
“The Mill as we know it has shut its doors, its spirit, its passion, and its legacy live on through its amazing and talented people. After all, it was always the people that made The Mill truly special,” the departing creatives wrote in a joint statement to Variety.
[Source: Variety]
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