Burning Tractor
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- Founded
- 2010
- Employees
- 11-50
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- 1
About Burning Tractor
Burning Tractor is an independent visual effects and post-production studio based in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 2010 by visual effects supervisor Wesley “Wes” Meyers, the company works across feature films, episodic television and commercial advertising. Its capabilities combine visual effects, animation, virtual production and finishing, with services extending from concept development and script analysis through on-set supervision and final delivery.
Visual effects and production
The studio creates photorealistic computer-generated creatures, assets and environments, alongside digital environment extensions and procedural effects. Its simulation work includes destruction, fluids and particles. Production services cover modeling, texturing, lighting and rendering, while its compositing work includes green-screen extraction, cleanup, roto and paint.
Burning Tractor also develops real-time previsualization and virtual environments through Unreal Engine workflows. These capabilities sit alongside offline and online editorial, digital intermediate color grading, conforming and motion graphics. For commercial projects, the company offers full-lifecycle production that brings creative development, production and finishing into a single service offering.
Film and episodic work
The studio began by handling overflow visual effects for regional advertising and independent film clients. A significant milestone was its work on Amazon’s Panic, for which it delivered more than 1,500 visual effects shots. Its subsequent portfolio includes productions released by Apple TV+, Amazon and Netflix, alongside independently distributed features.
Feature credits include Iron Lung, Osiris, The Senior, Air, Emancipation, Raymond & Ray and Accidental Texan. For Iron Lung, the supplied research identifies creature rendering and compositing together with procedural submarine destruction effects. Its episodic work includes Government Cheese, Mo, Panic and Crunch Time.
Across these markets, Burning Tractor combines specialist visual effects work with broader production and post-production services. Its range supports both individual effects assignments and projects requiring coordinated creative development, editorial, color and final finishing.
More about Burning Tractor
Leadership
- Wes Meyers serves as Owner and VFX Supervisor.
- Diane Testa serves as Executive Producer / VFX Producer.
Security preparedness
The studio's official profile states that it holds a Trusted Partner Network Gold Star shield for security preparedness. The research describes infrastructure upgrades undertaken to meet major studio security requirements.
Origin of the name
The company's name recalls a 1967 Minneapolis-Moline tractor catching fire while Meyers was mowing on his family's farm outside Longview, Texas. After extinguishing the fire and replacing a radiator hose, the family finished the job. Meyers has described that experience as the inspiration for the company's emphasis on completing work despite setbacks.
Legal milestone
The operating business was formally registered as a Texas limited liability company on April 18, 2016, following its earlier business founding.
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Where Burning Tractor is based
- Dallas, Texas, United States
Dallas offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: 3720 Canton Street, Suite 201, Dallas, TX 75226, United States Office webpage: https://www.burningtractor.com/contact Overall company headquarters and primary facility for VFX, virtual production and post-production operations, following relocation from Commerce Street. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 3709 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75226 Former Deep Ellum studio facility, superseded by the Canton Street premises. The relocation year is not supplied.
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