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CVLT

Creative & Production
Open roles
0
Founded
2007
Employees
11-50
Offices
5

About CVLT

CVLT, pronounced “Cult” and also known as CVLT Production, is a commercial production and post-production studio working across live action, visual effects and creative content. Founded in 2007, the company operates in New York and Los Angeles, supporting advertising projects from conceptual direction and filming through digital image creation and final finishing.

Its production capabilities include creative direction, cinematography and executive producing. Post-production work encompasses editorial assembly, visual effects supervision, photoreal CGI, 3D modeling, shading, rendering, compositing, motion graphics and color grading. This combination allows the studio to handle both photographed material and computer-generated imagery within commercial projects.

CVLT’s work serves advertising, automotive, fashion, luxury, beauty, consumer technology and entertainment markets. Reported commercial clients include Lexus, Acura, Infiniti, Puma, Perrier and Target. Its portfolio also extends into music and interactive imagery, including a remake of David Bowie’s Life on Mars music video and Steven Klein’s augmented reality 3D interactive portrait of Katy Perry for W Magazine.

The company has developed alongside sister business Urban Studio, whose work includes beauty, fragrance and fashion imaging. The businesses collaborate on print and motion retouching, CGI and finishing, with CVLT historically concentrating on commercial video production and visual effects. Their shared production relationships connect live-action and motion work with specialist image finishing for luxury and beauty campaigns.

CVLT’s current online presence is hosted through Urban Studio, where its reels and portfolio remain available. Its former standalone domain redirects to that platform. The supplied research describes CVLT as an active, integrated production banner alongside Urban Studio, retaining its supported public identity as CVLT and CVLT Production.

More about CVLT

Founders and shared operating history

  • Alberto Ruiz and Dennis Cusack founded CVLT. They also co-founded Urban Studio in 2003, establishing the shared founder relationship behind the businesses' collaboration.

Historical production leadership

  • In 2019, Kathrin Lausch joined as VP of Production and Client Services across CVLT and Urban Studio.
  • The same year's reported appointments included Katya Pavlova as Head of Post Production, Charles Paek as Creative Director and VFX Supervisor, and Frank Sun as Executive Producer. These are historical appointments rather than confirmation of their current roles.

Notable credits

9 credits
  • Lexus commercial production and visual effects
  • Acura commercial production and visual effects
  • Infiniti commercial production and visual effects
  • Puma commercial production and visual effects
  • Perrier advertising campaigns
  • Target advertising campaigns
  • Tanqueray advertising campaigns
  • David Bowie — Life on Mars music video remake
  • Steven Klein's augmented reality 3D interactive Katy Perry cover portrait for W Magazine

Offices

Where CVLT is based

5 locations
  • New York Headquarters

    Headquarters
    115 W 27th St, Fl. 5, New York, NY 10001New York, United States

    Chelsea headquarters shared with sister company Urban Studio. The saved Chelsea and broader New York records represent the same premises.

  • Culver City office

    Culver City, California, United States
  • Los Angeles Branch

    Los Angeles, California, United States
    About this office

    West Coast production base supporting live-action production, VFX supervision and commercial client services. The report reconciles the saved Culver City entry with this branch.

  • New York office

    New York, United States
  • New York office

    New York, United States

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