DNEG India

DNEG India is the Indian operating arm of DNEG, delivering visual effects, computer animation and post-production services for feature films, episodic television, streaming productions, themed entertainment and commercials. Legally structured as DNEG India Media Services Limited, it supports DNEG’s global creative work through a nationwide Indian studio network.

Its teams work across high-end visual-effects finishing and CG integration, including compositing, digital environments, creature and character effects, lighting and rendering, stereo 3D conversion, deep compositing, virtual production and motion capture. The studio also provides matte painting, rotoscopy and prep, matchmove and tracking, digital intermediate and colour-grading work, and technical direction for pipeline, render and mocap workflows.

Production work

DNEG India artists have contributed sequence finishing, compositing and visual effects work to productions including:

• Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two
• Tenet, Blade Runner 2049, First Man, Oppenheimer, Inception and Interstellar
• The Last of Us, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and Chernobyl
• Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva

The Indian network developed following the 2014 merger of Prime Focus and Double Negative. Mumbai was its first Indian studio, followed by expansion to additional facilities across the country. Chennai became the company’s second Indian facility in 2017.

Creative scope

The studio’s work spans the creation and finishing of complex visual-effects sequences, from live-action plate work and optical matching to multi-pass CG, environment creation and character animation. Its teams collaborate with DNEG’s international production network on large-scale film and television projects.