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Entity FX

VFX & Post-Production
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Founded
2002
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11-50
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About Entity FX

Entity FX is an American boutique visual effects studio founded in 2002 by visual effects supervisor, cinematographer and director Mat Beck, ASC. Based in Los Angeles, the company creates digital imagery for feature films, episodic television, commercials, music videos and immersive projects. Its work spans production planning, on-set supervision and completed visual effects, supporting both rapid-turnaround television and feature film production.

The studio became a principal visual effects provider for Smallville, contributing from its second season in 2002 through the series finale in 2011. Its television work also includes The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Breaking Bad, True Detective, Fargo and the 2016 return of The X-Files. For Breaking Bad, its contributions included the computer-generated fly in the episode “Fly” and digital enhancements to practical makeup effects.

From planning to final imagery

Entity FX provides storyboarding, concept art, visual effects planning and budgeting, and stereoscopic previsualization. During production, its services include on-set visual effects supervision, principal and second-unit direction, and specialized cinematography involving miniature, aerial, high-speed and element photography. Real-time visualization helps connect production decisions with the intended finished imagery.

Its post-production capabilities encompass compositing, computer-generated characters and creatures, vehicles, digital doubles, environment creation, set extensions and matte painting. The studio also produces digital makeup effects, including aging, rejuvenation and trauma, alongside simulations of fire, fluids, weather and explosions. Other work includes wire and rig removal, stereoscopic imagery, post-visualization and virtual reality asset development. Project support can extend to post-production supervision and coordination between local and international visual effects vendors.

Feature film credits include Spider-Man 2, The Aviator, Miami Vice, Into the Wild, Law Abiding Citizen, Michael Jackson's This Is It, I Am Number Four, Riddick, War Dogs, The Laundromat and Earthquake Bird. Across these productions, the studio has supplied specialized effects, stereo imagery and subtle post-production adjustments alongside more visibly constructed digital sequences.

More about Entity FX

Leadership

  • Mat Beck, ASC is identified as President, Senior VFX Supervisor and Director, in addition to his founding role.
  • David Alexander is identified as CG Supervisor and Lead 3D Artist.

Production approach

The report describes custom software engineering as part of the studio's production foundation. Its work on Smallville combined practical elements, 3D digital doubles, high-speed photography and procedural environments.

Recognition

Entity FX received two Emmy Awards for scientific animation and anatomical simulation work on Sports Science. The report also records multiple Visual Effects Society Awards and Emmy nominations associated with its Smallville work.

Earlier company history

Before establishing Entity FX, Mat Beck founded Light Matters, Inc. in 1994. The two companies operated alongside one another during an early transition period and received the joint credit “Light Matters / Entity FX” on Sweet Home Alabama in 2002.

Notable credits

50 credits
  • Earthquake Bird
  • The Laundromat
  • Cliffs of Freedom
  • Father Figures
  • Live by Night
  • War Dogs
  • The Last Face
  • Riddick
  • Fright Night: 3D
  • I Am Number Four
  • Yogi Bear: 3D
  • Conviction
  • Michael Jackson's This Is It
  • The Final Destination: 3D
  • Law Abiding Citizen
  • The Spirit
  • The X-Files: I Want to Believe
  • Superhero Movie
  • Into the Wild
  • Rush Hour 3
  • The Air I Breathe
  • Miami Vice
  • Scary Movie 4
  • Herbie: Fully Loaded
  • Hitch
  • Spider-Man 2
  • The Aviator
  • The Righteous Gemstones
  • Watchmen
  • The Orville
  • Godless
  • American Gods
  • Legion
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events
  • Fear the Walking Dead
  • The Walking Dead
  • The X-Files (2016 event series)
  • True Detective
  • Containment
  • The Vampire Diaries
  • The Originals
  • Fargo
  • Game of Thrones
  • Breaking Bad
  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
  • Sports Science
  • Burn Notice
  • Harper's Island
  • Pushing Daisies
  • Smallville

Offices

Current and former locations of Entity FX

4 locations

  • Los Angeles office

    Headquarters
    11500 W. Olympic Blvd, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90064, United StatesLos Angeles, California, United States

    Current primary studio and executive headquarters, housing supervision, 2D/3D production, compositing and production management.

    info@entityfx.com+1 310-899-9779
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  • Atlanta office

    Atlanta, Georgia, United States

  • Santa Monica office

    Santa Monica, California, United States

  • Entity FX North

    Former office
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Opened 2006

    About this office

    Former Canadian branch opened in December 2006 to support British Columbia productions, including Smallville and Harper's Island. The report states that the facility has ceased direct operations.

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