Expanse
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- Founded
- 2016
- Employees
- 11-50
- Offices
- 1
About Expanse
Expanse is an independent visual effects and animation studio based in Oslo, Norway. Founded in 2016, it works across feature films, television, commercials, game cinematics and theme park entertainment. Its capabilities span photorealistic characters integrated into live-action footage, fully animated features and stereoscopic attraction media.
The studio provides services from early planning through final post-production. Pre-production work includes budgeting, scheduling, storyboarding, animatics, concept design and character development. Production capabilities cover on-set VFX supervision, 2D and 3D animation, character modelling and rigging. Its post-production work includes camera tracking, keying, crowd and character-related simulations, lighting, compositing, editing and colour grading. Together, these capabilities support projects requiring both animated performances and their integration into filmed environments.
Character animation and feature films
Expanse served as the end-to-end animation and VFX partner on Fantefilm’s A Mouse Hunt for Christmas (2025). Its contribution included four photorealistic talking hero mice, more than 500 visual effects shots and 32 minutes of character animation. The studio also delivered lead photorealistic character animation and visual effects for Teddy’s Christmas (2022), another Fantefilm holiday feature.
Its expansion into fully animated features includes Fast Forward, co-directed by Katarina Launing and Will Ashurst, with Fredrik Fottland serving as animation producer in partnership with Storm Rosenberg and Sola Media. The studio’s feature portfolio also includes the project Tix – The Lost Childhood.
Games, advertising and attractions
Beyond theatrical production, Expanse has produced gaming cinematics and promotional animation for King.com’s Candy Crush and Bubble Witch Saga. Its commercial work includes campaigns for Telia, Talkmore, Coop, Extra, Meny and Tine, alongside work for Netflix and T-We.
For location-based entertainment, the studio develops theme park media and immersive attraction content. Music Factory demonstrates this work through a stereoscopic 4D short film created for theme park installations.
More about Expanse
Leadership and background
- Founder Fredrik Fottland is CEO, Producer and VFX Supervisor. Before establishing the studio, he worked as an artist and producer at Qvisten Animation.
- Jonas Martin Larsen is co-owner and Head of CG; Eilef Sandnæs is co-owner, CTO and CG Supervisor; Sigurd Sørlie is co-owner, CG Supervisor and Pipeline TD.
- Haldor Fottland chairs the board. Tor Kristian Liseth is Line Producer, and Kristoffer Damskau is Animation Supervisor.
Production technology
For its 2025 holiday feature production, the studio developed a USD pipeline connecting Maya, Houdini, Karma XPU and Nuke through Prism Pipeline and Flow Production Tracking.
Operating model
The studio describes an approach without intermediary management layers, allowing supervising artists to work directly with directors and production partners from early pre-production through final grade. Its permanent team scales with specialized contractors during major theatrical delivery cycles.
Recognition and environmental practice
- The report identifies Expanse as a Gullbranson award winner for best commercial visual effects.
- Expanse is Eco-Lighthouse (Miljøfyrtårn) certified.
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Where Expanse is based
- Tollbugata 8B, 0152 Oslo, NorwayOslo, Norway
Oslo Headquarters & Production Facility
HeadquartersAbout this office
Centralized headquarters and production facility at Spaces Kvadraturen, housing executive leadership and pre-production, animation, simulation, lighting, pipeline development and compositing departments.
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