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Fifth Wall VFX

VFX & Post-Production
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Founded
2015
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1-10
Offices
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About Fifth Wall VFX

Fifth Wall VFX is an independent British visual effects, CGI and creative digital studio based in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Established in 2015 by experienced VFX artists and supervisors, it produces work for advertising agencies, production companies, broadcasters and direct brand clients. Its portfolio spans commercials, broadcast identities, sports branding, children's drama and feature film.

The studio handles projects from initial concept through final delivery. Its capabilities include photorealistic CGI, character and creature animation, rigging, motion graphics, title design and on-set VFX supervision. Technical work ranges from photogrammetry and CAD conversion to simulations of fluids, smoke, particles, dust and destruction. It also creates digital environments and assets for virtual production, alongside product and packaging visualisation.

Work across screens and formats

For television, Fifth Wall contributed character animation and episodic visual effects to the CBBC drama Katy, including a CG hornet and superhero energy effects. Its broadcast portfolio includes title sequence work for Match of the Day, historical visualisations for Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles, and celebrity introductions for Dancing on Ice. Sports projects include trophy animations, medal visualisation and tournament graphics.

Automotive work combines detailed product imagery with constructed environments and simulation. Projects include virtual environments for the Rolls-Royce Spectre launch, full-CG desert and wadi sequences for Land Rover Defender campaigns, and digital reconstruction of the internal mechanisms of Multimatic's DSSV dampers. These assignments bring together environment building, mechanical animation and effects work within commercial productions.

The wider advertising portfolio includes campaigns for American Express, White Claw, Warburtons, Domino's, Jaguar, Vodafone and Peroni. Short-form work also includes social campaign films and promotional pre-roll spots, with services extending from on-set supervision to CG animation and compositing. In feature film, the studio supplied supporting digital visual effects for One Life and Freud's Last Session through collaboration with Lipsync Post. Across these formats, its work connects asset creation, animation, simulation and compositing within an end-to-end production service.

More about Fifth Wall VFX

Founders and leadership

Co-founders David Child and James David Knopp are active directors, both appointed on 7 December 2015. Their earlier experience includes work at London post-production facilities Envy, Radiant Studios and Liquid TV.

Production approach

The studio works predominantly with Maya, Houdini and Redshift. In its industry interview, it describes balancing technical choices with practical creative problem solving, commercial schedules and budgets. Its operating model includes acting as an integrated CG studio extension for art directors, agencies, production companies and broadcasters.

Recognition

The supplied research identifies Fifth Wall VFX as a BAFTA award-winning studio and connects that recognition to its work on Katy.

Production collaborations

The Rolls-Royce Spectre launch involved collaboration with Rankin Creative and Quite Brilliant. The Multimatic DSSV project was produced with Chrome Productions, while FIBA medal visualisation involved TwelfthMan.

Notable credits

27 credits
  • Katy
  • Match of the Day — broadcast titles
  • Rolls-Royce Spectre — launch campaign
  • Defender – Ramadan
  • Defender – The Journey
  • Multimatic DSSV Damper Tech
  • One Life — supporting visual effects with Lipsync Post
  • Freud's Last Session — supporting visual effects with Lipsync Post
  • American Express / British Airways Business — social campaign
  • Avengers: Endgame — Hasbro YouTube pre-roll promotional spots
  • UEFA Champions League Trophy animations
  • UEFA Trophies
  • FIBA World Cup Medals — 3D design visualisation
  • CONCACAF Champions Cup — tournament package
  • Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles
  • Warburtons Mission Crumbtrol
  • White Claw – Thawsome
  • White Claw – Iced Tea
  • Dominos – Ultimate Spicy Meatballs
  • Jaguar Origins
  • Jaguar XJ Touchscreen Updates
  • Peroni – Born in Rome
  • Dancing on Ice Celebrity Intros
  • Tina & Bobby
  • EE — Black Friday, June Sale and Summer Sale campaigns
  • Vodafone – Green
  • Motorola – DEFY

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