Filmworks/FX, Inc.
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2001
- Employees
- 11-50
- Offices
- 5
About Filmworks/FX, Inc.
Filmworks/FX, Inc. is an independent boutique visual effects and virtual production studio founded in 2001 by Ken Locsmandi. Working across feature films, episodic television and commercials, the company combines digital effects production with on-set support and post-production finishing. Its operations span Los Angeles and New York, supporting both film projects and ongoing television production.
The studio’s visual effects capabilities include digital compositing, computer-generated imagery, character animation, digital creatures, matte painting and environment extensions. It also provides green- and blue-screen integration, dynamic simulations, digital cleanup, paint and rotoscoping. Driving composites and background plate photography connect its location work with the images assembled in post-production.
Production and finishing
Filmworks/FX supports productions through VFX supervision, high-speed camera capture and second-unit VFX direction. Its virtual production work incorporates real-time character creation, animation and motion capture integration, with portable workflows designed for use across different production environments. Finishing services include color correction, conform and digital intermediate work.
The company’s history bridges photochemical and digital filmmaking. Locsmandi initially rented space inside Filmworks Laboratory, whose name became the basis for Filmworks/FX. The company subsequently purchased the laboratory and combined film processing with scanning, telecine, digital intermediate finishing and visual effects. The laboratory closed in 2007 as the business shifted its focus toward digital VFX and pipeline development.
Film and television work
The studio’s feature-film credits include Apocalypto, Gone Girl, Geostorm, Terminal and Beyond White Space. Its more recent work includes virtual production and visual effects for Flight Risk.
Filmworks/FX expanded into New York television production in 2014. Its episodic portfolio includes Blue Bloods, Hap and Leonard, Limitless, House of Cards, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Mindhunter and Ballers. This combination of feature and episodic work draws on the studio’s capabilities in shot production, on-set capture and finishing.
More about Filmworks/FX, Inc.
Leadership
- Ken Locsmandi is identified as owner, director and senior VFX supervisor.
- Mike Warren is the New York VFX supervisor, and Owen Holdren is operations manager.
Production methods
- The studio combines Reallusion iClone and Character Creator with Unreal Engine in portable, stage-agnostic virtual production workflows.
- Blackmagic Design's 2021 and 2022 production announcements describe Mike Warren using Blackmagic Production Camera 4Ks for Blue Bloods VFX capture and DaVinci Resolve Studio within the VFX pipeline.
- A Seagate case study describes the company's search for centralized storage to meet performance demands across its California and New York operations.
Operating model and collaboration
- The report describes a core team supplemented by project-based contract talent. The company's own materials characterize its approach as having a DIY attitude and an underdog spirit.
- An operating alliance formed with 424 Post in 2012 combines picture post-production with sound editorial, design and mixing through shared facilities.
Television milestone
The company reports completing nearly 3,000 visual effects shots for Blue Bloods during its first year of New York operations.
Notable credits
21 creditsOffices
Where Filmworks/FX, Inc. is based
- 320 Kingsland Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11222Brooklyn, New York, United States
Brooklyn Facility
Opened 2014
East Coast television production operations managed through the regional entity Filmworks/FX NY Inc.
- 10375 Jefferson Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232Culver City, California, United States
Culver City Facility
Facility shared with alliance partner 424 Post.
- 12655 W. Jefferson Blvd., 4th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90066Los Angeles, California, United States
West Los Angeles Office
- New York, United States
New York office
- 23271 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA 91364Woodland Hills, California, United States
Woodland Hills Facility
Primary Valley premises within the company's Los Angeles operations; the report reconciles the saved Encino location with this facility.
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