Folks VFX

Folks VFX is an international visual-effects studio founded in Montreal in 2012 by Sébastien Bergeron, Philippe Thibault, and Matthew Belbin. The company creates visual effects for feature films, episodic television, commercials, and branded entertainment, and operates as a core global VFX brand within Pitch Black Company.

Its production capabilities span the VFX lifecycle, from on-set and post-production supervision through final delivery. The studio works across CG creatures and character animation, environment extensions, matte painting, photoreal compositing, FX simulation, concept art, previsualization, tech-vis, photogrammetry, and 3D scanning. Its teams also provide modeling, texturing, rigging, lighting, look development, matchmove, rotoscopy, and plate restoration.

Production capabilities

Folks VFX combines creative and technical production services for film and episodic projects. Its specialist simulation work includes water, fire, smoke, explosions, destruction, crowds, and blood and gore, alongside large-scale digital environments and character-driven visual effects.

The studio supports collaborative asset and review workflows while providing supervision and production support from shoot through post-production. This approach enables teams to contribute across complex, multi-site productions.

Global growth

Starting in Montreal, Folks expanded to Toronto, Bogotá, Saguenay, and Mumbai. In 2020, it joined the Fuse Group through a strategic partnership; the parent organization became Pitch Black Company in 2023. In January 2025, former FuseFX North American operations were consolidated under the Folks VFX banner as FOLKS USA, including operations in Burbank, New York, Atlanta, and Vancouver. A London feature-film division followed in April 2025.

Selected credits

The studio's film work includes The Creator, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Beau Is Afraid, Pedro Páramo, Happy Gilmore 2, and The Naughty Nine. Episodic credits include The Umbrella Academy, See, The Boys, Twisted Metal, Yellowjackets, Presumed Innocent, Dark Matter, and Ghosts.