Ghost VFX
Award-winning visual effects for feature film & episodic for over 20 years
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 1999
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Offices
- 7
About Ghost VFX
Ghost VFX is an international visual effects studio serving feature films, episodic television, streaming productions, interactive entertainment and advertising. Founded in Copenhagen in 1999, it has grown into a production network spanning North America, Europe and Asia. Its work combines computer animation, creature and character development, digital environments, dynamic simulation and photorealistic compositing.
The studio supports productions from early planning through final delivery. Its production and supervision services include shot breakdowns, bidding, on-set visual effects supervision, concept art and previsualization. Asset development covers sculpting, texturing, rigging, skinning and animation, alongside hard-surface modeling for vehicles and spacecraft. Environmental and effects work includes matte painting, water, fire, smoke, atmospheric effects and destruction.
Production capabilities
Ghost VFX also provides invisible effects and digital beauty work, including cosmetic retouching, skin cleanup and age adjustments. Its compositing services encompass blue- and green-screen integration, deep compositing, rotoscoping, camera tracking, matchmoving and paint cleanup. Virtual production capabilities include real-time asset preparation, LED volume integration and camera tracker alignment, with game-engine technology forming part of its wider production toolkit.
The studio's screen portfolio includes work across the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, alongside productions such as Black Panther, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Fast X, Shadow and Bone, For All Mankind and Troll. Its markets also include commercials, cinematic trailers, character cutscenes and game-engine assets.
Development of the studio
Picture Shop acquired Ghost VFX in January 2020. Later that year, Streamland Media consolidated visual effects operations under the Ghost VFX brand, bringing together Ghost VFX, Picture Shop VFX and FarmFX. The resulting network expanded its ability to support international film and television production, followed by further growth in Canada and India. Ghost VFX continues to operate as a distinct visual effects brand within Streamland Media's wider post-production group.
More about Ghost VFX
Founders and leadership
- Jeppe Nygaard Christensen and Phillip Prahl founded the studio. Their founding roles do not establish current executive positions.
- David Lebensfeld was appointed President of Ghost VFX and Ingenuity Studios in October 2023 as Streamland Media unified executive leadership across its visual effects division.
Production pipeline
The studio uses a proprietary cloud-connected pipeline built around Foundry Nuke, Autodesk Maya and SideFX Houdini. The report describes this infrastructure as enabling round-the-clock collaboration between creative supervisors and artist teams across its international network.
Industry recognition
The report credits Ghost VFX with a 2021 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode for the Star Trek: Discovery episode “Su'Kal.”
Notable credits
37 creditsOffices
Where Ghost VFX is based
- Århusgade 88, 2. sal, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, DenmarkCopenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen office
HeadquartersFounding studio and global headquarters, housing administrative, creative and supervision teams.
- 49 Ontario Street, Toronto, ON, M5A 2V1, CanadaToronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto office
Eastern Canadian production facility co-located with Picture Shop.
- 2339 Columbia Street, Suite 200, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 3Y3, CanadaVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver office
Opened 2020
Purpose-built 6,300-square-foot production facility opened in September 2020 and operated through GHOST VFX VANCOUVER LTD.
- Panchshil Tech Park, Tower-A, 8th Floor, near Phoenix Marketcity, Lohegaon, Viman Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra 411014, IndiaPune, Maharashtra, India
Pune office
Opened 2022
About this office
32,000-square-foot direct production hub operated through Streamland Media India Private Limited, supporting compositing, matchmove and roto-prep.
- 1-7 Livonia Street, Soho, London, W1F 8AD, United KingdomLondon, England, United Kingdom
London office
Direct UK visual effects studio supporting feature and streaming productions.
- ABC Building, 21-23 Quay Street, Manchester, M3 4AE, United KingdomManchester, England, United Kingdom
Manchester office
Regional UK VFX facility co-located with Picture Shop, supporting episodic television and broadcast productions.
- Sunset Gower Studios, 6040 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United StatesLos Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles office
North American VFX hub co-located with Streamland Media, supporting executive management and client supervision.
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