Lightfarm Studios
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2010
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 2
About Lightfarm Studios
Lightfarm Studios is a Brazilian creative visual-arts and animation studio working across CGI, 2D and 3D animation, visual effects, live-action production, photography, and interactive media. The Rio de Janeiro-based company develops visual storytelling for advertising, entertainment, games, healthcare communications, and original content.
Its production capabilities cover creative direction, concept design, character styling, storyboarding, scriptwriting, visual worldbuilding, 3D modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, lighting, rendering, compositing, colour grading, retouching, and finishing. The studio also works with motion capture, real-time development, virtual production, augmented reality, virtual reality, and extended-reality experiences.
Selected work
Lightfarm's credited projects include original films such as Snooze, The Dream of Ink, and Back to the Moon, alongside commercial and entertainment work including Valorant — “Raze: The Color of Town,” Valorant — “Every Frag A Story,” Audible's There's More to Imagine When You Listen, Xbox Brasil's Play Again, and Samsung's “Sam” virtual-assistant prototype.
The studio has also produced healthcare and advocacy-oriented work including One Word and Infinite Saree. Its client and collaborator roster includes Riot Games, Blizzard Entertainment, Xbox, Audible, McDonald's, Samsung, Area 23, Klick Health, and Cheil Worldwide.
More about Lightfarm Studios
Origins and creative community
The Lightfarm venture began in Auckland in 2010. Brazilian artists Milton Menezes and Rafael de Castro Vallaperde later partnered with the original founders after formative work at the New Zealand studio, establishing Lightfarm Brasil in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2017, studio leadership co-founded UNHIDE School, a digital-art education platform and community conference.
Production methods
For the original short Snooze, Lightfarm used full-body motion capture with a Rokoko Smartsuit Pro.
Notable credits
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Where Lightfarm Studios is based
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: Avenida Ataulfo de Paiva, nº 1235, Sala 303, Leblon, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, CEP: 22440-034, Brazil. Global operational headquarters. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: Rua Carlos Machado, 152, 2º andar, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil. Former production space. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: Avenida Ayrton Senna, 3000, Downtown Bloco 12, Sala 107, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, CEP: 22640-100, Brazil. Former production space.
- São Paulo, Brazil
São Paulo office
Opened 2020
Technology and XR branch established in 2020.
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