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Masters of Reality

VFX & Post-Production
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Founded
2020
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11-50
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About Masters of Reality

Masters of Reality is an independent, artist-led visual effects and creative technology studio based in Auckland, New Zealand. Operating as a boutique VFX facility, it combines traditional visual-effects craft with machine-learning-assisted production tools for film, episodic television and commercial work.

The studio provides end-to-end VFX production, from concept development, bidding and pre-production consultation through on-set supervision, 2D and 3D effects work, final compositing and delivery. Its capabilities include high-end compositing, CG integration, set extension, digital matte painting, de-aging and cosmetic cleanup, prosthetic and wound augmentation, hard-surface CG, fluid morphing and stereoscopic workflows.

Hybrid production approach

Masters of Reality develops proprietary creative technology through its MORML division. Its in-house tools, including LEIA™ and the developing Celine 2.0™ platform, are intended to support secure local processing, faster iteration and more efficient shot planning. The studio pairs these technical workflows with direct collaboration between clients, senior artists and supervisors, using integrated environments for editorial, offline and online review.

Screen and commercial work

The studio’s credited work spans streaming series, feature films and advertising. Selected screen credits include Spartacus: House of Ashur, East of Eden, Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires, Our Flag Means Death season two, La Brea, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, MaXXXine, Pearl, M3GAN and Foe.

Its commercial work includes campaigns for the Australian Defence Force, Ford, Ploughmans Bakery and Supercheap Auto. Across these projects, the studio supports work ranging from complex cleanup and digital environments to integrated CG and final visual-effects delivery.

Founded in 2020 by VFX Supervisor Caleb Thompson, Masters of Reality operates as a privately owned New Zealand company. It works with productions and brands in New Zealand and internationally while maintaining its production base in Auckland.

More about Masters of Reality

Founder recognition

Founder and VFX Supervisor Caleb Thompson received a 2017 Visual Effects Society Award for compositing work on Game of Thrones: Battle of the Bastards.

Creative technology

MORML’s LEIA™ is described as a universal image-to-image deep-learning model built from scratch on PyTorch for high-resolution de-aging, cosmetic cleanup and matte generation. The studio reports that it is processed on secure on-premise servers. Celine 2.0™ is being developed as an automated script and shot-breakdown platform for bidding and post-production estimation.

Notable credits

24 credits
  • Spartacus: House of Ashur
  • East of Eden
  • Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires
  • Our Flag Means Death
  • La Brea
  • The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
  • Pieces of Her
  • Wolf Like Me
  • Power Rangers
  • MaXXXine
  • Pearl
  • M3GAN
  • Foe
  • Mārama
  • Klara
  • Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour
  • Burn
  • BE3D
  • Tavake
  • Forgive Us All
  • Australian Defence Force
  • Ford
  • Ploughmans Bakery: Glorious Grains
  • Supercheap Auto

Offices

Where Masters of Reality is based

1 location

  • Auckland offices

    Headquarters
    Auckland, New Zealand
    About this office

    **Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: 326 New North Road, Kingsland, Auckland 1021, New Zealand Headquarters and primary production facility. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 23 Minnie Street, Eden Terrace, Auckland 1021, New Zealand Historical or predecessor Auckland location referenced in website schema metadata.

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