Orca Studios

Orca Studios is a Spanish visual effects and virtual production company serving feature films, episodic television, streaming productions and advertising. Headquartered in the Canary Islands, with production facilities in Madrid and Barcelona, it combines traditional post-production with real-time filmmaking. Its work spans digital environments, character and creature effects, compositing and in-camera visual effects.

The business developed from an internal visual effects operation closely allied with Nostromo Pictures into an autonomous, full-service studio. A restructuring in early 2020 established its cloud-native approach and expanded its integration of visual effects with virtual production. That combination supports projects from early visual planning through stage filming and final post-production.

From virtual planning to final images

Orca's virtual production services include previsualization, virtual scouting, real-time camera tracking and LED volume operation. These capabilities let filmmakers explore digital environments before filming and capture camera-tracked backgrounds during production. Its Madrid facility includes a dedicated LED soundstage for in-camera visual effects, connecting digital environment creation with practical camera work.

The studio's visual effects offering covers CGI modeling, look development, lighting, rendering, matchmoving, compositing and paint and roto. Photorealistic environments and digital set extensions sit alongside creature and character work, giving productions access to both scene-building capabilities and detailed finishing services. Its technology team also provides pipeline infrastructure, custom digital content creation tools, machine learning integration and color management.

Production experience

Reported credits include The Witcher seasons three and four, Bird Box Barcelona, Knights of the Zodiac, The Good Nurse and the Through My Window films. Its contribution to Bird Box Barcelona comprised more than 800 visual effects shots, while Knights of the Zodiac involved more than 390 CGI-heavy shots.

Alongside its creative and technical work, Orca offers production support and visual effects co-financing associated with Canary Islands audiovisual tax credits. This adds a financing component to its services for domestic and international productions, complementing its work across virtual pre-production, filming and post-production.