Primary Visual Effects
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- Founded
- 2019
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- 11-50
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About Primary Visual Effects
Primary Visual Effects is an independent Bristol visual-effects boutique working across high-end episodic television, feature films and commercial campaigns. The studio combines artist-led creative work with production support for demanding screen projects, from early visualisation and on-set supervision through to final delivery.
Its services span 2D digital compositing and plate preparation, 3D CGI animation, modelling and texturing, CG environments and set extensions, FX simulation, creature animation and VFX supervision. The team also supports editorial and production workflows with turnovers, conform checks, temporary edits, version tracking, slates and client-delivery preparation.
Screen work
The studio's vendor credits include streaming and broadcast productions such as A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, The Rig, The Witcher, The Book of Boba Fett, Bodies, Obsession, Fate: The Winx Saga and Mandy. Feature-film work includes Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Damsel, Troll, The 355 and Jackass Forever.
Primary Visual Effects also works on branded content and advertising, with reported projects for UFC, NFU Mutual, ECOLAB, CDW, Peroni, PGIM, Sofology and Migros.
Production capabilities
Alongside visual-effects production, the company provides flexible co-production workspace and production-facility hire. Its offering includes desk rental, meeting and conference facilities, video conferencing, and blackout screening and review capabilities. The studio's hybrid production approach supports in-house artists as well as remote contributors, while its TPN Gold Shield-accredited pipeline is designed for secure work on content for major studios and global streaming clients.
The company was incorporated in 2018 and publicly launched in 2019. It remains an independently owned UK business focused on visual effects for screen storytelling and commercial production.
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Founding and leadership
Primary Visual Effects was established by VFX supervisors Stephen Hawken, Jem Grimshaw and Joseph Thornley-Heard. The report describes their background as spanning more than two decades of high-end film and episodic television experience before the company's launch.
Secure production environment
The company expanded into its bespoke Bristol facility in February 2023. The site was engineered for TPN Gold Shield accreditation, with content-security protocols, a secure server room, production suites, hybrid workstations and 4K/8K blackout review and screening facilities. The facility is designed to accommodate up to 30 in-house artists alongside remote contributors across the UK.
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Where Primary Visual Effects is based
- 3rd Floor, Royal Talbot Buildings (Talbot House), 2 Victoria Street, Finzels Reach, Bristol, BS1 6BN, England, United KingdomBristol, England, United Kingdom
Bristol office
HeadquartersOpened 2023
About this office
Active headquarters in the Royal Talbot Buildings, expanded into in February 2023; the facility includes screening facilities, secure server infrastructure and desk space for up to 30 artists.
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