Red Visual Effects

Red Visual Effects is an independent British visual effects studio based in London. Founded in July 2019 by visual effects supervisor Lev Kolobov, it builds and manages dedicated in-house VFX teams for feature films and high-end episodic television. Alongside this production-embedded work, the studio delivers compositing-led visual effects as an external vendor.

Its approach centres on the In-House VFX Supervisor: a role that helps productions establish and run their internal effects department while the overall VFX supervisor coordinates the wider production and external vendors. Red works directly with production crews, assembling senior artists and setting up the technical infrastructure needed to take shots from development through final delivery. This combines creative supervision, artist recruitment, production planning and pipeline management within a team tailored to each project.

Production and finishing

The studio's capabilities include on-set supervision, senior 2D and compositing supervision, digital matte painting, 3D integration and stop-motion/CG integration. It also provides production breakdowns, bidding, post-production scheduling and help resolving difficult or stalled shots. Its work extends from concept development to finishing, with colour and editorial delivery pipelines supporting the production's requirements.

Red's film credits include Dumbo, The French Dispatch, The King's Man, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, Asteroid City, Argylle, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, F1 and The Phoenician Scheme. Its television work includes House of the Dragon, Prehistoric Planet and the sixth season of The Expanse.

The company's origins lie in Kolobov's earlier work on Isle of Dogs. Before Red was established, he designed and managed the film's in-house visual effects pipeline at London's 3 Mills Studios. That production supplied the blueprint for the studio's subsequent model: an embedded effects department built around the needs of a particular film or series, complemented by vendor production when a project requires external shot delivery.