Soho VFX
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2002
- Employees
- 11-50
- Offices
- 1
About Soho VFX
Soho VFX is an independent visual effects studio based in Toronto, Canada, producing photorealistic effects for feature films and episodic television. Founded in March 2002 by Allan Magled, Berj Bannayan and Mike Mombourquette, the company developed from a boutique operation into a studio serving major theatrical productions and streaming series. Its founding team brought together backgrounds in animation, software development and digital compositing.
The studio provides visual effects production from concept through final post-production delivery, with on-set supervision and technical consultation supporting its digital work. Its capabilities span character and creature creation, digital doubles, environments, matte painting and complex set extensions. Modeling, texturing, rigging, look development, lighting and rendering support both organic characters and hard-surface assets. Simulation work includes fluids, fire, smoke, destruction, cloth and hair, alongside crowd and particle effects. Compositing, rotoscoping, paint, preparation, matchmoving and camera tracking complete its production offering.
From early breakthroughs to episodic production
A major early milestone came with Fantastic Four in 2005, when Soho VFX created the stretching effects for Reed Richards. The assignment expanded its team to more than 40 artists and established an important strand of its character effects work. For The Incredible Hulk, released in 2008, the studio delivered nearly 200 shots, including work on the nighttime confrontation between Hulk and the Abomination in Harlem.
Its subsequent feature portfolio includes Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Revenant, Logan, Deadpool 2 and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. For the latter, the studio delivered 235 visual effects shots, including the Tangiers tuk-tuk chase.
Alongside feature production, Soho VFX contributes to television and streaming projects such as The Boys, Andor, The Mandalorian, Echo and Daredevil: Born Again. The company maintains a single Toronto production facility, combining its feature-film background with work across ongoing episodic productions.
More about Soho VFX
Leadership
- Allan Magled serves as CEO and VFX Supervisor.
- Berj Bannayan is an owner, VFX Supervisor and Lead Software Developer.
- Mike Mombourquette is a Senior Compositor, and Jorge Razon is a VFX Supervisor.
Technology and production methods
The studio combines Maya, Houdini, Nuke and 3Delight with proprietary tools and custom geometry deformers. Its workflow incorporates Southpaw Technology’s TACTIC system. Published technical coverage describes its use of Foundry’s CopyCat node in Nuke for segmentation and deep-layer compositing.
Workplace and operating practices
The company describes an emphasis on sustainable artist workloads, limits on overtime, diversity and accessibility, supported by a published AODA accessibility plan. Its facility includes two screening rooms, collaborative artist suites, a cafeteria, a rooftop patio and an artist therapy room.
Recognition and studio history
The report identifies VES and HPA Award nominations for Soho VFX’s work on The Mandalorian Season 3 and Andor Season 1. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, to which the studio contributed, reached the Academy Award shortlist; that recognition concerned the film’s visual effects rather than a standalone studio award.
A life-sized Hulk model in the reception area commemorates the studio’s early breakthrough on The Incredible Hulk.
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Where Soho VFX is based
- 50 Edwin Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M6P 0A3, CanadaToronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto office
HeadquartersOverall headquarters and sole production studio, occupying three floors in Toronto’s Junction neighborhood.
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