Zoic Studios is an American visual effects company based in Culver City, California,[1] specializing in visual effects for feature films, episodic television, commercials, video games, advertising design, and interactive online media,[2] the company has separate sister facilities in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[3] and New York City.[4] The company provides R&D, software development, UI/UX design, and consulting for public and private clients.[5] It is composed primarily of creative artists, producers and engineers. It has also developed a proprietary technology Z.E.U.S. - Zoic Environmental Unification System, which was used for the production of Once upon a time, allowing actors to view the virtual world before acting in it.[6]
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Zoic Studios was founded by four partners in 2002, Andrew Orloff, Loni Peristere, Chris Jones, Chris Jones. It began as a 15 person company working out of the Sunset Gower Studios lot. The first project of Zoic Studios was creating visual effects for the television series Firefly.[6]
In September 2002, the company moved to Culver City, California, where they employed 150 employees.[8]
In 2006, Zoic founded Zoic BC, in Vancouver, British Columbia.[9]
In 2016, Zoic opened an East Coast studio in NYC's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood.