Milk VFX

British visual effects studio

Milk VFX

Industry| Motion Picture, Film, TV, Animation, Visual Effects
Founded| 4 June 2013 (2013-06-04)
Headquarters|

London, England,

United Kingdom

Number of locations

| 4

Key people

* Jagjit Mundi - Chairman
* Marianne Speight - CBDO/Exec Producer
* Sara Bennett - CCO/VFX Supervisor
* Jean-Claude Deguara - VFX Exec Supervisor

Website| www.milk-vfx.com/

Milk VFX is a British independent visual effects studio. It was founded in London in 2013[1] and is known for creating complex and innovative sequences for high-end television and feature films.

The company received an Academy Award for Sara Bennett’s work on Ex Machina,[2] three BAFTA Television Craft Awards[3] for Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode: The Day of The Doctor, Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 1: Deep Breath and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Episode 5: Arabella. In addition, Milk has won a Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Sherlock Special Episode: The Abominable Bride.

Headquartered in Clerkenwell, London, Milk has expanded into Bordeaux,[4] Dublin[5] and Barcelona[6] and acquired independent, BAFTA award-winning VFX studio Lola Post Production. Milk’s parent company Bizet Media has acquired Dublin-based High Wire[7] post-production to provide broader VFX and production solutions.

## History

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Milk was founded by a small group of talented VFX artists and producers in 2013[8] and moved into a new office in Clerkenwell[9] at the start of 2022.

In October 2022 Milk acquired BAFTA Award winning VFX Studio Lola Post Production.[10]

### European Expansion

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In December 2022 Milk announced the launch of a new studio in Bordeaux,[11] France.  Milk VFX Supervisor Andy Morley leads the studio and creative team as head of studio and creative director.

In March 2023 Milk announced the soft launch of a studio in Dublin, Ireland.[12] Overseeing the creative launch of the studio are Milk VFX Supervisors Ciaran Crowley and Donal Nolan.

In July 2023 Milk announced its presence in El Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain.[13] This follows a long relationship between Milk and the talent in Spain; leading the creative team is Milk 2D Supervisor Jorge Oliva Ruiz de Leon.

## Filmography

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### Feature films

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#### 2013-2024

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Year  | Title  | Director(s)  | Distributor(s)  | Notes

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2013  | 47 Ronin | Carl Rinsch | H2F Entertainment, Mid Atlantic Films, Moving Picture Company, DMG Entertainment, Warrior Productions, Stuber Productions, Relativity Media, Universal Pictures |
2014  | Hercules | Brett Ratner | Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Flynn Picture Company, Radical Studios, Film 44, RatPac Entertainment, Mid Atlantic Films  |
Dracula: Untold | Gary Shore | Legendary Entertainment, Michael De Luca Productions, Universal Pictures |
Get Santa | Christopher Smith | Scott Free Films, BFI, Screen Yorkshire, Ingenious, Warner Bros. Pictures |
Ex Machina | Alex Garland | Film4, DNA Films, A24,Universal Pictures International  |
2015  | The Divergent Series: Insurgent | Robert Schwentke | Red Wagon Entertainment, Summit Entertainment, Mandeville Films, Lionsgate |
Poltergeist | Gil Kenan | Fox 2000 Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Ghost House Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Fox |
Everest | Baltasar Kormakur | Cross Creek Pictures, Walden Media, RVK Studios, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures |
High Rise | Ben Wheatley | Recorded Picture Company, HanWay Films, Film4, BFI, Northern Ireland Screen, Ingenious Media, Scope Pictures, S Films, StudioCanal |
The Martian | Ridley Scott | Scott Free Productions, Kinberg Genre, TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Fox |
2016  | Free Fire | Ben Wheatley | Film4 Productions, BFI, Rook Films, Protagonist Pictures, StudioCanal |
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | David Yates | Warner Bros. Pictures, Heyday Films |
2017  | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Matthew Vaughn | Marv Films, Cloudy Productions, TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Fox |
The Escape (short) | Paul J. Franklin | Pari Passu Films  |
2018  | Annihilation | Alex Garland | Skydance, DNA Films, Scott Rudin Productions, Huahua Media, Paramount Pictures (North America and China), Netflix (International)  |
Adrift | Baltasar Kormakur | STXfilms, Lakeshore Entertainment, H. Brothers, Ingenious Media, RVK Studios, STX Entertainment |
Who Will Write Our History  | Roberta Grossman | Katahdin Productions, Match Spark, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Maziowiecki Fundusz Filmowy, EC1 Lódz - Miasto Kultury, NDR/Arte, Next Film (Poland), Abramorama (United States), Giant Pictures (International), Midas Filmes (Portugal)  |
Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Gindelwald | David Yates | Warner Bros. Pictures, Heyday Films |
2020  | Possessor | Brandon Cronenberg | Ingenious Media, Telefilm Canada, Arclight Films, Ontario Creates, Particular Crowd, Crave, Rhombus Media, Rook Films, Elevation Pictures, Signature Entertainment |
Four Kids And It | Andy De Emmony | Kindle Entertainment, Deadpan Pictures, Sky Cinema, Altitude Film Distribution |
The Old Guard | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Skydance, Denver and Delilah Productions, Marc Evans Productions, Netflix |
Rebecca | Ben Wheatley | Working Title Films, Big Talk Productions, Netflix |
2021  | In The Earth | Ben Wheatley | Rook Films, Protagonist Pictures, Neon (United States), Universal Pictures, Focus Features |
Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Jonathan Butterell | Regency Enterprises, Film4 Productions, Warp Films, New Regency, Amazon Studios |
The Last Letter From Your Lover | Augustine Frizzell | Blueprint Pictures, The Film Farm, Canal+, Ciné+, StudioCanal |
Earwig | Lucile Hadzihalilovic | Petit Film, BFI Fund, Anti-Worlds, Frakas Productions, Film4, New Story (France), Anti-Worlds (United Kingdom), Juno Films (United States), Mubi |
2022  | Me Time | John Hamburg | Particular Pictures, HartBeat Productions, Netflix |
The Swimmers | Sally El Hosaini | Working Title Films, Netflix |
The Woman King | Gina Prince-Bythewood | TriStar Pictures, Entertainment One, TSG Entertainment II, JuVee Productions, Welle Entertainment, Sony Pictures Releasing |
What's Love got to do With It? | Shekhar Kapur | Working Title Films, Instinct Productions, StudioCanal |
I Used to Be Famous | Eddie Sternberg  | Forty Foot Pictures, Filmkowski, Netflix |
Catherine Called Birdy | Lena Dunham | Working Title Films, Good Thing Going, Amazon Studios |
Your Christmas or Mine? | Jim O’Hanlon  | Shiny Buttons Productions, Amazon Prime |
2023  | Kandahar | Ric Roman Waugh | Thunder Road Films, G-BASE, MBC Studios, Capstone Global, Open Road Films |
Meg 2: The Trench | Ben Wheatley | CMC Pictures, DF Pictures di Bonaventura Pictures, Apelles Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures |
Genie | Sam Boyd  | Universal Pictures, Peacock Productions, Working Title Films, Linden Productions, Universal Pictures International |

### Television

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#### 2013-2024

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Year  | Title  | Distributor(s)

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2013  | Ice Age Giants | BBC Studios, Discovery Channel, Terra Mater Factual Studios, France Télévisions
2013-2017  | Doctor Who | BBC Wales
2014  | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive 3D | Sky One
24: Live Another Day | Imagine Television, Real Time Productions, Teakwood Lane Productions, 20th Century Fox Television
2014-2017  | Sherlock | Hartswood Films, BBC Wales, WGBH
2015  | Thunderbirds: Are Go | ITV Studios, Pukeko Pictures, Weta Workshop
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Cuba Pictures, Feel Films, BBC America, Screen Yorkshire, Space, Far Moor
Lady Chatterley’s Lover  | BBC Studios
The Bastard Executioner | Sutter Ink, Imagine Television, FX Productions, Fox 21 Television Studios
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter  | Bentley Productions, ITV 1, Dazzler Media
2016  | Class  | BBC Studios, BBC Cymru Wales, BBC America, BBC Worldwide
The Last Dragonslayer | Blueprint Pictures, Pixoloid Studios, OCS Max (France), 9Go!, Sony Pictures Television International
My Mother and Other Strangers | BBC Northern Ireland
2017  | The Worst Witch | CBBC Productions ZDF
Decline and Fall | Cave Bear Productions, Tiger Aspect Productions, BBC
Electric Dreams | Anonymous Content, Channel 4, Amazon Studios, Electric Shepherd Productions, Moon Shot Entertainment, Left Bank Pictures, Rooney McP Productions, Tall Ship Productions
2018  | The Alienist | Paramount Television, Studio T, Anonymous Content, Vanessa Productions Ltd., TNT
Altered Carbon | Virago Productions, Mythology Entertainment, Phoenix Pictures, Skydance Television, Netflix
Origin | CiTVC, Midnight Radio, Sony Pictures Television, Left Bank Pictures, YouTube Premium
2019  | The Accident | The Forge, Channel 4, Hulu
2019-2023  | Good Omens | Narrativia, Amazon Studios, BBC Studios, The Blank Corporation, Amazon Prime Video, BBC Two
2020  | Dracula | Hartswood Films, BBC One, Netflix
Cursed | Arcanum, Frank Miller Ink, Netflix
2021  | Intergalactic | Motion Content Group, Moonage Pictures, Tiger Aspect Productions, Sky One
Fate: The Winx Saga | Archery Pictures, Young Blood Productions, Rainbow S.p.A., ViacomCBS, Netflix
2022  | Suspicion | Keshet UK, Apple TV+
The Fear Index  | FILLSCRN, Left Bank Pictures, Vidoeassist.hu, Sky
Three Pines | Amazon Studios, Left Bank Pictures
2023  | Citadel | Gozie AGBO, Midnight Radio, PKM, Picrow, Amazon Studios
Bodies | Moonage Pictures, Netflix

### Other

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Video Games

* Mass Effect 3 - Teaser Trailer (2012)[14]

VR Experiences

* Tree (2017)[15]

Experiences

* Dinosaurs in the Wild (2017)[16]

### Awards

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#### 2013-2024

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Year  | Award  | Category  | Work  | Result

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2014  | BAFTA \- Craft Awards  | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects  | Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode: The Day of The Doctor[17] | Won
BAFTA \- Craft Awards  | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects  | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive 3D[18] | Nominated
2015  | BAFTA \- Craft Awards  | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects  | Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 1: Deep Breath[19] | Won
Royal Television Society | Effects - Digital  | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell[20] | Nominated
2016  | Academy Awards | Best Visual Effects  | Ex Machina[21] | Won
Creative Arts Emmy Awards  | Outstanding Supporting Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role  | Sherlock Special Episode: The Abominable Bride[22] | Won
BAFTA | Best Special Visual Effects  | Ex Machina[23] | Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards  | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode  | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Arabella[24] | Nominated
Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards  | Effects - Digital  | Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands[25] | Nominated
BAFTA \- Craft Awards  | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects  | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Episode 5[26] | Won
BAFTA \- Craft Awards  | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects  | Doctor Who Series 9[27] | Nominated
2017  | BAFTA \- Craft Awards  | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects  | The Last Dragonslayer[28] | Nominated
BAFTA \- Craft Awards  | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects  | Sherlock Special Episode: The Abominable Bride[29] | Nominated
2019  | Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards  | Best VFX Project  | Good Omens[30] | Nominated
2020  | BAFTA \- Craft Awards  | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects  | Good Omens[31] | Nominated
Broadcast Tech Innovation Award  | Best VFX Project  | Cursed[32] | Nominated
2021  | British Academy Television Craft Awards  | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects  | Cursed[33] | Nominated
Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards  | Best VFX Project  | Intergalactic [34] | Nominated
2022  | British Academy Television Craft Awards  | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects  | Intergalactic[35] | Nominated
2014  | UK Screen Alliance | Outstanding Contribution to VFX  | Jean-Claude Deguara – VFX Supervisor + Sara Bennett – CCO/VFX Supervisor Milk VFX[36] | Nominated

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