Digital Frontier FX, Inc.
Digital Frontier FX is a visual effects studio focused on empowering storytellers through world-class VFX, virtual production, and AI integration. Founded in 2013 by Chad and Jaimie Finnerty, they deliver high-impact visuals by blending talent and advanced tools to streamline production. They aim to keep VFX work in Los Angeles amid industry shifts to tax-incentive locations.
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Notable Projects
Happy Feet
2006Film
Role: Visual effects
Flags of Our Fathers
2006Film
Role: Visual effects
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006Film
Role: Visual effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
2007Film
Role: Visual effects
Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008Film
Role: Visual effects
2012
2009Film
Role: Visual effects
Star Trek: Into Darkness
2013Film
Role: Visual effects
After Earth
2013Film
Role: Visual effects
Space theme park ride
Theme Park Ride
Client: Wanda Group
Role: Previsualization and Animation
Transformers
2007Film
Role: Visual effects
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011Film
Role: Visual effects
Matrix Revolutions
2003Film
Role: Visual effects
Open Season
2006Film
Role: Visual effects
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009Film
Role: Visual effects
Dragons: Riders of Berk
TV Series
Role: Visual effects
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012Film
Client: Walt Disney Pictures
Role: Visual effects
Monster Witness Relocation Program
Film
Role: Originated and wrote screenplay
Tiki
Film
Role: Originated and wrote screenplay
Dodge & Twist
Film
Role: Originated and wrote screenplay
Awards & Recognition
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
for “Happy Feet”
Key Personnel
Chad Finnerty
Co-Founder
Previous: Pixomondo, Rhythm & Hues
Notable Projects: Happy Feet, Star Trek: Into Darkness
Digital Artist with Oscar for Happy Feet
Jaimie Lee Finnerty
Co-Owner/VFX Producer
Previous: Digital Domain, DreamWorks Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Rhythm & Hues Studios, Zoic Studios, Tippett Studio
Notable Projects: Dragons: Riders of Berk, Transformers
Production side expert, Emmy for Dragons: Riders of Berk
Ahmet Zappa
Producer
Notable Projects: The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Conceived, developed, and produced projects
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Additional Information
Founded to address shrinking VFX job market in Los Angeles by keeping work local.