LA-based VFX company Crafty Apes has partnered with Dublin-based post production and visual effects company Egg Post and VFX with the aim of expanding international growth.
Crafty Apes, a full-service visual effects company with eight production facilities across North America and Europe, have announced the expansion of its international growth strategy, with a number of new global initiatives designed to strengthen its existing capabilities and enter new markets. As part of these efforts, the company has formed a strategic partnership with EGG Post and VFX, a Dublin-based post-production and visual effects company, and has appointed Gracie Edscer as Executive Producer, based in London.
Through this alliance, the companies will leverage each other’s VFX services, with Crafty Apes providing creative leadership, as well as a workforce of more than 350 VFX artists and production staff to key Ireland-based projects, from principal photography into post-production. EGG will also provide local VFX resources as well as offline and online editorial, sound design and mixing, dailies, color and finishing.
“Partnering with EGG provides Crafty Apes with a timely and valuable entry into Ireland’s thriving post and VFX market, which continues to see growing demand and interest from major U.S. clients, driven by Ireland’s incredibly skilled and motivated workforce and favorable business climate,” said Alana Newell, Crafty Apes’ CEO. “Under Gary and Gareth’s leadership, EGG is a world-class partner that is closely aligned with our values, principles and long-term vision and ambitions.”
EGG Co-founders Gary Shortall and Gareth Young added: “We’re delighted to be joining forces with Crafty Apes, an iconic International VFX company. Ireland is a strong VFX hub in Europe, and EGG and Crafty Apes both have experience servicing high-profile, large-scale projects for many years in our respective markets. This alliance opens the door to a wider international client base for EGG and gives Crafty Apes direct access to the European market.”
Crafty Apes’ recent credits include The Last of Us, Stranger Things, The Holdovers, John Wick: Chapter 4, and Creed III, among others. Some of EGG’s recent credits include Doctor Who, Bad Sisters, Evil Dead Rise, Good Omens, The Woman King, World on Fire and Intergalactic, which received a 2022 BAFTA nomination for Best Visual Effects.
