Sending Virtual Hugs
Isolated Heart By: Neishaw Ali Steal me away from the world I loveInto the echoes of my Isolated HeartYet dare I resist the solitude of myLonesome mind and dream of those we careTo love, to hold, to touch, to shareA…
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SPIN Goes Remote
Guided by our tireless leadership team, SpinVFX went entirely remote in less than a week. With 250 staff, hundreds of pieces of equipment and multiple ongoing film & TV projects in the pipeline, SpinVFX rallied and rose to the challenge….
2019 SAKE Awards
This past Saturday, we held the 6th annual Spin Awards for Creative Excellence (SAKE) 2019 gala in downtown Toronto, where we celebrated our outstanding achievements of the past year. It was an exceptionally competitive year that included campaign videos in…
SpinVFX Celebrates the Season of Giving
Happy Thanksgiving from SpinVFX! The annual SpinVFX Communications Meeting is an opportunity for us to celebrate the success of our teamwork. So, in the spirit of teamwork, we dedicated our time this year to building bicycles for children in need…
VFX Voice: Fall Issue 2019
Check out the latest issue of VFX Voice, produced by the Visual Effects Society! You can find the digital edition here, and scan our ad while you’re there!
SpinVFX Receives an Emmy Nomination for The Umbrella Academy
SPINVFX at the 2019 Emmy Awards celebrating our nomination for ‘Outstanding Special Visual Effects’ for our work on The Umbrella Academy. We congratulate Game Of Thrones on their incredible wins that evening.
‘The Hardest Effect I Ever Pulled Off’: Vulture Interview
CG Supervisor Mahsa Ghorbankarimi chatted with writer Calum Marsh to discuss a creatively challenging effect from one of our recent projects, The Umbrella Academy for Vulture. Although there have been many complicated effects over the years, the now iconic ‘I Think We’re…
Celebrating Success and the Return of Summer
It has already been a thrilling year for the SpinVFX family. With a number of exciting projects recently completed, the announcement of a Toronto-studio expansion, the opening of our new Atlanta studio, and a championship win for our beloved Toronto…
Inside Ontario’s Visual Effects Boom with Neishaw Ali
SPIN President/Executive Producer Neishaw Ali was interviewed by Etan Vlessing of The Hollywood Reporter about the explosive growth of Ontario’s visual effects industry. With major titles like The Umbrella Academy and Stephen King’s In the Tall Grass completing their post-production work in Toronto,…
The Allan McKay Podcast Hosts SPIN for a Roundtable Interview
Award-winning VFX Supervisor and Technical Director Allan McKay asked SPIN for an interview on his podcast called the Allan McKay Podcast. Speaking to visual effects industry professionals, as well as up-and-comers, the podcast sees over 40,000 monthly downloads. Allan spoke to Head…
