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Framestore was founded in 1986 by William Sargent and Sharon Reed alongside three friends. The company began operations in a modest office on Chancery Lane in London before expanding its reach globally.
Framestore won its first Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 2007 for the film The Golden Compass. The company also secured a BAFTA Award for the same film that year.
Framestore acquired the Computer Film Company in 1997 to combine its creative vision with the latter's expertise in digital film scanning and compositing. This merger allowed Framestore to dominate the European market and grow into the largest production house on the continent.
Framestore created a photorealistic computer-generated Audrey Hepburn for a Galaxy chocolate advertisement. The team utilized body doubles, motion-capture, FACS, and the rendering software Arnold to mimic the actress twenty years after her death.
Framestore announced the opening of its third US location in Chicago, Illinois in April 2017. This expansion followed the establishment of satellite offices in New York City in 2004 and Los Angeles in 2013.
Framestore has won 14 Primetime Emmys for its contributions to the visual effects industry. The company also received two Scientific and Technical Academy Awards and won the 2020 BAFTA TV Craft Awards for Special, Visual & Graphic Effects.