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Luma Pictures was founded in 2002 by Payam Shohadai and Jonathan R. Beutel. Beutel is also known as the screenwriter of The Last Starfighter (1984) and the writer-director of Theodore Rex (1996).
Luma Pictures has facilities in Los Angeles, Melbourne, and Vancouver. The Melbourne office opened in 2013 and the Vancouver office opened in 2021.
Luma Pictures has won the AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects for Spider-Man: Far From Home and Elvis. The studio has also received Visual Effects Society nominations for Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Luma Pictures has contributed visual effects to numerous Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including Thor, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and many others. The studio also served as the lead VFX provider for the first season of I Am Groot.
Luma Pictures has completed visual effects work on over 150 films and episodics since its debut on Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle in 2003.
Luma Pictures is currently led by CEO Grady Gamble. The studio has grown to nearly 300 global employees across its Los Angeles, Melbourne, and Vancouver facilities.