Blur Studio

Blur Studio is an American-based production company which specializes in CGI visual effects, CGI animation and CGI design. Located in Culver City, California, the studio has produced 3D-animated films, teasers and ad spots for television, as well as video-game cinematics.

History
Blur Studio was founded in September 1994 by David Stinnett, Tim Miller and Cat Chapman. In 2004, Blur was nominated for its first Academy Award for its original short film, Gopher Broke. Blur has worked with several directors and writers to develop feature films. They also created the "Heaven and Hell" sequence for South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. In 2004, Blur signed a movie deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to handle the animation services for The Pet Man, MGM's third computer-animated film that was in development. The Pet Man was released on December 15, 2006.

Blur made several CGI animated cutscenes for games such as CarnEvil, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), created all the space sequences in James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar, and produced trailers for LucasArts' Star Wars: The Old Republic and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. They were also responsible for the cinematic trailers of Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Knight. They remastered Halo 2 cutscenes for Halo: The Master Chief Collection (2014) and produced the cutscenes for Halo Wars 2 (2017) after doing so for Halo Wars (2009).

In 2016, Miller and the studio returned to the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and were involved with the film adaptation of the series which was in development at Sony Pictures until they put the project into turnaround and sold the rights to Paramount Pictures in 2017. The film was released on February 14, 2020 in collaboration with Sega and their animation studio, Marza Animation Planet, and Original Film. A sequel was released on April 8, 2022.

In 2019, the studio did the animation for the Netflix anthology series Love, Death & Robots, created by Tim Miller, and also produced the second volume of the series. On May 16, 2019, it was announced that Blur Studio's film The Goon, based on the 1999 comic of the same name by Eric Powell, secured a distribution deal with 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment.

Short films

 * Aunt Luisa (2002, Paul Taylor and Tim Miller)
 * Rockfish (2003, Tim Miller)
 * Gopher Broke (2004, Jeff Fowler and Jamie Breuer)
 * In the Rough (2004, Paul Taylor)
 * A Gentlemen's Duel (2006, Sean McNally and Francisco Ruiz)
 * Niagara's Fury (2008, Yas Takata)
 * Spotty and the Lost Bone (2015, Hamish Grieve; co-animated with Reel FX)
 * Treasure in the Jackpot (2017, Vadim Bazhanov)
 * Stargate SG-3000
 * SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D (theme park ride/short film)
 * The Simpsons Ride (theme park ride/short film; co-animated with Reel FX)

Television

 * Zoe Vs. the World (2013–2017; with NightHouse Animation, Relativity Television, SpectreVision, and ShadowMachine)
 * Love, Death & Robots (2019–present; with Netflix)

Commercials

 * Kool Aid
 * VideoNow
 * Tropicana Orange Juice
 * Burger King
 * Taco Bell
 * Kirby Air Ride
 * McDonald's
 * Mattel Juice Box
 * Wendy's
 * Listerine Mouth Wash
 * M&M's
 * Midtown Madness 3

Contributions

 * War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) (additional visual effects)
 * Atlas Reactor (2016) (cinematic trailer)
 * Deadpool (2016) (visual effects and previsualization)
 * Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) (visual effects)
 * Tales from the Crypt (2014) (CGI animation and visual effects)
 * The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) (CGI animation for the opening titles)
 * Thor: The Dark World (2013) (CGI animation for the prologue and the end title sequence)
 * Man of Steel (2013) (additional visual effects)
 * Intel Ultrabook Convertible: London Train (2012) (visual effects)
 * Intel Ultrabook: Egypt (2012) (visual effects)
 * Intel Ultrabook: Desperado (2012) (visual effects)
 * Battleship (2012) (visual effects)
 * Lovely Molly (2011) (visual effects)
 * Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) (ninja ninja revolution game content)
 * Maids of Doom (2010) (visual effects)
 * Avatar (2009) (visual effects)
 * This Is the Zodiac Speaking (2008) (V) (visual effects)
 * Mr. Fix It (2006) (visual effects)
 * Rocky Balboa (2006) (digital animated computer fight)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) (video game)
 * Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006) (video game CG cinematics)
 * Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) (video game cut-scene production)
 * The Legend of Zorro (2005) (motion capture)
 * Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) (animation production)
 * Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (motion capture)
 * The Mask 3D (2002) (CGI animation and visual effects)
 * Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) (video game)
 * Soulkeeper (2001) (visual effects)
 * For the Cause (2000) (visual effects)
 * South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) (Heaven and Hell sequence)
 * Noggin Rollercoaster bumper (1999)
 * Deep Rising (1998) ("Half-Digested Billy" sequence)
 * 1001 Nights (1998) (visual effects)
 * "The Visitor" (1997) (visual effects)
 * "Pandora's Clock" (1996) (Lear Jet Plane CGI sequences)
 * "The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest" (1996) (CGI animation)