# Luma Pictures

Luma Pictures is a visual effects studio with facilities in Santa Monica, California and Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 2002 by Payam Shohadai and Jonathan R. Beutel, the company is best known for their creatures, environments, and effects.
Luma Pictures has won several awards for their visual effects work, including an AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects on Spider-Man: Far From Home and Elvis.
The studio has also earned several Visual Effects Society (VES) nominations over the years, including nominations for Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Today, Luma Pictures is led by CEO Grady Gamble.

## History

Luma Pictures was founded in 2002 by Payam Shohadai and Jonathan R. Beutel, the latter of whom is known for writing the screenplay of The Last Starfighter (1984) and writing and directing Theodore Rex (1996).
The company debuted in 2002 with work on Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, and since then it has completed visual effects on over 150 films and episodics, including Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the Underworld franchise, Prisoners, Mary Poppins Returns, Candyman, the Marvel Cinematic Universe including the Spider-Man franchise, The Tomorrow War, and I Am Groot for which it was the lead VFX provider for the first season. Additionally, they have worked with film auteurs such as the Coen Brothers on four films, including No Country for Old Men and True Grit; Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; and Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit. The company expanded to Melbourne, Australia in 2013 and Vancouver, BC in 2021 and has grown to nearly 300 global employees.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Notable films |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle The Human Stain Underworld Bad Santa |
| 2004 | Wicker Park Crash Ray Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
| 2005 | Cursed A Lot like Love The Cave Into the Blue |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution Hoot First Snow Zoom The Covenant The Holiday Apocalypto |
| 2007 | Primeval Slipstream Reign Over Me Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End No Country for Old Men Hostel: Part II Rush Hour 3 Resident Evil: Extinction |
| 2008 | Henry Poole Is Here Untraceable Elegy Never Back Down Hancock The Midnight Meat Train Burn After Reading City of Ember |
| 2009 | Possession Underworld: Rise of the Lycans X-Men Origins: Wolverine Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince The Ugly Truth Gamer A Serious Man Fame This is it |
| 2010 | The Nutcracker in 3D The Book of Eli Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief True Grit |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet Battle: Los Angeles Thor X-Men: First Class Captain America: The First Avenger Fright Night In Time |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening One for the Money The Avengers The Dictator Prometheus |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World Prisoners Oz the Great and Powerful GI Joe: Retaliation Iron Man 3 Saving Mr. Banks |
| 2014 | I, Frankenstein Captain America: The Winter Soldier Guardians of the Galaxy |
| 2015 | Run All Night The Divergent Series: Insurgent The Age of Adaline Avengers: Age of Ultron Ant-Man The Vatican Tapes The Last Witch Hunter Heart of the Sea |
| 2016 | Deadpool Captain America: Civil War The Divergent Series: Allegiant Doctor Strange Underworld: Blood Wars |
| 2017 | Alien: Covenant Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Spider-Man: Homecoming Thor: Ragnarok |
| 2018 | Black Panther A Wrinkle in Time Ant-Man and the Wasp Peppermint Aquaman Mary Poppins Returns The Nutcracker and the Four Realms |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel Spider-Man: Far From Home Jojo Rabbit Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
| 2020 | Birds of Prey Dolittle |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong Space Jam: A New Legacy Spider-Man: No Way Home Eternals King Richard Candyman Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings The Tomorrow War Those Who Wish Me Dead |
| 2022 | The King's Daughter Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Elvis Thor: Love and Thunder Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Black Panther: Wakanda Forever |
| 2023 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Ghosted The Mother Heart of Stone Spy Kids: Armageddon Rebel Moon |

### TV series

| Year | Notable series |
| 2021 | WandaVision Loki Hawkeye |
| 2022-present | I Am Groot |
| 2023 | Citadel Secret Invasion Ahsoka Gen V |
| 2024 | The Acolyte |