# Milk VFX

Milk VFX is a British independent visual effects studio. It was founded in London in 2013 and is known for creating complex and innovative sequences for high-end television and feature films.
The company received an Academy Award for Sara Bennett’s work on Ex Machina, three BAFTA Television Craft Awards for Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode: The Day of The Doctor, Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 1: Deep Breath and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Episode 5: Arabella. In addition, Milk has won a Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Sherlock Special Episode: The Abominable Bride.
Headquartered in Clerkenwell, London, Milk has expanded into Bordeaux, Dublin and Barcelona and acquired independent, BAFTA award-winning VFX studio Lola Post Production. Milk’s parent company Bizet Media has acquired Dublin-based High Wire post-production to provide broader VFX and production solutions.

## History

Milk was founded by a small group of talented VFX artists and producers in 2013 and moved into a new office in Clerkenwell at the start of 2022.
In October 2022 Milk acquired BAFTA Award winning VFX Studio Lola Post Production.

### European Expansion

In December 2022 Milk announced the launch of a new studio in Bordeaux, France. Milk VFX Supervisor Andy Morley leads the studio and creative team as head of studio and creative director.
In March 2023 Milk announced the soft launch of a studio in Dublin, Ireland. Overseeing the creative launch of the studio are Milk VFX Supervisors Ciaran Crowley and Donal Nolan.
In July 2023 Milk announced its presence in El Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain. This follows a long relationship between Milk and the talent in Spain; leading the creative team is Milk 2D Supervisor Jorge Oliva Ruiz de Leon.

## Filmography
### Feature films
#### 2013-2024

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Distributor(s) |
| 2013 | 47 Ronin | Carl Rinsch | H2F Entertainment, Mid Atlantic Films, Moving Picture Company, DMG Entertainment, Warrior Productions, Stuber Productions, Relativity Media, Universal Pictures |
| 2014 | Hercules | Brett Ratner | Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Flynn Picture Company, Radical Studios, Film 44, RatPac Entertainment, Mid Atlantic Films |
| 2014 | Dracula: Untold | Gary Shore | Legendary Entertainment, Michael De Luca Productions, Universal Pictures |
| 2014 | Get Santa | Christopher Smith | Scott Free Films, BFI, Screen Yorkshire, Ingenious, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 2014 | Ex Machina | Alex Garland | Film4, DNA Films, A24,Universal Pictures International |
| 2015 | The Divergent Series: Insurgent | Robert Schwentke | Red Wagon Entertainment, Summit Entertainment, Mandeville Films, Lionsgate |
| 2015 | Poltergeist | Gil Kenan | Fox 2000 Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Ghost House Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Fox |
| 2015 | Everest | Baltasar Kormakur | Cross Creek Pictures, Walden Media, RVK Studios, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures |
| 2015 | High Rise | Ben Wheatley | Recorded Picture Company, HanWay Films, Film4, BFI, Northern Ireland Screen, Ingenious Media, Scope Pictures, S Films, StudioCanal |
| 2015 | The Martian | Ridley Scott | Scott Free Productions, Kinberg Genre, TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Fox |
| 2016 | Free Fire | Ben Wheatley | Film4 Productions, BFI, Rook Films, Protagonist Pictures, StudioCanal |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | David Yates | Warner Bros. Pictures, Heyday Films |
| 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Matthew Vaughn | Marv Films, Cloudy Productions, TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Fox |
| 2017 | The Escape (short) | Paul J. Franklin | Pari Passu Films |
| 2018 | Annihilation | Alex Garland | Skydance, DNA Films, Scott Rudin Productions, Huahua Media, Paramount Pictures (North America and China), Netflix (International) |
| 2018 | Adrift | Baltasar Kormakur | STXfilms, Lakeshore Entertainment, H. Brothers, Ingenious Media, RVK Studios, STX Entertainment |
| 2018 | Who Will Write Our History | Roberta Grossman | Katahdin Productions, Match Spark, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Maziowiecki Fundusz Filmowy, EC1 Lódz - Miasto Kultury, NDR/Arte, Next Film (Poland), Abramorama (United States), Giant Pictures (International), Midas Filmes (Portugal) |
| 2018 | Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Gindelwald | David Yates | Warner Bros. Pictures, Heyday Films |
| 2020 | Possessor | Brandon Cronenberg | Ingenious Media, Telefilm Canada, Arclight Films, Ontario Creates, Particular Crowd, Crave, Rhombus Media, Rook Films, Elevation Pictures, Signature Entertainment |
| 2020 | Four Kids And It | Andy De Emmony | Kindle Entertainment, Deadpan Pictures, Sky Cinema, Altitude Film Distribution |
| 2020 | The Old Guard | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Skydance, Denver and Delilah Productions, Marc Evans Productions, Netflix |
| 2020 | Rebecca | Ben Wheatley | Working Title Films, Big Talk Productions, Netflix |
| 2021 | In The Earth | Ben Wheatley | Rook Films, Protagonist Pictures, Neon (United States), Universal Pictures, Focus Features |
| 2021 | Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Jonathan Butterell | Regency Enterprises, Film4 Productions, Warp Films, New Regency, Amazon Studios |
| 2021 | The Last Letter From Your Lover | Augustine Frizzell | Blueprint Pictures, The Film Farm, Canal+, Ciné+, StudioCanal |
| 2021 | Earwig | Lucile Hadzihalilovic | Petit Film, BFI Fund, Anti-Worlds, Frakas Productions, Film4, New Story (France), Anti-Worlds (United Kingdom), Juno Films (United States), Mubi |
| 2022 | Me Time | John Hamburg | Particular Pictures, HartBeat Productions, Netflix |
| 2022 | The Swimmers | Sally El Hosaini | Working Title Films, Netflix |
| 2022 | The Woman King | Gina Prince-Bythewood | TriStar Pictures, Entertainment One, TSG Entertainment II, JuVee Productions, Welle Entertainment, Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2022 | What's Love got to do With It? | Shekhar Kapur | Working Title Films, Instinct Productions, StudioCanal |
| 2022 | I Used to Be Famous | Eddie Sternberg | Forty Foot Pictures, Filmkowski, Netflix |
| 2022 | Catherine Called Birdy | Lena Dunham | Working Title Films, Good Thing Going, Amazon Studios |
| 2022 | Your Christmas or Mine? | Jim O’Hanlon | Shiny Buttons Productions, Amazon Prime |
| 2023 | Kandahar | Ric Roman Waugh | Thunder Road Films, G-BASE, MBC Studios, Capstone Global, Open Road Films |
| 2023 | Meg 2: The Trench | Ben Wheatley | CMC Pictures, DF Pictures di Bonaventura Pictures, Apelles Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 2023 | Genie | Sam Boyd | Universal Pictures, Peacock Productions, Working Title Films, Linden Productions, Universal Pictures International |

### Television
#### 2013-2024

| Year | Title | Distributor(s) |
| 2013 | Ice Age Giants | BBC Studios, Discovery Channel, Terra Mater Factual Studios, France Télévisions |
| 2013-2017 | Doctor Who | BBC Wales |
| 2014 | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive 3D | Sky One |
| 2014 | 24: Live Another Day | Imagine Television, Real Time Productions, Teakwood Lane Productions, 20th Century Fox Television |
| 2014-2017 | Sherlock | Hartswood Films, BBC Wales, WGBH |
| 2015 | Thunderbirds: Are Go | ITV Studios, Pukeko Pictures, Weta Workshop |
| 2015 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Cuba Pictures, Feel Films, BBC America, Screen Yorkshire, Space, Far Moor |
| 2015 | Lady Chatterley’s Lover | BBC Studios |
| 2015 | The Bastard Executioner | Sutter Ink, Imagine Television, FX Productions, Fox 21 Television Studios |
| 2015 | Harry Price: Ghost Hunter | Bentley Productions, ITV 1, Dazzler Media |
| 2016 | Class | BBC Studios, BBC Cymru Wales, BBC America, BBC Worldwide |
| 2016 | The Last Dragonslayer | Blueprint Pictures, Pixoloid Studios, OCS Max (France), 9Go!, Sony Pictures Television International |
| 2016 | My Mother and Other Strangers | BBC Northern Ireland |
| 2017 | The Worst Witch | CBBC Productions ZDF |
| 2017 | Decline and Fall | Cave Bear Productions, Tiger Aspect Productions, BBC |
| 2017 | Electric Dreams | Anonymous Content, Channel 4, Amazon Studios, Electric Shepherd Productions, Moon Shot Entertainment, Left Bank Pictures, Rooney McP Productions, Tall Ship Productions |
| 2018 | The Alienist | Paramount Television, Studio T, Anonymous Content, Vanessa Productions Ltd., TNT |
| 2018 | Altered Carbon | Virago Productions, Mythology Entertainment, Phoenix Pictures, Skydance Television, Netflix |
| 2018 | Origin | CiTVC, Midnight Radio, Sony Pictures Television, Left Bank Pictures, YouTube Premium |
| 2019 | The Accident | The Forge, Channel 4, Hulu |
| 2019-2023 | Good Omens | Narrativia, Amazon Studios, BBC Studios, The Blank Corporation, Amazon Prime Video, BBC Two |
| 2020 | Dracula | Hartswood Films, BBC One, Netflix |
| 2020 | Cursed | Arcanum, Frank Miller Ink, Netflix |
| 2021 | Intergalactic | Motion Content Group, Moonage Pictures, Tiger Aspect Productions, Sky One |
| 2021 | Fate: The Winx Saga | Archery Pictures, Young Blood Productions, Rainbow S.p.A., ViacomCBS, Netflix |
| 2022 | Suspicion | Keshet UK, Apple TV+ |
| 2022 | The Fear Index | FILLSCRN, Left Bank Pictures, Vidoeassist.hu, Sky |
| 2022 | Three Pines | Amazon Studios, Left Bank Pictures |
| 2023 | Citadel | Gozie AGBO, Midnight Radio, PKM, Picrow, Amazon Studios |
| 2023 | Bodies | Moonage Pictures, Netflix |

### Other

Video Games
* Mass Effect 3 - Teaser Trailer (2012)
VR Experiences
* Tree (2017)
Experiences
* Dinosaurs in the Wild (2017)

### Awards
#### 2013-2024

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2014 | BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode: The Day of The Doctor | Won |
| 2014 | BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive 3D | Nominated |
| 2015 | BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 1: Deep Breath | Won |
| 2015 | Royal Television Society | Effects - Digital | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Nominated |
| 2016 | Academy Awards | Best Visual Effects | Ex Machina | Won |
| 2016 | Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role | Sherlock Special Episode: The Abominable Bride | Won |
| 2016 | BAFTA | Best Special Visual Effects | Ex Machina | Nominated |
| 2016 | Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Arabella | Nominated |
| 2016 | Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards | Effects - Digital | Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands | Nominated |
| 2016 | BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Episode 5 | Won |
| 2016 | BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Doctor Who Series 9 | Nominated |
| 2017 | BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | The Last Dragonslayer | Nominated |
| 2017 | BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Sherlock Special Episode: The Abominable Bride | Nominated |
| 2019 | Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards | Best VFX Project | Good Omens | Nominated |
| 2020 | BAFTA - Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Good Omens | Nominated |
| 2020 | Broadcast Tech Innovation Award | Best VFX Project | Cursed | Nominated |
| 2021 | British Academy Television Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Cursed | Nominated |
| 2021 | Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards | Best VFX Project | Intergalactic | Nominated |
| 2022 | British Academy Television Craft Awards | Special, Visual & Graphic Effects | Intergalactic | Nominated |
| 2014 | UK Screen Alliance | Outstanding Contribution to VFX | Jean-Claude Deguara – VFX Supervisor + Sara Bennett – CCO/VFX Supervisor Milk VFX | Nominated |