CIS Hollywood

CIS Hollywood was the visual effects (VFX) company responsible for the Special Video Compositing on all seasons of and , the first six seasons of , and the first season of . They also produced special effects for , , and .
Founded in 1984 by Robert C. King and Joe Matza, as Composite Image Systems, CIS Hollywood pioneered the process known as pin-registered film-to-tape transfer, which allowed for multiple visual elements to be composited into a single image. They initially worked only on television programs and commercials but by the late 1980s, the company had begun doing effects work for feature films. Besides three of the , other film projects which the company has worked on include Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Coneheads, True Lies, Batman Forever, Waterworld, the Stuart Baird-directed Executive Decision, Eraser, Scream, Contact, Titanic, Deep Impact, Rush Hour, Cast Away, Charlie's Angels, the Planet of the Apes remake, X2 (X-Men 2), The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, The Bourne Supremacy, Van Helsing, Constantine, X-Men: The Last Stand, and the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, of which the 2022 third one, became the last recorded contribution of the company.
The company went out of business in 2011 as a direct result of the malaise (see CreativeCow article link below) that was affecting the Hollywood VFX industry in a severely adverse manner at the time. 
== Employees ==
* Ernie Camacho – Digital Compositor
* David Kervinen – Visual Effects Illustrator
* Don Lee – Visual Effects Editor/Special Video Compositor
== Star Trek credits ==
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** Season 1 – Special Video Compositing (as Composite Image Systems)
** Season 2 – Special Video Compositing (as Composite Image Systems)
** Season 3 – Special Video Compositing (as Composite Image Systems)
** Season 4 – Special Video Compositing (as Composite Image Systems)
** Season 5 – Special Video Compositing (as CIS Hollywood)
** Season 6 – Special Video Compositing (as CIS Hollywood)
** Season 7 – Special Video Compositing (as CIS Hollywood; in "All Good Things..." Don Lee received credit instead of the company)
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** Season 1 – Digital Optical Effects
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** – Digital Video Effects (as CIS Hollywood)
** – Additional 2D/3D Graphics (as CIS Hollywood)
** – Special Visual Effects (as CIS Hollywood)
== External links ==
* – defunct official site
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* and 
Category:Digital visual effects companies