Pennsylvania-based Nep Group, the large-scale production facilities outfit that houses TV broadcasts including the Oscars and the Superbowl, is founding a new virtual production (VP) business with three significant acquisitions.
The company has bought post-production outfit Prysm Collective, tech company and virtual production specialists Lux Machina, and visualization specialists Halon Entertainment.
Cliff Plumer – who has 30 year’s experience in entertainment technology, having previously been the Cto of both Ilm and Lucasfilm, and had recently been heading up Prysm Collective – has been hired to lead Nep’s new VP wing. Jeff Ruggels will act as SVP of Finance and Operations, Phil Galler and Zach Alexander as co-Presidents of the Lux Machina Nep Business Unit, and Daniel Gregoire and Chris Ferriter as Executive Creative Director and President, respectively, of the Halon Nep Business Unit.
Virtual production – the use of digital tools to mimic and replace live-action production paradigms – has been a growing...
The company has bought post-production outfit Prysm Collective, tech company and virtual production specialists Lux Machina, and visualization specialists Halon Entertainment.
Cliff Plumer – who has 30 year’s experience in entertainment technology, having previously been the Cto of both Ilm and Lucasfilm, and had recently been heading up Prysm Collective – has been hired to lead Nep’s new VP wing. Jeff Ruggels will act as SVP of Finance and Operations, Phil Galler and Zach Alexander as co-Presidents of the Lux Machina Nep Business Unit, and Daniel Gregoire and Chris Ferriter as Executive Creative Director and President, respectively, of the Halon Nep Business Unit.
Virtual production – the use of digital tools to mimic and replace live-action production paradigms – has been a growing...
- 8/3/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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