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Stargate Digital

is a full service visual effects company best known for its innovative work in film and television. Founded in 1985, we have studios in Los Angeles, Vancouver, and London with over 150 Artists, Supervisors, and Producers covering all areas of digital production and visual effects.

In addition to Matte Painting, 3D, Compositing, film and HD production, and editorial services, Stargate Digital offers our innovative Virtual BacklotT and Digital Intermediate techniques utilizing our proprietary technologies (see Main Menu above). We also offer upfront script evaluation, storyboarding, and pre-viz to help develop the signature looks for your show or best determine the right approach for complex visual effects scenes.




09-21-04 ER - Emmy Award-winning drama series “ER,” for its ten completed seasons, was television’s highest-rated  more>>

10-06-06 Heroes - Heroes, the story of ordinary people who discover extraordinary talents, continues to be the breakou more>>

01-01-07 Ugly Betty - One of the freshman hits of the 2006-2007 season, Ugly Betty chronicles the adventures of Betty Suar more>>

02-09-07 Grey's Anatomy - Grey’s Anatomy is a drama that centers on Meredith Grey and her friends Cristina Yang, Isobel "Izzie more>>




01-08-08  Visual Effects Society -  Once again, the Visual Effects Society has honored Stargate with 3 nominations for their 6th annual VES Awards. Congratulations to our supervisors and artists:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series
HEROES - “Four Months Ago”

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
GREY'S ANATOMY -“ Ferryboat Crash”

Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial
UGLY BETTY - “Betty’s Neighborhood”  more>>

09-08-07  59th Emmy Awards -  The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded the 2006-2007 Creative Arts Primetime Emmys at the 59th Emmy Awards presentation, hosted by Carlos Mencia.

Stargate Digital’s team was awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special, for their work on the “Battleground” episode of TNT’s miniseries Nightmares and Dreamscapes.  more>>

02-12-07  Visual Effects Society -  The VES Awards were given out tonight during the Visual Effects Society’s (VES) fifth annual gala event at the Kodak Grand Ballroom. Stargate Digital's team of artists and supervisors received the award in two categories:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special
Nightmares and Dreamscapes – “Battleground”
and
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
ER – “Scoop and Run”
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06-01-05  Press Release -  At the 2005 Leo Awards, celebrating excellence in British Colombia Film and Television, Stargate Dig  more>>

10-01-04  VFX World Magazine -  Death and Visions: A Look at the Paranormal on Cable TV  more>>

06-01-04  Millimeter -  “A continual paradigm shift” is how Sam Nicholson, founder of Stargate Digital, Pasadena, Calif., describes the shift in the visual effects world. “[It] requires the engine to continually go faster, and those of us in this industry to continually reinvent our thinking about what is achievable, and how quickly.”  more>>

04-01-04  Computer Graphics World -  Rome wasn't built in a day. It took approximately six months. At least, that's how long it took Stargate Digital to create a photorealistic 3D version of the ancient city used in a dramatic 35-second sweeping shot for the two-part miniseries Spartacus, airing mid-month on the USA Network.  more>>