Animal Logic is an Australian digital visual effects

Visual effects

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 company based at Fox Studios

Fox Studios Australia

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 in Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

Australia

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 and Santa Monica, California. Established in 1991, Animal Logic's core business has traditionally been the design and production of high-end visual effects for commercials and television program

Television program

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s, although Animal Logic has also worked on various design projects for clients such as Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....

 and Spicks and Specks.

In recent years, however, the company has produced visual effects for many large budget film projects, including Moulin Rouge!

Moulin Rouge!

Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 romantic jukebox musical film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth, La Traviata, and La Bohème...

, The Matrix trilogy

The Matrix (franchise)

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, Babe: Pig in the City

Babe: Pig in the City

Babe: Pig in the City is a 1998 sequel to the 1995 film Babe. It occurs in the fictional city of Metropolis. Due to the unexpected darker and more mature subject matter , the film was not received as well as the first Babe film was, as it flopped at the box office and reviews were generally...

, Hero

Hero (2002 film)

Hero is a 2002 wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou. Starring Jet Li as the nameless protagonist, the film is based on the story of Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin in 227 BC....

, House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers is a 2004 wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou. It differs from other wuxia films in that it is more of a love story than a straight martial arts film....

, Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes (2001 film)

Planet of the Apes is a 2001 American science fiction film, based on Pierre Boulle's novel and a remake of the 1968 film of the same name. Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, and Estella Warren. It tells the...

, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Mike Newell and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the fourth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman...

, World Trade Center

World Trade Center (film)

World Trade Center is a 2006 American disaster-drama film directed by Oliver Stone and based on the September 11 attacks at the World Trade Center. It stars Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon. The film was shot from October 19, 2005 - February 10, 2006...

, Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold (2008 film)

Fool's Gold is an 2008 American adventure/romance film from Warner Bros. Pictures about a married couple who rekindle their romantic life while searching for a lost treasure. The film was directed by Andy Tennant and reunites the How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days stars Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson...

, 300

300 (film)

300 is a 2007 American fantasy action film based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller. It is a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae. The film was directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant...

, Knowing

Knowing (film)

Knowing is a 2009 American-British science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage. The project was originally attached to a number of directors under Columbia Pictures, but it was placed in turnaround and eventually picked up by Escape Artists. Production was financially...

, Untamed and Uncut

Untamed and Uncut

Untamed & Uncut is an American documentary television series that premiered on June 10, 2008 on Animal Planet. The program depicts unexpected and surprising animal encounters that are caught directly on tape at the scene...

and Australia

Australia (2008 film)

Australia is a 2008 epic historical romance film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. It is the second-highest grossing Australian film of all time, behind Crocodile Dundee. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood...

.

In 2002, Animal Logic began work on its first computer-animated

Computer animation

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 feature film

Feature film

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, the Academy Award

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

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-winning Happy Feet

Happy Feet

Happy Feet is a 2006 American-Australian computer-animated family film with music, directed and co-written by George Miller. It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Kingdom Feature Productions and was released...

, for director George Miller

George Miller (producer)

George Miller is an Australian film director, screenwriter, producer, and former medical doctor. He is most well known for his work on the Mad Max movies, but has been involved in a wide range of projects, including the Oscar-winning Happy Feet and "Babe" family films.Miller is the older brother...

. Released in the United States on 17 November 2006, the project has seen the company expand significantly, recruiting up to 300 artists and technicians from Australia and around the world. Their most recent full length animation, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, was released on 24 September 2010, to mixed reviews.

In 2004, Animal Logic developed and designed a on-air identity for Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....

.

Their video clip of the 2006 Telemetry Orchestra

Telemetry Orchestra

Telemetry Orchestra are a Sydney-based electronic music band composed of members Steve Scott, Gavin Angus-Leppan and Charlotte Whittingham...

 single "Under the Cherry Tree" won an award in early 2007 in New York.

In November 2009, Animal Logic ranked number 447 in the Top500

TOP500

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 ranking of super-computer sites.

Filmography

• Happy Feet
  Happy Feet
  Happy Feet is a 2006 American-Australian computer-animated family film with music, directed and co-written by George Miller. It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Kingdom Feature Productions and was released...
  
  (2006)
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
• Walking with Dinosaurs 3D (2013)
• Lego (2014)