Foundation Imaging
| Industry | CGI visual effects studio |
|---|---|
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Defunct | 2001 |
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Key people
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Paul Beigle-Bryant and Ron Thornton |
Foundation Imaging was a CGI visual effects studio, computer animation studio, and post-production editing facility founded by Paul Beigle-Bryant and Ron Thornton that pioneered digital imaging for television programming using Newtek's LightWave 3D on Commodore Amiga based Video Toaster workstations.
Foundation Imaging is best known their work on the science fiction series Babylon 5 winning an Emmy Award for the pilot episode.
When Babylon 5 producers didn't renew after the third season, they worked on Paramount's Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (winning two more Emmy Awards for their work on Voyager).
The company also worked on the Robert Wise's director's cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It ended up being one of Foundation's last projects before they shut down.
While working on Star Trek, the company provided CG visuals for the Warner Brothers direct-to-video animated movies based on the Batman: The Animated Series TV series.
The company was dissolved after work on season one of Star Trek: Enterprise had been completed and the company assets were sold off in a public auction on December 17, 2002 by Brian Testo Associates, LLC.
The company's Emmy Award winning work on Babylon 5 popularized using Lightwave 3D on US TV shows for CGI visual effects and becoming an industry standard
Key Emmy Award winning animators from the company, Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz and John Teska remain major figures in the visual effects field for their work on shows such as the rebooted Battlestar Galactica and Lost.
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