Private company | |
Industry | Experience design |
Founded | (2001) |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Key people
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Joe Zenas, Partner, Chief Executive Officer; Craig Hanna, Co-Founder and Partner, Chief Creative Officer; Francois Bergeron, Co-Founder and Partner, Chief Operating Officer |
Number of employees
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Approx. 150 (2013) |
Website | thinkwellgroup.com |
Thinkwell Group is an award-winning global experience design and production agency that was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Thinkwell specializes in the creation and master planning of theme parks, destination resorts, major branded and intellectual property attractions, events & spectaculars, museums & exhibits, expos, and live shows around the world. Since 2006, Thinkwell has gone from approximately 35 employees to more than 180, though the exact number fluctuates depending on the company's workload. Thinkwell was named "Most Honored Theme Park Design Company" at the 2013 Theme Park and Attractions Summit & Awards in Beijing.
Thinkwell Group's clients include Warner Bros., Universal, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sesame Workshop, Ferrari World, House of Blues, The Pier Shops at Caesars and Cirque du Soleil, among others.
Some of Thinkwell's noteworthy projects include Warner Bros. Studio Tour London: The Making of Harry Potter, a behind-the-scenes tour of the sets where all eight Harry Potter films were made at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden; Ski Dubai, an indoor ski resort in the Mall of the Emirates; NatureQuest, an immersive children's exhibit at Atlanta's Fernbank Museum of Natural History; the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Grand Opening Event for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Parks and Resorts' Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, Florida; and Jurassic Park Institute Tour, a 50,000-square-foot traveling educational attraction based on the movie Jurassic Park.