Tau Films Explained

Tau Films
Type:Private
Predecessor:Rhythm & Hues
Industry:Visual effects, Computer animation
Services:Visual effects, Computer animation
Homepage:taufilms.com
Foundation:
Founders:John Hughes, Mandeep Singh, and Walt Jones
Location:United States, Malaysia, India, China, Canada.[1]

Tau Films is an American visual effects and animation company with locations in the United States, Malaysia, India, China, and Canada.

History

Tau Films was founded in 2014 by John Hughes,[2] Mandeep Singh,[3] and Walt Jones.[1] [4] In 2015, it was nominated for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project at the 13th Visual Effects Society Awards for its work on the amusement park special venue-ride film The Lost Temple (Movie Park Germany).[5] It has since produced other special venue-ride films such as The Forbidden Caves (Bobbejaanland)[6] and Racing Legends at Ferrari Land (PortAventura World:Ferrari Land).[7] It also created Delusion: Lies Within (virtual reality episodic storytelling).[8] Tau has worked on films such as Evil Nature (2018),[9] (2015),[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] 2.0 (2018),[15] [16] Crazy Alien (2019),[17] [18] the 2019 Nicolas Cage film Primal,[19] [20] Simon West's Skyfire (2019),[21] and Li Weiran's The Yinyang Master (2021).

Filmography

2021
2019
2018
2017
2015
2014

Awards and nominations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Welcome to Tau Films. 2019-03-13. Tau Films Official Website.
  2. Web site: John Hughes. 2019-04-04. IMDb.
  3. Web site: Mandeep Singh. 2019-04-04. IMDb.
  4. Web site: Walt Jones. 2019-04-04. IMDb.
  5. Web site: Deep inside the Lost Temple: Movie Park Germany delivers media-based thrills. 2019-03-22. Palicki. Martin. 2014-08-27. InPark Magazine.
  6. Web site: Three Holovis Projects: The Forbidden Caves. 2019-03-22. Kleiman. Joe. 2015-08-28. InPark Magazine.
  7. Web site: Mousetrappe Announces New Port Aventura Ferrari Land Attractions and New Staff. 2019-03-14. Kleiman. Joe. 2017-04-21. InPark Magazine.
  8. Web site: From Stage To VR : Enter 'Delusion: Lies Within'. 2019-03-17. Samsung Electronics.
  9. Web site: Explore the Evil Nature of this Proof of Concept Trailer. 2019-03-23. Moore. Debi. 2015-04-27. Dread Central.
  10. Web site: Bollywood Frets As 'Baahubali' Sets New Box Office Records. 2019-03-13. Cain. Rob. 2015-07-19. Forbes.
  11. Web site: 'Baahubali': 5 Things to Know About India's Record-Breaking Blockbuster. 2019-03-13. Bhushan. Nyay. 2015-07-15. The Hollywood Reporter.
  12. Web site: India Saga 'Baahubali' Targets the World With Ramoji Film City. 2019-03-13. Ramachandran. Naman . 2015-05-08. Variety.
  13. Web site: Watch: How Malaysia's Tau Films created Baahubali's bull scene. 2019-03-13. 2016-01-08. Hindustan Times.
  14. Web site: Hollywood quality on limited budget will be achievement: SS Rajamouli. 2019-03-13. 2015-06-07. The Indian Express.
  15. Web site: VFX expert from Hollywood calls Rajnikanth's 2.0 'most challenging' project. 2019-03-13. Shyam. Kumar . 2018-03-07. The National.
  16. Web site: The making of 2.0 VFX featurette: See the hard work put into Rajinikanth-Akshay Kumar's film. 2019-03-13. Sundar. Priyanka. 2018-03-07. Hindustan Times.
  17. Web site: AU2019: Making of "Crazy Alien". 2019-09-27. 2019-10-29. Autodesk India.
  18. Web site: Asia's Largest Event in Gaming, Animation, Visual Effects inaugurated. 2019-09-26. 2019-06-24. Nat24.
  19. Web site: Killer CG Creatures Stalk Nic Cage in 'Primal' with Help from Ziva VFX. 2019-11-27. Milligan. Mercedes. 2019-11-26. Animation Magazine.
  20. Web site: Interview: PRIMAL Director Nick Powell On His Old-School Action-Adventure Thriller. 2019-11-13. Garcia. Eric. 2019-11-11. Screen Anarchy.
  21. Web site: Cannes: 'Skyfire,' China's First Big-Budget Disaster Movie, Shopped by Meridian Ent. (EXCLUSIVE). 2019-05-14. Davis. Rebecca. 2019-05-14. Variety.
  22. Web site: Remote production on The Yin Yang Master with Tau Films. 2021-05-01. McMahon. Chris. 2021-04-29. ftrack.com.
  23. Web site: The Yingyang Master (2021). 2021-02-06. IMDb.
  24. Web site: Jackie Chan fights for pangolins. 2019-03-17. 2017-08-23. China Daily.
  25. Web site: 13TH ANNUAL VES AWARDS. 2019-03-22. 2015-02-04. Visual Effects Society.