Prime Focus’s (PFL) arm -- Double Negative (DNEG) -- has bagged an award at the 90th Academy Awards for its work on Blade Runner 2049. The film picked up the Oscar for Visual Effects (VFX) at the star-studded ceremony. This is the third Oscar win for DNEG since the merger with Prime Focus.
DNEG was the lead Visual Effects house for the film. DNEG’s Blade Runner team delivered most of the Los Angeles 2049 cityscapes, the Joi hologram effects and the seawall chase at the end of the movie.
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