Established in 2021 in Vancouver, B.C., Casuarina is a full-service 2D and 3D visual effects studio dedicated to crafting exceptional VFX for feature films and episodic entertainment. Our team of seasoned industry professionals excels at delivering both simple and complex visual effects, ensuring your creative vision is realized on time and within budget. Casuarina was founded by VFX veteran Gregory Watkins, who brings over 25 years of experience as an artist, entrepreneur, and leader in the creative industries.

In 2023, Casuarina served as the sole VFX vendor for the critically acclaimed feature film The Order, starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult. In 2024, we contributed to all episodes of Season 2 of The Recruit for Lionsgate, streaming on Netflix, and served as the lead VFX vendor for the post-apocalyptic series Earth Abides, which aired on MGM+.
Casuarina has achieved security clearance for Lionsgate and Amazon MGM and is actively pursuing TPN certification. Additionally, we carry Cyber Security Liability Insurance to ensure the utmost protection for our clients.

We are passionate about creating stunning visuals, but we also value a healthy and sustainable work-life balance—a principle often at odds with the fast-paced demands of our industry. With this in mind, we expanded to Barbados in 2022, offering a distinctive VFX work location that embodies this philosophy.

 

Our Barbados studio is a cottage-style space nestled among mature tropical trees, just one block from the beach on the vibrant south coast, surrounded by shopping, restaurants, and nightlife. Our Vancouver studio is set up currently for work-from-home with our servers, workstations and render farm co-located in a secure data-centre where we maintain a small IT office with our own dedicated full time IT support. We believe our unique location offerings gives us an advantage to recruit top talent so that we may serve our clients even better.

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