We craftworldsthatleave a mark.
A cinematic creative studio working at the seam of Animation, VFX and Color. We are story-led, craft-first, and built to move audiences from the very first frame.
Motion is the medium.
We don't make pretty pictures. We craft images that move — literally and emotionally. Every frame is a deliberate choice, every transition is a sentence in the story we're helping you tell.
Born inside a film-school edit bay, raised on stop-motion and shader code, KINEFORGE is the studio we wished existed when we were starting out — one where craft meets velocity, where story meets system.
We work small. Director-led. Every project gets the same minds in the room from first call to final master.
A small crew.
Long résumés.
Directors, animators, comp leads, colorists, producers — all working on every project together. No outsourcing, no farm.
Mira brown
Story-led animation director. Annecy alum. Previously: Laika, Aardman.
Jonas Riese
FX simulation lead, Houdini fanatic. Previously: ILM, MPC.
Niko Petrov
Cinematic grading. Look development across 60+ features.
Sade Williams
Production lead. Keeps the trains running across both studios.
Hina Yamada
Character animation. 2D / 3D / motion capture across all disciplines.
Daniel arden
Nuke + Fusion. Photoreal finishing for environment-heavy shots.
Where the work has
shown.
Eight years of jury rooms, festival selections and editor desks. Every name on it was earned in a room where the work had to do all the talking.
Three principles.
Every project.
Story first
If it doesn't serve the story, it doesn't ship. Every craft decision passes through narrative scrutiny — Director-led, not technology-led.
Small & senior
No farms. No interns rendering finals. Senior crafters on every shot — the people you meet in the kick-off are the people who deliver.
Quiet pipelines
Heavy-craft systems built so the work feels effortless. Our pipeline is invisible — what you see is the story.
Let’s makesomethingcinematic.
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