Kerner Optical has wrapped FX work on four upcoming major studio films and is currently providing FX work on a fifth. The announcement was made today by Kerner Entertainment President Tim Partridge, and Camille Cellucci, Kerner Executive Producer.
From its San Rafael studio lot, Kerner Optical has completed its FX contributions to “Cowboys and Aliens,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” “Red Tails,” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.” Additionally, the company has just begun its FX work on “Everybody Loves Whales,” from director Ken Kwapis, which stars Drew Barrymore and Kristen Bell.
Kerner Optical held a “Wrap Party Fiesta” recently to celebrate the
completion of its FX contributions to the films cited above, as well as to officially “welcome” new Executive Producer Camille Cellucci into the company. Among the attendees to the Wrap Fiesta were Robert Hoffmeister, On-Set Supervisor (“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,”) and Dale Taylor, Production Manager (“Cowboys and Aliens,”), both with ILM, along with Kerner FX Supervisor Geoff Herron, Kerner Creative Director Brian Gernand, and DP’s Carl Miller, Pat Sweeney (Kerner DP, “Cowboys and Aliens,”) and Marty Rosenberg, along with Kerner executives Eric Edmeades, CEO, Tim Partridge, president, Rose Duignan, outgoing Executive Producer and the company’s new Executive Producer Cellucci.
About KERNER OPTICAL
Previously known as ILM’s “Model Shop,” Kerner Optical provides world class realistic physical effects to the film, television, and commercial production industries. The company’s recent credits include FX contributions to 2010’s “Ironman II,” 2009’s “Terminator Salvation” (for which the company earned a Visual Effects Society Award nomination), and J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek.” Kerner Optical continues to set the standard for outstanding and realistic physical effects available in the industry.
Renowned throughout the film industry as the “Masters of Destruction,” Kerner Optical has few competitors with similar or equal experience. The company has over three decades of expertise, along with numerous industry awards, for its realistic physical FX work. The company continues to distinguish itself in the areas of: FX elements (including wind, fire, water, smoke, dust, etc.); pyrotechnics; the creation of various scenes of destruction; the design and production of models, and practical miniature effects of all scales.
In addition to its list of entertainment industry clients, Kerner also counts among its client base corporations large and small, and private sector contractors. For these clients, the company provides highly realistic special effects, emerging 3D technologies and production services, model creation, and a variety of problem solving, applied research and prototyping services.
Kerner Optical is located at 90 Windward Way, San Rafael, CA, 94901. The phone is 415/448-2000. For more information, please visit the company’s website: www.Kerner.co.
