Pixomondo (PXO) is an Academy and Emmy award-winning international visual effects and virtual production company with studios in Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, and London. The company provides virtual production and visual effects for feature films, television, and commercials. As of 2019, PXO employs over 655 people worldwide. History PXO was founded in Pfungstadt, Germany as a design studio in 2001 by Thilo Kuther. The company began its work creating video installations and 3D-animations for high-end corporate clients such as Porsche and Bertelsmann. By the end of 2003, PXO consisted of its one office in Pfungstadt and 40 employees. In 2005, the company first began working in the entertainment business by producing the visual effects for the German television film Atlantropa - Der Traum vom neuen Kontinent. In 2005, a second location, specializing in feature films, opened in Ludwigsburg, Germany. At this location, the company produced nearly all the visual effects for the international feature film The Red Baron, which was released in 2008, and earned PXO its first international recognition. In the same year, the first studio abroad opened in London. In 2007 and 2008, studios were opened in Frankfurt and Los Angeles, respectively. Also in 2008, Pixomondo was commissioned by director Roland Emmerich to produce over 100 complete CG-environments for his feature film 2012. PXO's first offices in Asia, specifically in Shanghai and Beijing, were opened in 2009. In 2011, the company expanded its London office and added two studios in Munich and Hamburg, as well as one in Toronto in 2011. PXO closed its London office in February 2013. In 2013, PXO closed its Shanghai and Berlin offices, naming restructuring processes as a reason for the closures. In 2014, the office in Shanghai reopened. In 2018, Mayfair Equity Partners completed a majority investment in PXO. The deal valued PXO at $65 million. Less than a year later, Jonny Slow was appointed as global CEO. In early 2019, PXO opened its Montreal office. In June 2021 PXO closed its Beijing and Shanghai offices and by September had announced a new London division that will over virtual production services. In October 2022, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced the acquisition of Pixomondo. Virtual Production In September 2020, PXO announced it began construction on a virtual production studio in Toronto, Canada, with Mayfair backing the new venture with a significant new financial commitment. PXO assembled a team of technical partners