Who directed the 2006 film featuring visual effects from Giantsteps?
Giantsteps Giantsteps is a visual effects studio located in Venice Beach, California. The company was founded in 2004 by Ryan Thompson and Michael Vaglienty, a visual effects producer and artist who began their careers working with the Brothers Strause of Hydraulx in 1996. The company recently produced effects work on national television commercials for major advertisers including Clorox, Cadillac and Cingular Wireless; and on feature films including "" and "The Covenant".
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (also known simply as Sharkboy and Lavagirl) is a 2005 American adventure film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and originally released in the United States on June 10, 2005 by Miramax Films, Columbia Pictures and Dimension Films. The film uses the anaglyph 3-D technology, similar to the one used in "" (2003). The film stars Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, Cayden Boyd, David Arquette, Kristin Davis and George Lopez. Many of the concepts and much of the story were conceived by Rodriguez's children. The special effects were done by Hybride Technologies, CafeFX, The Orphanage, Post Logic, Hydraulx, Industrial Light & Magic, R!ot Pictures, Tippett Studio, Amalgamated Pixels, Intelligent Creatures and Troublemaker Digital. The film received negative reviews from critics with much of the criticism directed at the decision to post-convert the film into 3-D which damaged the film's visual look, and earned $69.4 million on a $50 million budget.