Omnilab opens Digital Pictures + Iloura in Sydney completing coverage of two major markets

Omnilab Media will further invest in its post-production and VFX businesses by opening both Digital Pictures and Iloura in Sydney.

Digital Pictures will be Omnilab Media’s one national, world-class, post-production business that will service the film, television and advertising industries from two primary locations in Sydney and Melbourne.

Iloura, already a highly successful international studio, will open new premises in Sydney and significantly expand its VFX and animation services to the global film and television market.

Says Christopher Mapp, managing director, Omnilab Media: “We willincrease our investment in both Digital Pictures and Iloura’s talent,infrastructure and services to provide both Australian andinternational clients with the very best, creative and technicalservices that can be tailored to the individual needs of a project, nomatter where it is based.”

Iloura Melbourne is currently working on two large budget feature filmprojects, Columbia Pictures’ Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in 3D andOmnilab Media’s The Killer Elite with recent credits including Sanctum3D, Guillermo Del Toro’s Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Fred Schepisi’sEye of the Storm, and HBO’s The Pacific.

Digital Pictures Melbourne has built up a strong internationalreputation for 3D post-production having undertaken Sanctum 3D withIloura. Additionally, local feature films Snowtown, The Cup, andTomorrow When the War Began and television productions includingWinners and Losers, and City Homicide have all been undertaken byDigital Pictures.

The strong market presence achieved by The Lab Sydney in television,film and advertising will continue to grow under the Digital Picturesbusiness.

The Lab Sydney’s recent credits include; Feature films – Tomorrow Whenthe War Began, Burning Man, and South Solitary. Television – UnderbellyFiles and Underbelly series’ 2 and 3, Spirited series’ 1 & 2, SeaPatrol series 1 to 5, Rescue Special Ops series 1 – 3; and Advertising- ABC channels 1 and 2 (rebranding), Hyundai i20 – Going Places (TVC)and Foxtel’s 100 Days of Summer (ident).

The recent announcement by Premier, Kristina Keneally of NSW Governmentfunding for the sequel of Tomorrow When the War Began, tentativelytitled Tomorrow 2 further solidified Omnilab Media’s commitment to theproduction industry in NSW. Tomorrow 2 will employ approximately 150post-production and VFX practitioners in NSW.

“As Omnilab Media invests in and produces more local and global filmand television projects, it will generate greater employmentopportunities for technically and creatively skilled Australians. ThoseAustralians will play a significant role in contributing to the screenindustry’s vibrant and sustainable future,” said Mapp.