Cafe FX (formerly known as The Computer Cafe) was an effects studio located in Santa Maria, California. First established in 1993 by Jeff Barnes and David Ebner, the company (like several others) started off providing effects for television. In 1995, they received their film project in Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions. Since then, they've provided effects for more than fifty films and several commercials.
They sadly shut down operations in 2010, citing the recession and the poor economy as the reason they had to close. Shame really, considering their studio actually looked like a good place to be (it contained two bowling lanes, game areas, a large field and even an actual café).
Cafe FX has provided effects and animation for:
- 2012
- Alice In Wonderland (2010)
- Alien vs. Predator (Special Thanks)
- Are We There Yet?
- Armageddon (1998)
- The Aviator
- Barney's Great Adventure
- Chairman of The Board
- The Core
- The Departed
- Dragonball Evolution
- Eragon
- Fantastic Four (2005)
- The Final Destination
- Flight of The Phoenix
- Flubber
- Ghost Rider
- Halo 3: ODST
- The Happening
- Hellboy (2004)
- Iron Man
- John Adams
- King Kong (2005)
- Land of the Lost
- Memoirs of a Geisha (Film)
- The Mist
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Seven Pounds
- Sin City
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- Snakes on a Plane
- Speed Racer
- Underworld: Evolution
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
- Whiteout (Film)
- Zathura
