Thilo Kuther, the German founding father of the worldwide visible results firm Pixomondo, died Tuesday of most cancers at his dwelling in Marina del Rey, his nephew, Niklas Fissel, advised The worldnewsintel. He was 58.
A local of Frankfurt, Kuther launched Pixomondo in 2001 out of Stuttgart, creating video installations and 3D animation for company shoppers earlier than leaping into movies 4 years later. By 2012, it had places of work in these two cities and 10 others: Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Shanghai, Beijing, London, Toronto, Santa Monica, Burbank and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
By 2018, Pixomondo had added branches in Vancouver and Montreal to go together with its two places of work in China, plus London, Frankfurt and Stuttgart.
“It’s about discovering a spot that’s able to doing nice work after which becoming a member of the opposite amenities to share the work [among them],” he stated in 2012.
Pixomondo’s notable credit embrace Martin Scorsese’s Hugo (2011), which received 5 Oscars, together with one for visible results, and films within the Quick & Livid and Starvation Video games franchises.
It additionally is understood for its relationship with Roland Emmerich, having labored with the German filmmaker on such effects-driven films as 2012 (2009), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Halfway (2019) and Moonfall (2022).
In tv, Pixomondo was among the many key results distributors on HBO’s Recreation of Thrones, which received seven Emmys within the VFX class.
In July 2018, Mayfair Fairness Companions took a majority funding in Pixomondo that valued the corporate at $65 million. Kuther, on the time, remained CEO and govt producer. He segued to the position of president in Might 2019 when Zodiak Media exec Jonny Gradual joined Pixomondo as CEO.
In October, Sony Footage Leisure acquired the corporate from Mayfair. Kuther had departed by then, his nephew stated.
The gifted Kuther’s most up-to-date endeavor was working Xmachina, a themed leisure and design agency based mostly in Marina del Rey (his nephew works there as nicely). It was the identify of his first firm.
Survivors additionally embrace his spouse, Claudia.
