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News

  • January 22, 2013: Congrats to The Way, Way Back for achieving one of the highest sale prices in Sundance Film Festival history! Featuring beautiful Massachusetts locations and visual effects by ZERO! http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/sundance-film-festival/la-et-mn-sundance-2013-the-way-way-back-selling-to-fox-searchlight-20130122,0,2884907.story
  • October 05, 2012: Just 7 days until Here Comes the Boom hits theaters across the country. Please join the ZERO team and the MPC on Opening Night Friday Ocotober, 12th for a special screening and after party. See link for tickets and details: http://massprodcoalition.org/here-comes-the-boom/
  • July 06, 2012: Zero is excited to announce that we'll be working on the Massachusetts based film THE WAY, WAY BACK, starring Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Sam Rockwell, Maya Rudolph and Amanda Peet. The Way, Way Back is written and directed by the Academy Award winning team of Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727388/
  • April 13, 2012: ZYNC, the cloud resource manager initially developed at ZERO is making waves across the industry. Check out a great interview with Atomic Fiction Co-Founder Kevin Bailie. Thanks Kevin!
  • April 05, 2012: The web site for the Brand New 2013 RAM 1500 has just launched! Some amazing advancements in design, efficiency and power and lots of stunning CGI from ZERO!
  • March 23, 2012: MLB opening day is right around the corner and ZERO is proud to have contributed 22 VFX shots in one and a half days!
  • January 23, 2012: ZERO proudly congratulates Boston based Animation Supervisor Anders Beer for his Visual Effects Society (VES) nomination for best Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture for the Seth Rogen voiced Paul in "Paul". Anders is the co-founder of General Gau Animation and represents an impressive talent that serves to heighten Boston's standing as a first-class creative center.
  • January 23, 2012: NEW VIDEO - Check out the latest trailer for Project X. Featuring VFX by ZERO. Only in theaters March 2nd.
  • August 29, 2011: NEW VIDEO - ZERO owners Sean Devereaux and Brian Drewes speak with NESN about their creative partnership with the Red Sox organization.
  • July 22, 2011: NEW VIDEO - Check out the Zero Spring 2011 Showreel. Hot off the press on this 104 degree day!
  • June 23, 2011: ZERO VFX announces visual effects production has begun for Columbia Picture's "Here Comes the Boom" starring Kevin James and Salma Hayek. The ZERO team will be led by VFX Supervisor Sean Devereaux. Some artist positions still available, see our careers page for more information.
  • June 15, 2011: Zero VFX roll into their new offices at 162 Columbus Ave, sharing the building with the Soundtrack Boston group. Having taken over the 7,000 sqft 3rd floor, Zero offers our clients the ease and flexibility of close interaction with Soundtracks' impressive array of talent and technology. When the schedule is tight it makes all the difference. Additionally, Finish Editorial is below on the 2nd floor and when a project calls for it, the two facilities work together to form a much larger entity, thus increasing capacity and the ability to complete projects seamlessly. Plus, there's an awesome roof deck.
  • May 20, 2011: Check out the latest trailer for Zookeeper, in theaters on July 8, 2011 and featuring vfx by ZERO! http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/the-zookeeper/trailer
  • April 19, 2011: Check out our updated career page for new openings!
  • April 10, 2011: Zero VFX has announced its co-development role and use of the ZYNC rendering system currently making news in the visual effects world. http://www.fxguide.com/featured/zync-get-your-own-vast-renderfarm-instantly/
  • April 07, 2011: We are ramping up for a busy Summer at ZERO! Check out our Careers page Wednesday, April 13 for new opportunities ranging from entry level rotoscoping positions to Senior Artists, Flame operators and producers.
  • April 05, 2011: ZERO VFX is partnering with the Boston Red Sox to unveil Fenway Park's new state of the art HD scoreboard. You'll see ZERO's work as the board is introduced for the opening series against New York as well as other surprises throughout the season. There is only one way to see the magic and that's to be live at Fenway Park, so don't miss it.
  • March 15, 2011: ZERO is moving! On June 1st we'll be located in a state of the art facility that's both environmentally friendly and outfitted with the latest in digital technologies. The 7,000 sqft space occupies the entire 3rd floor at 162 Columbus Ave and features floor to ceiling windows, renewable materials and seamlessly connects Zero to Boston's premier sound studio, Soundtrack. Best of all, our clients will no longer be required to coordinate the handshake between picture and sound finishing - no more waiting for quicktimes to be posted or tapes to be delivered. With this centralized process we will be able to spend more time on the creative, which means more exploration and more refinement.
  • March 11, 2011: Wrapped up a few long-term commercial projects this week...exciting new work breaking soon!
  • February 25, 2011: The Farrelly Brother's Hall Pass is now in theaters featuring loads of laughs and set supervision by ZERO!
  • January 26, 2011: Congrats to our friends at Arnold Worldwide for the kudos from adage. Read the article here.
  • December 02, 2010: Fully CG and photo real human face replacement. Now an official asset in our bag of tricks.
  • November 12, 2010: Our render farm is up, running and clocking in at 800 CPU's of pure vfx processing power. Kid, meet the candy store.
  • November 05, 2010: Here are links to Zero's first film efforts: Zookeeper and Hall Pass.
  • September 15, 2010: Sean and Brian attended the premiere of Ben Afflecks' latest film "The Town" at historic Fenway Park. Great place to see a movie - the Green Monster behind the screen, the red carpet on the infield and a great crowd! See a shot of the screen in Fenway.
  • August 26, 2010: Zero's proprietary client access site is officially launched. Features include a highly intuitive interface, instant updates via RSS and dimming of background for ease of viewing. We also make it easy for clients to upload reference and artwork to the site - this automatically propagates into our project database, ensuring organized and error free work. See a screengrab of the software.
  • August 17, 2010: Supervising set tomorrow - our goal is to make the savannah of California look like the savannah of Kenya. Cue the acacia trees and elephant.
  • August 12, 2010: 1 campaign, 3 days, 12 VFX shots and a total of 18 spots delivered.
  • August 05, 2010: We are waiting with baited breath to announce some fantastic news... just have to dot the t's and cross the i's!
  • August 02, 2010: Our newest addition is here, a fantastic client space with brand new Discreet system! That system will be gasping for breath because we are cranking!
  • July 21, 2010: Boards and animatics went well - looking forward to the next Subway spots - we get to set fire to the desert in our next round! Also changing some labels for another client...
  • July 14, 2010: Brian got crammed in the front row of the Die Antwoord and Sleigh Bells show at the Roxy! Fantastic show for some artists that will sell out much larger venues soon!
  • July 09, 2010: Our first staff arts and crafts afternoon - essentially it's wine, cheese and we all have 1 hour to doodle with paint and canvas - next one August 13
  • July 07, 2010: Brainstorming boards and animation tests for yet another full cg / motion graphics spot
  • June 26, 2010: Delivering final comps for Zookeeper...
  • June 22, 2010: Weekend work on multiple projects, some all nighters coming this week - thanks to a great staff for sticking it out and helping us pursue excellent looking results!!!
  • June 18, 2010: Our 3D department is cranking out final deliveries on the full cg package (almost 40 animation versions and toolkits), another end tag and concept work for a quick turnaround :30
  • June 11, 2010: Continuing on the full 3D project utilizing 800 CPU's, direct renders from V-Ray
  • June 10, 2010: Lots of advil for the trip back to Boston
  • June 09, 2010: Brian visit with clients, attends AICP party in NYC and after party at THE BOX.
  • June 03, 2010: Delivered a surprise stereo version of an end tag. Pass the glasses around!
  • May 28, 2010: With our design winning out, we are in full production mode for the full cg project.
  • May 17, 2010: A fantastic visit from our LA owner, Marc Sadeghi for a quick meeting... details to follow in the coming months.
  • May 12, 2010: Starting some R & D design work on a fully CG project! Integration with Amazon's cloud rendering successful.
  • May 10, 2010: Sean had a little vacation to Florida before the beaches were spoiled...
  • May 05, 2010: Visited our friends at Arnold and shared with them our team-based approach to implementing projects
  • April 25, 2010: Brian flew to Atlanta again for the "Hall Pass" wrap party! Good times and good to catch up with new friends!
  • April 13, 2010: Bidding continues on commercial boards and exciting potential for just released details on feature projects
  • April 06, 2010: YES!!! We have officially set the date for our First Annual Summer party. Save the date for 8/27/2010 - it's a Friday, so tell your boss to give you the afternoon off, or better yet, lets invite them too! Details to follow, but just know, this is not going to be your normal, run of the mill, "lets party at a bar" kind of thing. A base tan, sunblock, your singing voice (and Dramamine for you land-lubbers) is all that will be required!
  • March 31, 2010: Visited our friends over at Hill Holliday to talk about Zero
  • March 28, 2010: A not so awesome Saturday morning... 'nough said Fred.
  • March 27, 2010: An awesome Friday - Barbeque for Blue Ribbon, some libations at the office, and an afternoon off work with the crew to see Hot Tub Time Machine. Then to the W Hotel for some continued drinking then to Beehive with some friends/clients!
  • March 20, 2010: Going gangbusters! Just finished McDonald's spots for Arnold Worldwide
  • March 19, 2010: Zero wrapped a project promoting a new Subway offering... yes ! PEPPERONI! Check out the details on the our work page
  • March 16, 2010: Brian is happy to report: "My time on the Hall Pass set has been the best set experience I've ever had!" The crew is awesome, the talent is phenomenal and the Farrelly Brothers really are dedicated to their craft and make it a positive experience for everyone
  • March 11, 2010: Sean and Brian are on the way to Atlanta to supervise the set for the Farrelly Brothers film "Hall Pass" starring an ensemble cast including Owen Wilson, Christina Applegate, Alyssa Milano, Richard Jenkins among others.
  • March 09, 2010: Ocean Spray bottles need replacing, we are on it!
  • March 02, 2010: Zero has moved into its new office! 91 Newbury St btw Berkeley and Clarendon... fancy fancy!

Company

We question standard assumptions and challenge the status quo. It's the way we keep our studio nimble, our team challenged and our clients satisfied. We change, we evolve, we direct, we produce, we develop, we are impassioned by our projects. We bring it.

We strive for excellence in every work we create. Our team-based approach allows for more iterations, more opportunities for creative input and most of all, better work with fewer compromises. Thanks for your time and consideration.

Careers

Systems Administrator

Posted 10/05/2012

Be the back bone of ZERO's back bone. We push around large data sets, create lots of beautiful images and have invented industry leading cloud based rendering technologies. In short, we are geek cool and need a rock star to keep us running smooth and fast.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Design, build, deploy and maintain system infrastructure across multiple hardware and operation systems platforms
  • Provide complexity and time estimates for completion of tasks
  • Identify and resolve problems in the production system quickly and completely
  • Document the systems of the company and educate other in their use.

Education, Experience and Skills Required:

  • BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other comparable professional experience
  • Experience administrating multiple operating systems, including Windows (XP, WIN 7) Mac OS and linux (Centos, Redhat, Ubuntu)
  • Experience with distributed file systems.
  • Experience with one or more administrative scripting languages (Perl, Python, Bash, Etc.)
  • Familiarity with networking and distributed computing, including network file systems, routing and subnetting. Configuring switches, vlan configuration, and experience in extreme switches an extra plus.
  • Fluency with common network protocols and their implementations and management: DNS, NFS, directory services, SSH/SSL and security protocols
  • Experience with performance analysis and tuning of operating systems and networks
  • Experience in asterisk phone systems, open vpn, firewall (ip-tables) a Major plus
  • Programming experience in a procedural or functional language a plus
  • Some knowledge of 2D & 3D graphics tools (Blender, Photoshop, Nuke, Maya, VRAY, etc.) a plus
  • Strong debugging skills
  • Some flexibility in work hours. The Technology Team is committed to working at a sustainable pace, but occasional real crises do arise
  • Outstanding organizational skills and the ability to multitask

To apply, please email a pdf copy of your resume and cover letter to job@zerovfx.com

Post Production Intern

Posted 10/05/2012

We are looking for interns who wish to gain experience in a professional post production environment.

Interns participate in client relations, learn office managerial skills, and have access to professional artist training so that they can perform exercises with the programs we work with - which include After Effects, Smoke, Nuke, Silhouette, Maya and Syntheyes. ZERO is the perfect environment to learn and start your journey towards a career in visual effects and post production.

Depending on the intern's prior experience and/or success with the training, they may also be asked to perform technical tasks. They will be exposed to a visual effects workflow for both commercials and films, and will have an excellent opportunity to network with the other post production companies that share our building with us. We are seeking a self motivated, hard working that has a passion for the moving image.

To apply, please email a pdf copy of your resume and cover letter to job@zerovfx.com

Contact

EMAIL: 

162 COLUMBUS AVE THIRD FLOOR
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116


For Sales and Inquiries please contact

Brian Drewes
Executive Producer

brian@zerovfx.com

857-366-4234