Wanted to do some research on a list of VFX companies that have gone unde /down or closed doors at one time or another. They will be listed here even if they have later resurected in some form or fashion.
- Square
- Big Idea (Jonah)
- Esc (Matrix)
- Giant Killer Robots
- Meteor Studios Montreal Oct 2007
- DamnFX Inc. Oct 22, 2008
- Warner Bros (Batman & Robin)
- 20th Century Fox (1974)? Reason George Lucas created ILM? can't confirm this.
- Sparx Animation Studios
- Animal Logic
- Imagi Animation Studios - 1/25/09 http://unfairemployer.net/
- Sullivan/bluth studios -1985 - 1995 : Reason: Founders left and major investor withdrew funding due to concerns about the poor box office returns of its most recent films and budgetary over-runs in its in-production films.
- BlackBox EA
- The Orphanage 1999 - Feb 4, 2009: No reason as of yet. Just that it is. http://prolost.blogspot.com/2009/02/ten-years-of-orphanage.html
- Pacific Title & Art Studio - 1919 -- to -- June 8, 2009: Ran out of funding.
Let me know if you can think of any more. I have yet to google this.