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Centro Digital Pictures

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Centro Digital Pictures
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryVisual effects
CGI animation
Post-production
Game design
PredecessorCentro TV Studio
Founded1985
FounderJohn Chu (Chinese: 朱家欣)
Defunct2015
HeadquartersHong Kong, China
Key people
John Chu
Number of employees
150

Centro Digital Pictures Limited was a visual special effects and animation company based in Hong Kong that provided visual effects for film, interactive media, and video games.

History

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Centro Digital Pictures was founded by John Chu in 1985. Centro (先濤) began as a post-production house for Hong Kong commercials in the mid-1980s. In 1998, Centro decided to co-produce The Storm Riders, a film directed by Andrew Lau. Centro then co-produced, "A Man Called Hero" based on the manhua Chinese Hero. They also provided visual effects for Kill Bill, for which they received a BAFTA nomination.[1] Centro also produced visual effects for Kung Fu Hustle.[2] The company also performed contract work for video game company Ubisoft on the titles 187 Ride or Die and Splinter Cell. In 2012, Centro became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Deluxe Entertainment Services Group. In 2015, the company went offline, and it closed in 2018.[citation needed]

Special effects filmography

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Awards

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Wins

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Centro has been recognized with awards from many top industry organizations. So far Gong fu (Kung Fu Hustle) has been their most successful film, and has won a Hong Kong Film Award a Golden Horse Film Festival award and a Satellite Award. In 2002 they won a Golden Horse Award in Best Visual Effects for Gin gwai (The Eye).

Nominations

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They have also been nominated for Hong Kong Film Awards in the area of Sound Design for Zhong hua ying xiong (A Man Called Hero), a BAFTA Award for Visual Effects due to their work on Kill Bill volumes 1 & 2, and a Hong Kong Film Award in Visual Effects for Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (Curse of the Golden Flower).

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