Who we are
StaticVFX is a visual effects and animation studio based in Bucharest, Romania.
History
StaticVFX was founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 2014 by Alin Dumitru and Liviu Dinu.
Today, with a core team of 25 artists, our individual or studio experiences spans from productions or clients such as: HBO, Netflix, Marvel, Samsung, The Swarm, The World to Come, Troll, BirdBox Barcelona, Under Paris and many others.
Our facility is security cleared by Amazon for content work, with optic fibre infrastructure and a scalable pipeline powered by AYON. We are serious about being fun, open and take challenges one step at a time.
In the end, we’re just a bunch of people from different domains, united by the passion for film and visual effects.
VES Awards nominee
Dongji Rescue · 24th VES Awards
Years making pictures
Core team of artists
Studio with dailies & server rooms
Security cleared for Amazon productions
Founded by
Co-founder · VFX Supervisor
Liviu leads StaticVFX's creative and technical work. In more than a decade he has gone from character animation at Ubisoft to supervising visual effects on set, and today oversees the studio's shots for Netflix, ZDF and HBO Max. He has served on the ACM SIGGRAPH Animation Festival jury and is a member of the Visual Effects Society.
Known for
Co-founder · VFX Executive
Alin steers StaticVFX's productions and partnerships, from the first bid to final delivery. With more than 14 years in the industry and work for Netflix, HBO and Marvel behind him, he has supervised and co-directed VFX-led projects across film, series and commercials. He is a member of the Visual Effects Society.
Known for
Approach
A partner you don't have to manage. We work inside your schedule, your pipeline and your security requirements, and we raise problems early, before they become yours.
Join us at bidding or bring us in mid-show. We can help with breakdowns, previs and budgets, then deliver shots to your specs, naming and formats, tracked in our AYON pipeline.
Netflix · HBO Max · ZDF · Prime VideoCuts move and scopes change. Our core team of 25 scales up to around 40 artists, and a modular asset and shot workflow lets us re-plan quickly without losing quality.
25 core artists, up to 40 at peakClear bids, shot-by-shot tracking and regular reviews in our dedicated dailies room. You always know where every shot stands and what's coming next.
240+ shots on Subteran · 170 on TrollPre-release footage stays protected. We are security cleared by Amazon for content work, with a dedicated server room and fibre infrastructure.
Amazon content securityRomanian cash rebate
Feature films, series and animation can claim back up to 30% of their eligible local spend, and the VFX we deliver from Bucharest counts towards it. We can help you plan the work so it qualifies.
2026 recognition
Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature at the 24th Visual Effects Society Awards.
Directed by Guan Hu and Fei Yang, Dongji Rescue tells the WWII story of the Dongji fishermen who saved British prisoners of war from the sinking Lisbon Maru. Our team built the film's hero asset, the 140-metre Lisbon Maru, textured across 240 UDIMs to hold up from wide shots to close-ups, and delivered layout, set extensions, crowds, animation, water simulations and compositing.
In 2026 StaticVFX was security cleared by Amazon, so we can take on visual effects work for Amazon productions.
Studios trust us with unreleased footage, and we treat it that way. The clearance confirms that the way we protect client content, from the studio and its server room to our workstations and file transfers, meets Amazon's requirements.
pipeline
We’re currently running on AYON an open-source pipeline platform developed by Ynput, designed to support studios and remote teams in managing their creative projects. It offers a scalable and production-proven pipeline that continuously evolves to meet industry demands.
In terms of software, the backbone of our workflow is represented by Maya, Nuke and Houdini, completed by usual suspects like Zbrush, Substance, Mari, Deadline, Vray/Arnold, Ftrack. We’re also slowly implementing UNREAL ENGINE into our pipeline as it is really fast and versatile.
Recognition