Company 3 (CO3) is an American post-production company founded in 1997 by colorists

Stefan Sonnenfeld Stefan Sonnenfeld is an American Digital Intermediate (DI) colorist, co-founder and president of post-production house Company 3, and president of VFX house Method Studios. He has performed color grading/color correction on many commercials and fe ...

and Mike Pethel and visual effects artist/supervisor Noel Castley-Wright. Rob Walston brought the team of artists together and funded Company 3 under 4 Media Company (4MC). Company 3 provides post production, color grading and location services for feature films, commercials, music videos and television.

History

Sonnenfeld, Pethel and Castley-Wright opened Company 3 in

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in 1997 and launched a New York, NY location in 2002. In 2010, Company 3 New York moved into a new facility located in

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which houses both Company 3 and its sister visual effects facility,

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. Other offices are located in London, Atlanta, Chicago and Detroit. In 2000, Company 3, which was then a part of Four Media Company, was acquired by Liberty Media Corporation. In 2010, Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc. acquired Company 3 along with its sister companies Beast Editorial, Encore, Level 3 Post, Method Studios, RIOT and Rushes. In November 2020 it was announced that Company 3, along with Method Studios and several of Deluxe's other creative businesses, would be acquired by major visual effects studio,

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Awards

;2014 *HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) - Doosan "Heavy Industries" – Siggy Ferstl ;2013 *HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) - Under Armour "Brought To You By Under Armour" – Tom Poole *MVPA Award – Best Colorist/Telecine – Lana Del Rey – “National Anthem” – Dave Hussey ;2012 *HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) - Chrysler "Halftime in America" – Siggy Ferstl *MVPA Award - Best Colorist - Rihanna "We Found Love" - Dave Hussey *AICE Award – Color Grading - Chrysler "Halftime in America" – Siggy Ferstl ;2011 *HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) - Nissan "Zero" – Siggy Ferstl ;2010 *HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading Using a DI Process – Alice in Wonderland – Stefan Sonnenfeld *HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) – AT&T "Legends" – Siggy Ferstl ;2009 *HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) – Pepsi “Pass” – Stefan Sonnenfeld *HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Television) – "Yogi’s Bronx" – Siggy Ferstl ;2007 *HPA Award – Best Color Grading (Feature Film) – 300 – Stefan Sonnenfeld *HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) – Nike “Take Over” – Dave Hussey ;2006 *da Vinci Award – Master Colorist (Feature) – Underworld: Evolution - Siggy Ferstl *HPA Award – Outstanding Color Correction - ESPN's Arthur Ashe Awards – “Afghan Women's Soccer” - Siggy Ferstl ;2005 *MVPA Award – Best Colorist/Telecine – Modest Mouse – “Ocean Breathes Salty” – Dave Hussey *da Vinci Award – Master Colorist (Feature) – “Travelers and Musicians” – Siggy Ferstl ;2004 *MVPA Award – Best Colorist/Telecine – Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z – “Crazy in Love” – Dave Hussey

References

*https://www.imdb.com/company/co0028470/

External links

Company 3's Web site

Deluxe
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