Tau Films is an American

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and

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company with locations in the

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, and

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History

Tau Films was founded in 2014 by John Hughes, Mandeep Singh, and Walt Jones. In 2015, it was nominated for ''Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project'' at the

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for its work on the

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special venue-ride film '' The Lost Temple (Movie Park Germany)''. It has since produced other special venue-ride films such as ''The Forbidden Caves (

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)'' and '' Racing Legends at Ferrari Land (PortAventura World:Ferrari Land)''. It also created ''Delusion: Lies Within'' (

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). Tau has worked on films such as ''Evil Nature'' (2018), '' Baahubali: The Beginning'' (2015), '' 2.0'' (2018), ''

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'' (2019), the 2019

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film ''

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'',

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's '' Skyfire'' (2019), and Li Weiran's ''

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'' (2021).

Filmography

;2021 *''

The Battle at Lake Changjin ''The Battle at Lake Changjin'' () is a 2021 Chinese war film co-directed and co-produced by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Dante Lam, written by Lan Xiaolong and Huang Jianxin, and starring Wu Jing and Jackson Yee. It was commissioned by the pr ...

'' (release date September 30, 2021) *''

'' ;2019 *'' Skyfire'' *''

'' * ''

'' ;2018 * '' 2.0'' * ''Delusion: Lies Within'' *''Evil Nature'' ;2017 * ''

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s (Kung Fu Pangolin)'' * ''Racing Legends at Ferrari Land'' (PortAventura World:Ferrari Land) ;2015 * '' Baahubali: The Beginning'' *''

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'' * ''Hogwarts Express - London'' (Warner Bros. Studio Tour London- Platform 9¾) * '' The Forbidden Caves'' (

) ;2014 * ''The Lost Temple'' (Movie Park Germany)

Awards and nominations

*2015: Nominated - ''Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project'',

. ''The Lost Temple'' (

Movie Park Germany Movie Park Germany is a theme park in Bottrop-Kirchhellen in western Germany, north of Düsseldorf, with an area of . It consists of 7 areas based on movies and TV series. Nearby the park are several film studios. History The park originally ...

)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tau Films Computer animation Visual effects companies American animation studios Entertainment companies based in California