Category: Generation Kill

Digital Arts: Cinesite picks up Emmy for VFX in Generation Kill

16 September 2009 Cinesite has won an Emmy Award for its VFX work on the HBO mini-seriesGeneration Kill, which was created by The Wire’s David Simon and Ed Burns. The award for Outstanding Achievement In Special Visual Effects for A TV Special Or Miniseries wasn’t a surprise for the post house as its were competing against its own work on Into The Storm and were therefore guaranteed […]

VFX World: ‘Generation Kill’ – Recreating Iraq in Photoreal CG

When it comes to making films and documentaries about our world’s great wars and conflicts, HBO has positioned itself as one of the preeminent networks. From the Emmy Award-winningBand of Brothers to their latest miniseries Generation Kill, HBO demands authenticity in the telling of their war stories, which makes them such “must see” events. This summer HBO shifts its […]