Rodeo FX Grows Original Animation Ambitions, Hires New Exec To Head Division [Video]

Montreal-based Rodeo FX, a vfx shop known for its work on projects like Stranger Things season four, The Witcher season two, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, is expanding its efforts to create original stories and animation projects.

The company announced today that it has appointed Marie Amiot, co-founder and CEO of Montreal-based creative arts school FACTRY, as its new head of strategic development for animation IP.

Here’s what we know about Rodeo’s plans to move into the animation space:

• Amiot will be tasked with developing and expanding the company’s burgeoning animation division. The studio has recently been creating short films that it developed internally, including the TIFF-premiering short film Canary (trailer below) and the short-form series Itchy the Camel.
• “Our aim is to produce inspiring and distinctive, original stories that resonate with the public,” Rodeo FX CEO and founder Sebastien Moreau said in a statement. “Our animation department is …