about us

rise|visual effects berlin has created digital magic for more than 40 films for the german as well as the international market. with space for up to 60 artists, rise has become the biggest vendor for visual effects in berlin in less than three years. in january 2010 a second facility - rise|visual effects cologne - opened its doors to provide film productions in north rhine-westphalia with world class vfx next door.

with hugely successful contributions on movies like Ninja Assassin and Percy Jackson rise is now getting more and more involved in large Hollywood productions. such outstanding progress could be achieved by providing a working environment where artistic ideas are free-roaming and technological advances are constantly being pushed to its limits. having used NUKE since the very beginning proves to be more than beneficial in current times and gives us a headstart in knowledge about a tool everyone else is moving towards.

it was only 3 years ago when vfx producers Sven Pannicke and Robert Pinnow teamed up with vfx supervisors Markus Degen and Florian Gellinger to open their own facility utilising their combined expertise and working towards the same goal: making a difference by setting up a company where passion for the job isn't jeopardised by business rules and politics.

many of our artists have worked around the world. what they enjoy most about working at rise is to be able to create outstanding work in an environment which is relaxed and fun and inspires to be daring. rise offers directors and producers guidance to fit the most outstanding visual effects into any budgets using state-of-the-art technology and software.

the facility is located directly in the heart of berlin, in the district kreuzberg at the bank of the river spree. there is even a boats pier if you prefer to come by water!