Game of Thrones: Season 8

HBO’s Emmy Award-winning Best Drama Series, Game of Thrones returns for its eighth and final season.

Image Engine created roughly 370 shots for the final season of Game of Thrones which primarily featured dragons on both sides of the stunning battle with the dead. The studio’s role was lead dragon animation facility, through it made other contributions including swarming wights, volumetric storms simulations, and various digital environments such as the forests and canyons that were the backdrop to a dragon joy ride like no other.

Release date: April 14, 2019

Production VFX Supervisor: Joe Bauer

Production VFX Producer: Steve Kullback

Image Engine VFX Supervisor: Thomas Schelesny

Image Engine VFX Producer: Tyler Weiss

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