Centro Digital Pictures
Centro Digital Pictures Limited was a visual special effects and animation company based in Hong Kong that provided visual effects for film, interactive media, and video games.
History
Centro Digital Pictures was founded by John Chu in 1985. Centro began as a post-production house for Hong Kong commercials in the mid-1980s. In 1998, Centro decided to co-produce The Storm Riders, a film directed by Andrew Lau. Centro then co-produced, A Man Called Hero based on the manhua Chinese Hero. They also provided visual effects for Kill Bill, for which they received a BAFTA nomination. Centro also produced visual effects for Kung Fu Hustle. The company also performed contract work for video game company Ubisoft on the titles 187 Ride or Die and Splinter Cell. In 2012, Centro became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Deluxe Entertainment Services Group. In 2015, the company went offline, and it closed in 2018.Special effects filmography
- Metallic Attraction: Kung Fu Cyborg
- City of Life and Death
- Gegege no Kitarô 2
- Run Papa Run
- The Secret of the Magic Gourd
- Curse of the Golden Flower
- The Promise
- Kung Fu Hustle
- Kill Bill volume 2
- Kill Bill volume 1
- The Eye
- Chinese Odyssey 2002
- Shaolin Soccer
- Bangkok Dangerous
- A Man Called Hero, based on the manhua Chinese Hero
- Waan ying dak gung
- Boli zhi cheng
- The Emperor and the Assassin
- The Storm Riders
- The Soong Sisters
- Legend of Mad Phoenix
- Ta fa likit
- The Emperor's Shadow
- Lost and Found
- Thanks for Your Love
- Police Story 4: First Strike
- The Umbrella Story