Full-Time
Director of VFX Production
VFX Production
Posted on 9/2/2025
Scanline VFX
1,001-5,000 employees
Global VFX studio creating photorealistic fluids
Compensation Overview
CA$187k - CA$300k/yr
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hybrid
Hybrid position requiring some in-office presence.
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- 15+ years of experience in VFX production management roles, ideally within a studio or VFX production company, with proven leadership of large teams (50+ people)
- Thorough understanding of production and post production processes, and the knowledge of the broader US film and series ecosystem
- Exceptional organizational, project management, and resource management skills, with a track record of overseeing multiple complex project schedules
- Excellent communication skills, with experience collaborating effectively across cross-functional and cross-cultural teams
- Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, and problem solving abilities; able to make proactive decisions and drive continuous improvement under pressure
- People oriented leader, adept at mentoring, fostering teamwork, and building strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels
- Oversee all active productions in Vancouver, ensuring projects stay on budget and on schedule
- Serve as the primary escalation point for VFX project issues
- Analyze cost report metrics and title schedules, offering data driven recommendations to improve efficiency and ensure on-time delivery
- Guide resource allocation and title prioritization across all active projects in Vancouver
- Supervise and mentor regional production staff, providing training and fostering company culture
- Guide the technology training team to develop curricula that advance artist skills and support adoption of generative workflows
- Liaise with Netflix title managers to align business objectives with production goals
- Partner with internal and external teams to support diverse global projects
- Collaborate with global VFX Production leaders in Seoul and Hyderabad to maintain consistent standards and efficiency across regions. Identify workflow gaps and automation opportunities; work with technical teams to implement effective solutions
Scanline VFX provides visual effects services for film and television through a global network of studios and a large, diverse team. It uses Flowline, a proprietary fluid simulation that creates photorealistic fire, smoke, and water, and Eyeline Studios for real-time virtual production to help visualize and iterate on set. Its differentiators include a long-standing global footprint, an Academy Award–winning fluid simulator, a dedicated virtual production arm, and ongoing collaborations with Netflix that strengthen its pipeline. The goal is to help filmmakers realize their artistic vision by delivering high-quality VFX and real-time production solutions via scalable global operations and advanced tools.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
M&A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Grünwald, Germany
Founded
1989
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Emmy win for Andor Season 2 visual effects last month boosts reputation.
- $100M investment builds VR production facility in South Korea.
- Generative AI applied in The Eternaut leads VFX innovation.
What critics are saying
- Merger into Eyeline erases Scanline identity, pivots to Netflix projects.
- AI automates Flowline simulations, displaces 1,200 artists within 12-24 months.
- ILM and Weta poach talent as Netflix cuts VFX budgets 30-50%.
What makes Scanline VFX unique
- Proprietary Flowline software won Scientific and Technical Academy Award in 2008.
- Specializes in photorealistic fire, smoke, and water simulations for films.
- Eyeline Studios' Light Dome replicates real-world lighting for virtual production.
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Benefits
Professional Development Budget
Flexible Work Hours
Company News
Netflix consolidates VFX, virtual production operations under `Eyeline' brand. Netflix has announced that it is merging its Scanline VFX and Eyeline Studios creative companies into one brand called Eyeline. Netflix acquired Scanline in 2021. In a blog post, Jeffrey Shapiro, CEO, Eyeline explained that "three years after joining Netflix, we're excited to take the next step and bring these two world-class innovators together for the first time under one brand: Eyeline. By combining Scanline's award-winning visual effects with Eyeline's cutting-edge production capabilities and innovative lab tools, we're uniting two industry-leading teams under a single vision: to push the boundaries of what's possible in production." "Eyeline combines nearly four decades of visual effects artistry with cutting-edge virtual production, AI-enabled tools, and advanced research," he added. "Merging Scanline VFX and Eyeline Studios under one brand enables us to pioneer new tools, facilitate creative collaboration, and drive the future of filmmaking for the most ambitious storytellers around the world." Both Scanline and Eyeline Studios, which operated as Netflix's virtual production and research lab prior to the merger, have worked on a host of Netflix productions. Shapiro noted that Scanline, which was founded 36 years ago, earned a Scientific and Technical Academy Award for its proprietary fluid simulation software, Flowline, and contributed groundbreaking work to global hits such as "Stranger Things", "Wednesday", "Avatar: The Last Airbender", "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" and Netflix's latest film, "The Woman in Cabin 10". Last month, Scanline won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or Movie for "Andor Season 2". Eyeline Studios, founded in 2019, pioneered the use of virtual production and volumetric capture, earning the Visual Effects Society's inaugural Groundbreaking Technology Award for its stage technology, most recently showcased in the creation of Professor Orloff in "Wednesday Season 2", Shapiro explained. It's Light Dome - the first of its kind virtual production stage to replicate any real-world lighting condition with exacting realism - was recently used on "Happy Gilmore 2" and the upcoming "A House of Dynamite". Eyeline Studios has also led the field in applying generative AI to production, most notably in Netflix's Argentine sci-fi series The Eternaut, Shapiro said.
Whether Scanline VFX Inc is working on huge superhero movies or high-concept TV shows, Scanline VFX Inc can always count on its power and stability.”
Scanline VFX, a prominent visual effects and animation company acquired by Neflix, will invest some $100 million in South Korea's special effects film production facility using virtual reality production technology.
Monday, Netflix announced its plan to acquire Scanline VFX, a production house that's worked on a substantial amount of genre flicks over the past few decades.
Netflix is acquiring Munich-based visual effects studio Scanline VFX for an undisclosed amount.