What Baked Studios does

Baked Studios is a privately held, artist-owned boutique visual effects and animation studio founded in 2005 and headquartered in Culver City, California, with additional offices in New York and Atlanta. The studio delivers visual effects compositing, creature work, invisible environments, retouching (age modification, prosthetics, blood/gore, special-effects makeup integration), motion graphics, color grading and finishing, and on-set supervision for feature films, scripted television series, and advertising campaigns. Its core technology stack is built on industry-standard tools — primarily Nuke for 2D, 2.5D, and 3D compositing including multi-channel lighting passes and 3D environment integration, and Maya for CG work — rather than proprietary platforms, with the studio's differentiation resting on senior-level artist talent and pipeline integration.

The client base spans the major Hollywood studios (Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, MGM, Lionsgate) and the dominant streaming platforms (Netflix, Apple TV+, Hulu, Amazon Studios, Max), supplemented by brand-side advertising work (Pepsi, Phish) and music-video collaborations (Calvin Harris, Skrillex, Zedd). Project attribution is visible across more than two dozen feature film and series titles, and the company's leadership carries verifiable marquee credits: Executive Creative Director Matt Hartle with 100+ films, Head of Production Gayle Busby (former Disney VFX VP) with 30+ major motion pictures, and Executive Producer Kwesi Collisson with 20+ years in VFX supervision.

The business model is straightforward professional-services revenue: project-based, quote-based fees for visual effects production work, acquired through direct B2B relationships managed by executive producers, supplemented by a channel partnership with Say Hey New York for commercial advertising accounts. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is tailored to individual project requirements. The company is independently owned with no external funding rounds, no parent company, and no institutional investors identified in the available data, operating with a small core team of compositors, CG artists, designers, and supervisors across its three US locations.

Name

Baked Studios

Legal name

BakedStudios

Website

https://wearebaked.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Baked Studios is an artist-owned boutique visual effects and animation studio, founded in 2005 and operating from Culver City, New York, and Atlanta, delivering compositing, CG, retouching, motion graphics, color grading, and on-set supervision to major film studios, streaming platforms, and global brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Visual Effects Services

NAICS

Postproduction Services and Other Motion Picture and Video Industries (51219), Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

3D/CGI Animation Production (MPADACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Animated Series Production (TV/Streaming) (MPADACAG), Creator Content Production & Co-Creation Studios (BPAFAHAD)

Keywords

• Visual effects services
• Animation production
• Film post-production
• Motion graphics design
• Color grading services

Headquarters

HQ city

Culver City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Visual Effects Production Services: Project-based fees for visual effects work on feature films, television series, and streaming content. Services include compositing, VFX supervision, and full post-production visual effects pipelines.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Baked Studios is an artist-owned visual effects and animation boutique delivering compositing, CG, retouching, motion graphics, color grading and finishing, and on-set supervision for feature films, scripted television, streaming series, music videos, and commercial campaigns. Services are delivered by senior VFX supervisors, compositors, CG artists, and production leads operating from studios in Culver City, New York, and Atlanta.

Product overview

Baked Studios is a boutique, artist-owned visual effects and animation studio offering a unified suite of production services for feature films, scripted television, music videos, and commercials. The portfolio consists of five integrated service offerings: Visual Effects (VFX) as the core service, supplemented by Retouching, Motion Graphics, Color Grading and Finishing, and On-Set Supervision. These services are delivered by a multi-disciplinary team of compositors, CG artists, designers, animators, and supervisors, supporting productions through the complete VFX pipeline.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Visual Effects (VFX) Core visual effects services for feature films and scripted television, including creature work and invisible environments, delivered by an artist-owned team of compositors and CG artists.
• Retouching Image retouching services including age modification, prosthetics integration, blood and gore, and special effects makeup integration for seamless visual continuity.
• Motion Graphics Motion graphics services including titles, logo animations, and fully animated characters, delivered by creative directors, designers, and animators.
• Color Grading and Finishing Full-color finishing services including color correction and grading to achieve specific tone and feel for projects.
• On-Set Supervision Production supervision during pre-production and filming to guide creative choices and ensure cost-effective results in coordination with other departments.

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Say Hey New YorkminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCommercial advertising inquiries and projects are directed to Say Hey New York agency. Jack Strachan at Say Hey handles commercial accounts on behalf of Baked Studios.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Luma Pictures: Los Angeles-based boutique visual effects studio of similar scale serving major film, TV, and streaming clients. Closely comparable in size, artist-driven culture, and concentration on high-end compositing and CG for marquee Hollywood productions.
• Zoic Studios: Mid-size visual effects and design studio with offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver, and New York serving film, episodic, and advertising clients. Direct comparable in service breadth (VFX, design, color) and customer profile.
• Crafty Apes: Boutique VFX studio specializing in invisible effects, compositing, and creature work for feature film and television. Closely comparable in boutique scale, compositing-centric capability, and Hollywood studio client base.
• Method Studios: Mid-to-large visual effects and post-production studio with offices in LA, NYC, Atlanta, and other hubs, serving the same film, episodic, and advertising client base as Baked Studios with overlapping compositing, CG, and finishing services.
• Rising Sun Pictures: Adelaide, Australia-based boutique VFX studio delivering compositing and CG for major Hollywood features and streaming series. Comparable in boutique scale, compositing-led capability, and reliance on marquee client relationships.
• FuseFX: Visual effects studio with offices in LA, Atlanta, and Vancouver focused on episodic television VFX. Comparable in service mix and episodic streaming client overlap, though slightly larger in scale.

Broad incumbents

• Framestore: Global, full-service VFX and immersive content studio with offices in London, LA, and elsewhere. Serves the same Hollywood studios and streamers as Baked but at a much larger scale and with a broader portfolio (feature, episodic, advertising, immersive).
• DNEG: Global visual effects and post-production company serving major Hollywood studios and streaming platforms. Competes with Baked for the same enterprise VFX work but operates at substantially greater scale and across more geographies.
• Industrial Light & Magic: Lucasfilm-owned VFX powerhouse serving every major Hollywood studio and streamer. Bids for the same enterprise VFX contracts as Baked but at a scale, IP library, and capacity level that boutique studios cannot match.
• Digital Domain: Long-established visual effects and immersive experience studio with feature film, episodic, and advertising work. Overlaps with Baked in feature/TV VFX, episodic streaming, and advertising clients, but operates at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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