What Trimaran does

Trimaran is a French post-production and visual effects (VFX) vendor headquartered in Vanves (Paris) with a secondary studio in Valenciennes near the Belgian border. Founded in 1991 and operating as SAS TRIMARAN, the studio delivers project-based VFX services including CGI reconstruction of historical, sci-fi, and immersive environments, compositing, animation, matte painting, matchmove, lighting, FX, rotoscopy, cleanup, restoration, and VFX production and supervision. It serves enterprise customers across feature film, television series, documentary, and music video productions, with named clients including Pathé, Apple TV+, Amazon Studios, Netflix, MGM+, FX/Hulu, Lionsgate/StarZ, Canal+, France Télévisions, TF1, Arte, Smithsonian, and National Geographic.

The studio's core technology stack centers on CGI, compositing, and digital animation techniques for film, TV, and virtual experiences, with an AI-aided VFX service module that integrates artificial intelligence tools into the production workflow. Trimaran has built specialized expertise in archaeological and historical environment reconstruction through recurring work on documentary franchises covering Pharaohs, Vikings, Mayas, and Incas, and has been recognized with an International Emmy Award (White Soldier) and Paris Images Digital Summit Best VFX Environment awards (Blood Machines in 2020, Rise and fall of the Mayas in 2024). The studio holds TPN (Trusted Partner Network) certification, which is a security compliance requirement for vendor onboarding with major US studios and streamers.

Trimaran's business model is professional services on a project-by-project basis, with revenue generated through per-project or per-shot contracts negotiated directly with production companies, studios, and broadcasters. Distribution is direct enterprise field sales with no intermediaries, supported by a professional website portfolio, showreels, and LinkedIn/Facebook/Vimeo presence. The company is privately held with no disclosed parent, no external funding rounds, and €112,500 in registered share capital, operating with a headcount in the 11-50 range under the leadership of Founder and Director Olivier Emery.

Name

Trimaran

Legal name

TRIMARAN

Website

https://trimaran.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trimaran is a French VFX and post-production studio delivering high-end CGI reconstruction of historical, sci-fi, and immersive environments for feature films, series, documentaries, and music videos. It serves enterprise clients including major US streamers and French broadcasters through project-based visual effects services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Visual Effects Services

NAICS

Postproduction Services and Other Motion Picture and Video Industries (51219), Teleproduction and Other Postproduction Services (512191), Other Motion Picture and Video Industries (512199)

SIC

Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)

akta.pro primary industry

VFX Production & Supervision (2D/3D, Compositing, FX, CG) (MPADAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

VFX Production & Shot Work (CG Integration, Matte Painting, FX) (MPAHABAB), VFX Supervision & On-Set VFX Services (MPAHABAA), Animation Services for VFX (Creature/Character, Crowd, Simulation Support) (MPADAHAF), Rotoscoping, Paint & Matchmove/Tracking Services (MPAHABAD)

Keywords

• Visual effects services
• CGI animation
• Post-production services
• VFX vendor
• 3D animation

Headquarters

HQ city

Vanves

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. VFX Services for Film and TV Production: Trimaran operates as a post-production and creative VFX vendor providing visual effects services to feature film, series, and documentary productions. Revenue is generated through project-based contracts where Trimaran provides VFX production, supervision, and specialized techniques (CGI, compositing, animation, etc.) to production companies. The studio works on a per-project basis delivering shots and visual effects to client specifications.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Trimaran is a French post-production and creative visual effects (VFX) vendor delivering high-end CGI reconstruction, 3D animation, compositing, AI-aided VFX, and full VFX production and supervision for feature films, TV series, documentaries, and music videos. The studio specializes in building historical, sci-fi, and immersive environments for French and international productions, contracting on a per-project and per-shot basis with production companies, broadcasters, and streamers. Services are delivered from its Paris and Valenciennes studios with creative and technical supervision integrated into each engagement.

Product overview

Trimaran is a French post-production and VFX vendor offering a comprehensive suite of visual effects services across 15 specialized modules including AI-aided VFX, Animation, CG Environment, CG Modelling, Cleanup, Compositing, FX, Lighting, Matchmove, Matte Painting, Restore, Roto, Texturing, VFX Production, and VFX Supervision. The company specializes in high-end CGI reconstruction of historical, sci-fi, and immersive environments for feature films, series, documentaries, and music videos. The core offering is the VFX Services platform, supplemented by AI-aided VFX capabilities and individual specialized modules that can be deployed independently for specific project requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trimaran VFX Services Full-service visual effects and post-production offering delivering high-end CGI, 3D animation, compositing, AI-aided VFX, VFX production, and VFX supervision for feature films, TV series, documentaries, and music videos.
• AI-aided VFX AI-assisted visual effects service that uses generative AI tools to enhance and accelerate VFX production workflows for film, TV, music video, and virtual experience projects.
• VFX Supervision Creative and technical supervision of visual effects in film, series, or advertisement productions, managing quality, coherence, and integration of CGI and live-action elements.
• VFX Production The end-to-end process of creating and integrating visual elements, digitally generated or modified, into audiovisual projects to enhance, complement, or transform footage for film, TV, and documentary productions.
• CGI Trailer for Historical Shots (Showreel) A showcase showreel of Trimaran's CGI environment work for historical TV productions, evidencing the studio's capability in historical reconstruction across multiple clients and broadcasters.

Quantifiable outcome

• 320 shots completed for The Veil (FX Network/Hulu), with 150 shots for refugee camp set extensions
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature14 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TPN (Trusted Partner Network)coreOthersTrimaran is a member of the Trusted Partner Network (TPN), an industry initiative that provides a security compliance framework for the entertainment industry. TPN helps studios and content owners assess the security readiness of vendors and production companies they work with, ensuring proper content security protocols are in place when handling sensitive production materials.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Framestore: Global VFX and immersive content powerhouse with full-service capabilities spanning film, episodic, advertising, and experiences. Significantly larger and broader than Trimaran, but overlapping on CGI environment work and high-end feature/streaming VFX.
• Moving Picture Company (MPC): Global VFX and post-production major with scale that enables bidding on tier-one tentpole features and high-volume episodic series. Overlaps with Trimaran's CGI environment and compositing services at a substantially larger operational footprint.
• DNEG: Global VFX and post-production group serving Hollywood features and series with multiple service lines. Direct overlap with Trimaran's VFX production and supervision services, scaled globally and competing on many of the same high-profile bids.

Direct peers

• Mikros Animation: French animation and VFX studio serving feature films and episodic content out of Paris and broader Europe. Directly comparable on French base, multi-discipline VFX/animation service offering, and mid-sized boutique profile.
• Important Looking Pirates (ILP): Stockholm-based boutique VFX studio specializing in high-end CG, FX, and digital environments for episodic and feature work. Closely comparable boutique size and creative profile to Trimaran, with similar project-based services for premium international productions.
• Luma Pictures: Independent VFX studio with offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver, and London, serving major feature and episodic clients. Comparable boutique-to-mid size, full-service VFX offering, and recurring engagements with major streamers.
• Mac Guff (ILM Paris): Originally a French boutique VFX studio (now part of Industrial Light & Magic), Mac Guff shares Trimaran's Paris roots and historical/CGI environment work. The lineage offers a directly comparable French VFX boutique model, now scaled within a global incumbent.
• Rodeo VFX: Boutique VFX studio in Montreal with similar shot-count capacity on feature and episodic work. Closely comparable on size, project-based services model, and independent post-production positioning in the French-/European-adjacent talent market.
• Rising Sun Pictures: Mid-sized independent VFX studio in Adelaide, Australia, working on Hollywood features and streaming series. Highly comparable boutique profile, project-based services, and specialization in environment and creature work.
• Buf Compagnie: Paris-based boutique VFX studio with a comparable offering of CGI, compositing, and animation for film, advertising, and music videos. Highly analogous French heritage, boutique size, and high-end creative positioning make it the closest direct comparable to Trimaran.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubevimeo.com/trimaran
• Facebookfacebook.com/trimaran.studio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trimaran
• Xx.com/trimaran_3d_vfx

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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