Who we are Founded by visual effects veteran and Louisiana native Huck Wirtz, Bayou FX is a Louisiana-based computer graphics and visual effects studio. Bayou FX is founded on the basis of serving the film entertainment industry with the latest in effects technology, cutting-edge creativity, innovation and exacting attention to detail.
The Difference in the Bayou Our mission is to be the gateway for clients who wish to capitalize on Louisiana's rapidly growing film and entertainment industry. Louisian's highly competitive tax incentives and Bayou's experience and commitment to craftsmanship, combine to ensure that each and every project we take on is a financial and creative success.
Our Style Clients benefit from our flexibility. Being 100% transparent is important to us and ultimately helps us support your existing work-flows, guidelines and production goals.
As a client of Bayou FX you will work with a studio that understands the demands of creating high-end content and benefit by working with a team of professionals with a strong balance
of technical, artistic and production scheduling expertise. We approach each project with innovation , creative problem-solving and use a highly-adaptive pipeline tailored to best meet our client's needs.
Louisian Tax Incentives To learn more about Louisiana tax incentives please click here,Louisiana Entertainment
Our Services Bayou FX offers a full range of services to meet our client's Visual Effects needs. Our primary areas of focus are:
Rotoscoping
Digital Paint / Plate Reconstruction
Shot Finishing / Compositing
Matchmoving - On set , setup and data collection through to final digital matchmove.
Digital Animation / Animation Consulting
Motion Capture - Performance consulting and integration
Who we are Founded by visual effects veteran and Louisiana native Huck Wirtz, Bayou FX is a Louisiana-based computer graphics and visual effects studio. Bayou FX is founded on the basis of serving the film entertainment industry with the latest in effects technology, cutting-edge creativity, innovation and exacting attention to detail.
The Difference in the Bayou Our mission is to be the gateway for clients who wish to capitalize on Louisiana's rapidly growing film and entertainment industry. Louisian's highly competitive tax incentives and Bayou's experience and commitment to craftsmanship, combine to ensure that each and every project we take on is a financial and creative success.
Our Style Clients benefit from our flexibility. Being 100% transparent is important to us and ultimately helps us support your existing work-flows, guidelines and production goals.
As a client of Bayou FX you will work with a studio that understands the demands of creating high-end content and benefit by working with a team of professionals with a strong balance
of technical, artistic and production scheduling expertise. We approach each project with innovation , creative problem-solving and use a highly-adaptive pipeline tailored to best meet our client's needs.
Huck Wirtz: CEO / Creative supervisor Huck Wirtz moved to California from Louisiana with the dream of becoming an artist. He soon found a home at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) where he became highly skilled in the field of visual effects. For over eleven years, Huck has earned credits on over 20 films including the "Star Wars," "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Harry Potter" franchises. From there, Huck took a leadership role at Imagemovers Digital, a company with a focus on creating full digital feature films, launched by Disney and Robert Zemeckis. There he collaborated closely with directors on such films as "A Christmas Carol" and "Mars Needs Moms" from pre-production through final delivery.
His years of experience has taught him how to lead a team through a variety of challenges associated with starting an effects company from the ground up, including building a digital pipeline, setting up and managing a motion capture stage, and working on set.
After nearly 16 years In California, Huck is now starting-up Bayou FX, a Louisiana-based effects company with a commitment to both high-quality digital production and contributing to the economic rebuilding of his beloved home state.
Below is a showcase of movies that have been worked on in the past, while working at various studios. click the red arrows to view all of them
