Company 3
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| Industry | Post-production |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
Number of locations | Los Angeles, New York, London, Toronto, Vancouver, Pune |
Key people | Stefan Sonnenfeld, President and Managing Director Mike Pethel, Co-Founder and Colorist |
| Services | Color Grading, Feature Film Finishing |
| Parent | Framestore |
| Website | Official Website |
Company 3 (CO3) is an American visual effects and post-production company founded in 1997 by colorists Stefan Sonnenfeld and Mike Pethel and visual effects artist/supervisor Noel Castley-Wright. Rob Walston brought the team of artists together and founded Company 3 under 4 Media Company (4MC). Company 3 provides post-production, color grading, and location services for feature films, commercials, music videos, and television.
Sonnenfeld, Pethel and Castley-Wright opened Company 3 in Santa Monica, CA in 1997 and launched a New York, NY location in 2002. In 2010, Company 3 New York moved into a new facility located in Chelsea, Manhattan which houses both Company 3 and its sister visual effects facility, Method Studios. Other offices are located in London, Atlanta, Chicago and Detroit.[1][2]
In 2000, Company 3, which was then a part of Four Media Company, was acquired by Liberty Media Corporation. In 2010, Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc. acquired Company 3 along with its sister companies Beast Editorial, Encore, Level 3 Post, Method Studios, RIOT and Rushes.[3]
In November 2020, after Deluxe filed for bankruptcy a year prior, it was announced that Company 3, along with Method Studios and several of Deluxe's other creative businesses, would be acquired by major visual effects studio, Framestore.[4]