
Nothing sucks worse in Hollywood than being out of work. Even worse when you just won a BAFTA Award and an Oscar nomination for Life Of Pi. So the VFX industry today commiserated online for those employees axed by the now bankrupt VFX house Rhythm & Hues. (Deadline first broke the news Sunday night.) But Dallas and Santa Monica-based Reel FX went a step beyond pity by posting a recruitment page on its website for the visual effects professionals left jobless by the Chapter 11 filing. “This recruiting tab was created for those Rhythm & Hues [artists] who have been affected by their recent situation. Please know our thoughts are with you,” the post read. Various artist and animator positions are advertised there – some on Guillermo del Toro-produced Book Of Life and others on Jimmy Hayward-directed Turkeys. Like Rhythm & Hues, Reel FX is a design, FX and animation studio. As many as 200 employees reportedly will be laid off from Rhythm & Hues which goes before a bankruptcy judge possibly as soon as ”in the next couple days”, according to top exec Lee Berger in a statement today.
Related: UPDATE: Rhythm & Hues Confirms Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing


Robin Linn at Reel FX should be recognized here for being aggressive while trying to build up reel fx to be the best in the business. Ever the opportunist.
Spent 10 years as a recruiter in VFX and Games. It’s in your best interest to get some of the most talented people in the world in your doors when things go sour elsewhere. Any high end R&H artists should know that they should hit up recruiting and top execs at companies you respect via referrals and linkedin. People will want to interview and hire you. You all do incredible work, and we all know it in the industry!
work is work… good luck to the people who need to work.