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Rainmaker, headquartered in Vancouver, Canada with an office in Los Angeles, California, is a visual effects, 3D animation and post-production company specialising in feature film, television, commercials, and games.

History

Rainmaker Income Fund announced on August 29, 2006, that RNK Capital Limited Partnership would acquire the 38% of shares it didn't own by merging with Rainmaker Income Fund. After the merger, Rainmaker announced on January 31, 2007 that Mainframe Entertainment's name would be changed to Rainmaker Entertainment. On November 29, 2007, Rainmaker Income Fund announced the sale of Rainmaker Visual Effects and Rainmaker Post to Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, leaving only the animation business.

Divisions

The company has three divisions: Rainmaker Animation, Rainmaker Visual Effects and Rainmaker Post.

  • Rainmaker Animation creates 3D animation for feature film and CG animation for television and direct-to-DVD family films.
  • Rainmaker Visual Effects (now Method Studios Vancouver) provides CG effects for feature film, television, commercials, and video games.
  • Rainmaker Post (now Encore Post Vancouver) provides post-production services including traditional film lab processes, digital image processing, and HD.

Film and television credits

Rainmaker has created special effects scenes for films such as I, Robot, Armageddon, Salt, and The DaVinci Code, as well as television series such as Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Smallville.[citation needed]