Rise FX

Rise FX is a German visual-effects company founded in 2007 by Sven Pannicke, Robert Pinnow, Markus Degen, and Florian Gellinger. The company operates from offices in Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Cologne, and London, and provides visual-effects work for feature films and television series. Its production work spans digital environments, computer-generated imagery, creature and character work, compositing, set extensions, and other post-production services, although the available reference material does not provide a detailed breakdown of its internal departments or service catalogue. The company’s early project history included German and international productions such as Ijon Tichy: Space Pilot, Helen, Ninja Assassin, The Door, The Last Station, 12 Paces Without a Head, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1. Its international profile expanded through credits on projects including X-Men: First Class, Cloud Atlas, Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel, and Avengers: Endgame. Rise FX has also contributed to major studio and franchise productions outside the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Listed credits include The Fate of the Furious, Dumbo, Shazam!, Hellboy, Hobbs & Shaw, Doctor Sleep, The King's Man, Uncharted, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Blue Beetle, The Marvels, and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. These credits position the company as a vendor capable of supporting large-scale action, fantasy, science-fiction, superhero, and effects-heavy productions. Its television work includes Borgia, Sense8, Stranger Things, Babylon Berlin, Dark, Biohackers, Lovecraft Country, WandaVision, Loki, Lisey’s Story, Midnight Mass, The Wheel of Time, Hawkeye, The Last of Us, Citadel, Then You Run, and other series. The range of credits indicates that Rise FX works across both German-language productions and international English-language projects, including theatrical films, streaming series, and television productions. The company’s history identifies the 2009 German drama This Is Love as an important turning point. Following its work on that film, Marvel Studios contacted Rise FX, leading to a continuing relationship with Marvel-related productions. The available material does not specify the precise scope of Rise FX’s contribution to each title, so individual credits should be understood as project-level visual-effects participation rather than necessarily full-film effects supervision. Rise FX also established a production unit known as Rise Pictures, or Rise PX. This unit is identified as a co-producer of Dragon Rider, an animated adaptation of Cornelia Funke’s novel, in collaboration with Constantin Film. The production activity broadens the company’s profile beyond contracted visual-effects services into development and co-production. No reliable reference material supplied here establishes the company’s revenue, ownership structure, current executive leadership, or a precise corporate relationship between Rise FX and Rise Pictures.

Rise FX was established in Germany in 2007 by Sven Pannicke, Robert Pinnow, Markus Degen, and Florian Gellinger. The company developed as a visual-effects provider for film and television, with a base of operations that expanded across Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Cologne, and London. Its early credits covered German-language productions as well as internationally distributed films, including Ijon Tichy: Space Pilot, Helen, Ninja Assassin, The Door, The Last Station, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1. A stated breakthrough came after Rise FX worked on the German drama This Is Love in 2009. According to the available account of the company’s history, Marvel Studios subsequently contacted Rise FX. The relationship helped connect the German effects company to a succession of Marvel productions. Its listed Marvel Cinematic Universe credits include Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, WandaVision, Loki, Eternals, Hawkeye, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels, Daredevil: Born Again, and Ironheart. The reference list identifies project participation but does not describe the specific shots, sequences, departments, or percentage of work completed for each production. During the 2010s, Rise FX accumulated credits across action, fantasy, science-fiction, drama, comedy, and family entertainment. Examples include X-Men: First Class, Cloud Atlas, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., A Cure for Wellness, The Fate of the Furious, Richard the Stork, The Dark Tower, The King's Man, Dumbo, Shazam!, Hellboy, Hobbs & Shaw, and Doctor Sleep. The company’s work also extended to German and European productions, including Babylon Berlin, Dark, Fack ju Göhte 3, and other locally produced films and series. Television and streaming became a significant part of the company’s project record. Listed series credits include Borgia, Sense8, Stranger Things, Babylon Berlin, Dark, Biohackers, Lovecraft Country, WandaVision, Loki, Lisey’s Story, Midnight Mass, The Wheel of Time, The Last of Us, Citadel, Then You Run, and other productions. This body of work reflects the growing importance of high-end visual effects in serialized television and streaming programming, while also demonstrating Rise FX’s participation in both German-language and international projects. The company’s later listed credits include Artemis Fowl, Stowaway, Gunpowder Milkshake, Reminiscence, The French Dispatch, Uncharted, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Ms. Marvel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Ghosted, Blue Beetle, Nyad, Red One, and other productions. The reference material also identifies projects scheduled or credited in 2025, including Daredevil: Born Again and Ironheart, although it does not provide production dates for Rise FX’s individual work. In addition to visual-effects services, Rise FX operates or has operated a production unit called Rise Pictures, also referred to as Rise PX. Rise Pictures was identified as a co-producer of Dragon Rider, an adaptation of Cornelia Funke’s novel, together with Constantin Film. This initiative indicates an effort to participate in project production and development as well as post-production services. The available sources do not establish the unit’s full corporate structure, subsequent slate, or current operating status.

• 2023

  Broad international project slate

  [1]Rise FXen.wikipedia.org

  Listed credits include The Last of Us, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels, Blue Beetle, Nyad, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, and other film and television projects.

• 2021

  Continued television and streaming work

  [1]Rise FXen.wikipedia.org

  The project record includes WandaVision, Loki, Stowaway, Lisey’s Story, Gunpowder Milkshake, Midnight Mass, The French Dispatch, Eternals, The Wheel of Time, Hawkeye, and The Matrix Resurrections.

• 2019

  Avengers: Endgame and other global productions

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  Rise FX is listed among the visual-effects companies associated with Avengers: Endgame and other international releases including Captain Marvel, Dumbo, Shazam!, Hellboy, Hobbs & Shaw, and Doctor Sleep.

• 2018

  Major Marvel expansion

  [1]Rise FXen.wikipedia.org

  The company’s listed credits include Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Ant-Man and the Wasp.

• 2013

  First listed Iron Man 3 credit

  [1]Rise FXen.wikipedia.org

  Rise FX appears in the listed project history for Iron Man 3, beginning a long sequence of Marvel Cinematic Universe credits.

• 2009

  Breakthrough following This Is Love

  [1]Rise FXen.wikipedia.org

  The company’s work on the German drama This Is Love is identified as an important early breakthrough and is followed by contact from Marvel Studios.

• 2007

  Rise FX is founded

  [1]Rise FXen.wikipedia.org

  Sven Pannicke, Robert Pinnow, Markus Degen, and Florian Gellinger establish Rise FX in Germany.

An internationally oriented German visual-effects company combining work for domestic productions with visual-effects assignments on major Hollywood films and television franchises.

• Visual effects · 2007

  Feature-film visual effects

  Rise FX provides visual-effects work for theatrical films across superhero, action, fantasy, science-fiction, drama, comedy, and family genres. Its listed feature-film credits range from German and European productions to large international franchise releases such as Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, The Fate of the Furious, The King's Man, Uncharted, and The Marvels. The supplied sources do not specify the exact effects disciplines performed on each title.

• Visual effects · 2015

  Television and streaming visual effects

  The company works on television and streaming productions, including series such as Stranger Things, Sense8, Babylon Berlin, Dark, WandaVision, Loki, The Wheel of Time, The Last of Us, and Citadel. These projects cover both serialized drama and effects-intensive genre programming. Available references identify Rise FX as a project contributor but do not provide a complete description of its technical service packages.

• Film production

  Rise Pictures

  Rise Pictures, also called Rise PX, is identified as Rise FX’s production unit. It has been associated with the co-production of Dragon Rider, an animated adaptation of Cornelia Funke’s novel made with Constantin Film. The available material does not establish a complete production slate or clarify the unit’s current corporate structure.

1. 1Rise FXen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Rise FX official websiterisefx.com
3. 3Rise Pictures official websiterisepx.com