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    'Life after Pi'

    A year after the visual effects house Rhythm & Hues filed for bankruptcy and won an Oscar for Life of Pi, two filmmakers have made a documentary that tracks what happened. Life after Pi was made by Christina Lee Storm and Scott Lebrecht who both once worked for that VFX house (Lebrecht is still there).

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    By Kim Masters • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    A year after the visual effects house Rhythm & Hues filed for bankruptcy and won an Oscar for Life of Pi, two filmmakers have made a documentary that tracks what happened. Life after Pi was made by Christina Lee Storm and Scott Lebrecht who both once worked for that VFX house (Lebrecht is still there). They tell The Business producer Darby Maloney what they've learned about the issues affecting California's VFX community and how they fear the loss of jobs for this sector is a harbinger of things to come for the rest of the industry.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Los Angeles Times

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      Darby Maloney

      Producer

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      Christina Lee Storm

      producer

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      Scott Lebrecht

      visual effects art director

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