Company 3

Company 3 (CO3) is an American 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 funded 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.

Company 3

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

History

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 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]

Awards

2014

• HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) - Doosan "Heavy Industries" – Siggy Ferstl^[5]

2013

• HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) - Under Armour "Brought To You By Under Armour" – Tom Poole^[6]
• MVPA Award – Best Colorist/Telecine – Lana Del Rey – “National Anthem” – Dave Hussey ^[7]

2012

• HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) - Chrysler "Halftime in America" – Siggy Ferstl^[8]
• MVPA Award - Best Colorist - Rihanna "We Found Love" - Dave Hussey ^[9]
• AICE Award – Color Grading - Chrysler "Halftime in America" – Siggy Ferstl ^[10]

2011

• HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) - Nissan "Zero" – Siggy Ferstl ^[11]

2010

• HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading Using a DI Process – Alice in Wonderland – Stefan Sonnenfeld ^[12]
• HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) – AT&T "Legends" – Siggy Ferstl

2009

• HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) – Pepsi “Pass” – Stefan Sonnenfeld ^[13]
• HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Television) – "Yogi’s Bronx" – Siggy Ferstl

2007

• HPA Award – Best Color Grading (Feature Film) – 300 – Stefan Sonnenfeld ^[14]
• HPA Award – Outstanding Color Grading (Commercial) – Nike “Take Over” – Dave Hussey

2006

• da Vinci Award – Master Colorist (Feature) – Underworld: Evolution - Siggy Ferstl ^[15]
• HPA Award – Outstanding Color Correction - ESPN's Arthur Ashe Awards – “Afghan Women's Soccer” - Siggy Ferstl ^[16]

2005

• MVPA Award – Best Colorist/Telecine – Modest Mouse – “Ocean Breathes Salty” – Dave Hussey ^[17]
• da Vinci Award – Master Colorist (Feature) – “Travelers and Musicians” – Siggy Ferstl

2004

• MVPA Award – Best Colorist/Telecine – Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z – “Crazy in Love” – Dave Hussey ^[18]