Hydraulx

hy*drau"lx, alternatively spelled HYDRAULX and Hydraulx, is a visual effects (VFX) company based in Santa Monica, California.

History

Hydraulx was founded in 2002 by Greg and Colin Strause, directors of Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.^[1] In 2005, the studio completed over 700 visual effects shots for feature films.^{[citation needed]} The company is based in Santa Monica, California.^[2]

In 2010, the company produced their own feature film, Skyline, which was also directed by the Strause brothers. That film would result in a lawsuit against the brothers by Sony Pictures Entertainment. The suit alleged that the brothers diverted resources meant for their work on Battle: Los Angeles to Skyline. Shortly after the release of Battle, Sony dropped their lawsuit, claiming they were satisfied that none of the brothers' work on that film ended up in Skyline.^[3]

Hydraulx was one of thirteen companies that worked on the 2011 film Captain America: The First Avenger.^[4][5]

In 2012 the company did effects work on The Avengers.^[6]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Notes
2003	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
	Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2004	Torque
	The Day After Tomorrow
	16mm Mystery
2005	Constantine
	XXX: State of the Union
	The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
	Fantastic Four
	Venom
	The Fog
	Syriana
	Æon Flux
2006	Poseidon
	X-Men: The Last Stand
	Little Man
	300
2007	Shooter
	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
	Nancy Drew
	The Invasion
	The Seeker
	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem	Directed by the Brothers Strause
2008	Jumper
	Meet Dave
	The Incredible Hulk
	Wanted
	Australia
	The Day the Earth Stood Still
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
	Bedtime Stories
2009	Fast & Furious
	X-Men Origins: Wolverine
	Aliens in the Attic
	Case 39
	2012
	Avatar
2010	The Book of Eli
	Tooth Fairy
	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Additional visual effects
	Iron Man 2
	Marmaduke
	The A-Team
	Get Him to the Greek
	Knight and Day
	Jonah Hex
	The Town
	The Social Network	Additional visual effects
	Skyline	Also a production company Directed by the Brothers Strause
	Gulliver's Travels
2011	Battle: Los Angeles
	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
	X-Men: First Class	Additional visual effects
	Green Lantern
	Captain America: The First Avenger
	Take Shelter	Also a production company
2012	The Avengers
	What to Expect When You're Expecting
	Snow White and the Huntsman
	Looper
2013	Don Jon
	The Hangover Part III
	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2014	X-Men: Days of Future Past
	Into the Storm
2015	San Andreas
	Hardcore Henry
2016	Midnight Special
	X-Men: Apocalypse
	Max Steel
	Spectral
2017	Baywatch
	Death Note
	Geostorm
	Beyond Skyline
2018	Rampage
	The Predator
2020	Skylines

TV series

Year	Title	Notes
2005–2020	Criminal Minds
2016–present	Stranger Things

Music videos

• Usher "Love In This Club"
• Usher "Moving Mountains"
• Tool "Schism", "Parabol/Parabola" and "Vicarious"
• A Perfect Circle "Weak and Powerless" and "Passive"
• Korn "Freak on a Leash"
• Snoop Dogg "Drop it Like it's Hot"
• U2 "Elevation"
• Linkin Park "Crawling"
• Will Smith "Black Suit's Comin"
• Powerman 5000 "Bombshell"
• Britney Spears "Stronger"
• Godsmack "I Stand Alone"
• Jennifer Lopez "Play"
• Aerosmith "Jaded"
• P.O.D. "Alive"
• Shakira "Wherever Wherever"
• Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
• Papa Roach "Between Angels and Insects"
• Disturbed "Prayer"
• Taproot "Poem"

Commercials

• Scion "tC"
• Scion "xA"
• Scion "xB"
• Mercury Mariner "Hybrid", "Soundwave", "Attraction"
• Lincoln "Landmarks"
• Gatorade "Winning Formula"
• Ford F150 "Kiln"
• Jeep Grand Cherokee "Reflection"
• Coca-Cola/World of WarCraft "WOW Be Yourself"
• United States Marine Corps "Diamond"
• Fresca "Dance"
• Nike Stickman campaign: "Hoops", "Frisbee", "Football" and "Pool"
• PlayStation 2's God of War "Gods" and "Monsters"
• Toyota Matrix "Sunglasses"
• Toyota Corolla "Imagination"
• Universal Studios "Creep" and "Scare"
• Norfolk Southern "Trees"