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Hollywood's VFX industry struggles without government support
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Jun 6, 2014
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Hollywood's VFX industry struggles without government support
The news that Sony Imageworks is headed to Vancouver, taking roughly 300 jobs north of the border, is just the latest in a string of depressing headlines for L.A's visual effects workers.

The news that Sony Imageworks is headed to Vancouver, taking roughly 300 jobs north of the border, is just the latest in a string of depressing headlines for L.A's visual effects workers.

The news that Sony Imageworks is headed to Vancouver, taking roughly 300 jobs north of the border, is just the latest in a string of depressing headlines for L.A's visual effects workers.

But at least the company is still operating. Nearly two dozen VFX firms have closed or gone bankrupt in the last decade. What can California do to keep the work here? For the California Report, Susan Valot has the story