Digital Domain is opening a new visual effects facility in Vancouver, Canada.
The Oscar-winning facility has appointed veteran production executive Gloria Borders to the post of president of feature film operations to oversee visual effects production in both the new facility and the main Venice, Calif., office.
The move is being funded by an infusion of capital from parent company Wyndcrest Holdings.
The company will build out a 20,000-square-foot studio in Vancouver and expects to employ between 50 and 60 visual effects artists, primarily from Canada, for a 2010 opening. The company expects to employ more than 100 people by the end of next year.
Borders has been working since early 2009 as a consultant for Digital Domain on its expansion plans. She previously was head of studio for DreamWorks Animation and head of post production at Revolution Studios. She also worked at Lucas Digital and Skywalker Sound, and won an Oscar for sound effects editing on Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
