BAFTA award-winning VFX studio Lola Post Production has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Annie Gordon as Executive Producer and Lizzie Hill as Senior Producer.
Annie will oversee all of Lola’s operations across its roster of premium Factual and Drama projects reporting to Lola’s founder and creative director Rob Harvey.
Annie brings to Lola her strong VFX production expertise gained over fifteen years working on high profile projects from The Hobbit Trilogy (MGM/ New Line Cinema) for Park Road/Weta in New Zealand, The Hunger Games Mockingjay (Lionsgate) and Ghosts (BBC) to creating new pipelines for virtual production and animation projects. Annie joins Lola from The Farm Post Production where she built their first VFX department Ghost VFX which she then led for four years with credits including The Outlaws (BBC/Amazon); Strangers (ITV), The Halcyon (Left Bank/ Sony) and Poldark (BBC). Annie’s career spans studios from Lexhag to MPC and The Mill.
Annie’s first hire is experienced Senior Producer Lizzie Hill who will work with her to oversee Lola’s production slate. Lizzie joins Lola from high end creative production company Saddington Baynes where she was Executive Producer – supervising a range of clients from American Honda to Estee Lauder.
Lola is currently in production on projects including Alexander The Great, a Netflix factual drama being produced by Lion Television/ Alexander Tailfeather; a comedy drama for AppleTV and two landmark Natural History factual shows for Netflix: Our Living World and Our Planet II.
Annie’s and Lizzie’s appointments add to a raft of recent hires including Head of CG Cesar Eiji Nunes and Lead Nuke Compositor Daniel Miller, as Lola builds on its most successful year to date in 2022, having completed work on the VFX BAFTA nominated Universe (BBC); Dangerous Liaisons (Starz/Lionsgate) and Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough (BBC). Lola’s recent credits also include BAFTA winning work on Troy: Fall Of A City (BBC/Netflix) and two seasons of Britannia (Sky); One Strange Rock and Welcome To Earth (Nat Geo); Bad Sisters (AppleTV); The Watch (BBC); Giri/Haji (BBC).
Rob Harvey, Founder and Creative Director Lola Post Production said:
“We’re thrilled to welcome Annie to the Lola team, particularly someone of her calibre and with her leadership experience. Her role will be pivotal as we continue to build a strong platform to deliver premium Factual and Drama content for film and episodic VFX to our clients.”
Annie Gordon, Executive Producer, Lola Post Production said:
“I’m excited to jump on board with Lola’s strong, vibrant creative team and its friendly culture. They’ve got a great slate of Factual and Drama productions and their 22 year reputation precedes them. I’m really looking forward to working with the team here and the future is definitely bright!”
About Lola
Lola is an independent BAFTA award-winning visual effects studio based in Soho, London. Lola’s Creative Director and Owner Rob Harvey is an Oscar winning VFX Supervisor who set Lola up in 2000, using decades of experience as a VFX artist and supervisor to build the studio. Lola’s work encompasses feature films, TV, drama, commercials and children’s shows and has a unique portfolio of factual shows and documentaries which have become something of a speciality over the years. Lola offers a full VFX service from script breakdown, creating initial conceptual art and storyboards, shoot supervision, pre-viz, 3D, 2D, stereoscopic and graphics. Lola’s credits include The Planets and BAFTA-nominated Universe (BBC); Dinosaurs:Dangerous Liaisons (Starz, Lionsgate);The Final Day with David Attenborough (BBC); BAFTA winner Troy: Fall Of A City (BBC/Netflix); One Strange Rock and Welcome To Earth (Nat Geo); Bad Sisters (AppleTV); The Watch (BBC America); Giri/Haji (BBC/Netflix); Little Women (BBC) and Ripper Street (Amazon).
Following Milk’s acquisition of Lola in Autumn 2022, Lola and its entire Soho based team have joined the Milk VFX family while remaining as a separate, distinct studio. The combined capacity of the two studios is over 300 representing a significant creative platform with the ability to create a full range of innovative visual effects for the premium film and television markets, spanning genres from drama to factual; well positioned to service the rapidly growing sector.
