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== Reception == Framestore has been awarded two [[Academy Award, Scientific or Technical|Scientific and Technical Academy Awards]], and 14 Primetime Emmys. In 2008, Framestore won their first Academy Award for [[Academy Award for Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]] for the film ''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]''; they also won the [[BAFTA]] Award for that film the same year. Framestore was also nominated for Academy Awards in 2009 (''[[The Dark Knight]]'')<ref>{{cite news |title=Dark Knight Visuals In Oscar Spotlight - UK Broadcast News {{!}} 26/01/2009 |url=https://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews/88303/dark_knight_visuals_in_oscar_spotlight |access-date=23 April 2020 |work=www.4rfv.co.uk |archive-date=10 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110074237/https://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews/88303/dark_knight_visuals_in_oscar_spotlight |url-status=live }}</ref> and again in 2010 (''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows β Part 1]]'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Potter: A History of Magic |url=https://www.framestore.com/work/harry-potter-history-magic?language=en |website=Framestore |access-date=23 April 2020 |date=16 August 2017 |archive-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423132536/https://www.framestore.com/work/harry-potter-history-magic?language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Tim Webber]] was the VFX supervisor on ''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]'' (2013), and the techniques involved in the film realised by Webber and the Framestore team took three years to complete.<ref name=STAND>[https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/tim-webber-the-man-who-put-sandra-bullock-in-space-8804917.html "Tim Webber: the man who put Sandra Bullock in space"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122140458/http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/tim-webber-the-man-who-put-sandra-bullock-in-space-8804917.html |date=22 January 2014 }}. Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 January 2014</ref> The team won the Best Visual Effects awards [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects]] at the [[67th British Academy Film Awards]], and the [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects]] award at the [[86th Academy Awards]].<ref name=SAM>{{cite web|last=Jackson|first=Alex|title=Gravity's Oscar-Winning Visual Effects Mastermind Talks about Computer Graphics and "Weightlessness"|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gravitys-oscar-winning-visual-effects-mastermind-talks-about-computer-graphics-and-weightlessness/|publisher=Nature SoapBox Science|access-date=9 March 2014|archive-date=9 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309090225/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gravitys-oscar-winning-visual-effects-mastermind-talks-about-computer-graphics-and-weightlessness/|url-status=live}}</ref> The company then won both the Academy Award <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lbbonline.com/news/framestore-wins-oscar-in-best-vfx-for-blade-runner-2049 |title=Framestore Wins Oscar in Best VFX for Blade Runner 2049 | LBBOnline |access-date=20 July 2020 |archive-date=20 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720154446/https://www.lbbonline.com/news/framestore-wins-oscar-in-best-vfx-for-blade-runner-2049 |url-status=live }}</ref> and BAFTA <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.awn.com/news/framestore-celebrates-bafta-vfx-win-blade-runner-2049 |title=Framestore Celebrates BAFTA VFX win for 'Blade Runner 2049' | Animation World Network |access-date=28 February 2018 |archive-date=24 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124025647/https://www.awn.com/news/framestore-celebrates-bafta-vfx-win-blade-runner-2049 |url-status=live }}</ref> for Best Visual Effects in 2018 for its work on [[Blade Runner 2049]]. In advertising the team has also won major awards including [[Cannes Lions]], [[British Television Advertising Awards]], [[Clios]], [[D&AD]] and others.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Milligan |first1=Mercedes |title=Framestore Opens 3rd US Shop in Chicago |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/vfx/framestore-opens-3rd-us-shop-in-chicago/ |website=Animation Magazine |date=28 April 2017 |access-date=10 November 2019 |archive-date=10 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110195518/https://www.animationmagazine.net/vfx/framestore-opens-3rd-us-shop-in-chicago/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The company's R&D team spin off to create the technology company Filmlight, which in 2010 received four Scientific Academy Awards.<ref>{{cite web |title=FilmLight Wins Four AMPAS Scientific and Technical Awards |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100127006533/en/FilmLight-Wins-AMPAS-Scientific-Technical-Awards |website=www.businesswire.com |access-date=23 April 2020 |language=en |date=27 January 2010 |archive-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423132519/https://www.businesswire.com/resourcenotfound |url-status=live }}</ref> Framestore won the 2020 [[BAFTA TV Craft Awards]] for Special, Visual & Graphic Effects for its extensive work on the [[HBO]] / [[BBC]] series [[His Dark Materials (TV series)|His Dark Materials]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kanter|first=Jake|date=17 July 2020|title=BAFTA TV Craft Awards: 'Chernobyl' The Big Winner After Scooping Seven Prizes|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/bafta-tv-craft-awards-winners-watch-1202984083/|url-status=live|access-date=19 February 2021|website=Deadline|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807000051/https://deadline.com/2020/07/bafta-tv-craft-awards-winners-watch-1202984083/}}</ref>
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