Kerner Divisions

• Kerner Studios

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  Home to Industrial Light and Magic for thirty years, Kerner Studios offers a rare combination of facilities, equipment, skills and experience.
  
  Kerner Studios boasts several fully equipped (indoor and outdoor) stages, camera (2D and 3D) equipment and world-class talent.
  
  Kerner Studios is also home to KernerFX and Kerner3D making our studios a unique one-stop-solution for your film, television or commercial production.

  

• KernerFX

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  Previously the practical effects and camera engineering department of Industrial Light and Magic, KernerFX is a leading provider of practical and hybrid (physical combined with CG) effects for the film and television industries.
  
  With recent credits including Terminator Salvation (VES Nomination), Star Trek and Ironman II, KernerFX continues to set the standard for the most outstanding and realistic effects in the industry.
  
  KernerFX has over three decades of experience with elements (wind, fire, water, smoke, dust, etc.), pyrotechnics, destruction as well as models, miniatures and bigatures.
  
  For more information, please visit http://kerner.com/fx

  

• Kerner 3D Technologies

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  For over 30 years, the Kerner name has been associated with ground-breaking special effects and optical technology.
  
  After 30 years of helping George Lucas realize his incredible imagination, our team has developed ground breaking camera, camera rig and optical technologies.
  
  In 2006, shortly after leaving the Lucasfilm Family, Kerner's team turned their formidable knowledge and technical skills toward the development of 3D production technologies.
  
  Today, Kerner 3D develops and offers a range of beamsplitter stereoscopic 3D camera rigs called the Kernercam KC7000. Click here for more details.

  

• Kernerworks

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  Making magic for blockbuster films requires time-sensitive problem-solving capabilities unlike those demanded by any other industry.
  
  Like Lockheed-Martin’s Skunkworks department, Kernerworks undertakes a variety of important, and sometimes secret, projects for government and private sector contractors.
  
  If you require way out-of-the-box applied research, prototyping or problem-solving, Kernerworks might just be the solution you have been looking for.

  

• Kerner Designs

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  Kerner Designs produces outstanding scale models and three-dimensional site maps.
  
  With model-design and building skills honed over thirty years of blockbuster film production, Kerner Designs produces models of the highest quality and appearance.
  
  Previously only available for film productions, Kerner Designs now offers high-end model designs to private companies including architectural firms, land developers, amusement parks and space agencies.

  

• Kerner Pictures

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  Building on 30 years of blockbuster film-production experience as a leading provider of studio services and special effects, Kerner has formed its own film production unit, Kerner Pictures.
  
  As an independent production company with its own fully equipped stages, Kerner Pictures focuses on medium budget film production and is primarily interested in high quality content that lends itself to live-action 3D production.

  

To find out more about each of the Kerner Companies, please scroll through the banners above. Clicking on a banner will take you to the website for that company or division.

If you are interested in a career or in forming a Kerner business of your own, please check out our page on Opportunities.

If you would rather contact our head office or executive team, here is the address:

The Kerner Group
90 Windward Way
San Rafael, CA, 94901
United States

Tel:  +1 415 448 2000
Fax:  + 1 415 448 2046