Legacy Effects, LLC is an American visual effects studio specializing in creature design, prosthetic makeup, animatronics, and specialty suits.
History Founding partners Lindsay Macgowan, Shane Mahan, John Rosengrant, and Alan Scott supervised projects at Stan Winston Studio for over 20 years before Winston's death in 2008. After his death they formed their own company, Legacy Effects, with their first film being 2012 (2009).
Their first film outside of the United States was the Indian film Enthiran (2010), which was used for prosthetic makeup and animatronics.
Visual effects work The feature films Legacy Effects has contributed practical effects to include Avatar, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and the Huntsman, Life of Pi, Thor, RoboCop, Pacific Rim, Enthiran, 2.0 and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Legacy Effects also provided visual effects for films in the Terminator and Jurassic Park franchises, Terminator Genisys and Jurassic World.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
Legacy contributed character design for films including Godzilla, John Carter, The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, Cowboys & Aliens, The Hunger Games and Avatar.
Their work has garnered Best Visual Effects Academy Award nominations for Real Steel and Iron Man.
Legacy Effects has created visual and special effects for television shows such as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Colony, Agent Carter, Grey's Anatomy and The Big Bang Theory, and contributed work to over 900 commercials. Notable examples of their commercial work include Destiny, Halo, The Aflac Duck, Maxwell the Geico Pig, The KIA Hamsters, Lunchables' Platy the Platypus and Jackie the Jackalope, and the Jack Links Sasquatch campaigns.
iMut8r app Legacy created the iMut8r app, first released in October 2009. A popular Halloween-themed photo manipulation app, iMut8r was named the iPhone App of the Week by Apple October 20, 2010. It is still regularly updated with new features.
Comic-Con events Legacy Effects gained attention for a 9'9" (2.97m) cosplay robot that was unveiled at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con. Created through a partnership between Wired magazine, YouTube and Stan Winston School, the robot was built by Legacy over a period of 24 days and interacted with Comic-Con attendees throughout the four-day event, operated by a combination of suit performer and radio controlled animatronics.
For Comic-Con 2014, Legacy designed and built a 13'6" (4.11m) tall animatronic creature called Bodock the Giant Creature.Rollingstone Created through a partnership with Stan Winston School, Stratasys, and Wired magazine, the Giant Creature involved two separate animatronic characters and nine puppeteers. A majority of the hard surfaces were 3D printed by Stratasys. The goal of both events was to celebrate and promote practical special effects.
Filmography Film Year Effects Avengers: Doomsday 2026 Visual effects Clayface 2026 Visual effects Digger 2026 Visual effects Resident Evil 2026 Visual effects Supergirl 2026 Visual effects Disclosure Day 2026 Visual effects The Mandalorian and Grogu 2026 Visual effects Scared to Death 2025 Visual effects Avatar: Fire and Ash 2025 Visual effects Superman 2025 Visual effects Alien: Romulus 2024 Visual effects Indian 2 2024 Special makeup effects Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 Visual effects Avatar: The Way of Water 2022 Visual effects Black Adam 2021 Visual effects Nightmare Alley 2021 Visual effects Finch 2021 Visual effects Godzilla vs. Kong 2021 Visual effects Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin 2021 Visual effects Antlers 2021 Visual effects The Suicide Squad 2021 Visual effects Underwater 2020 Visual effects The True Adventures of Wolfboy 2019 Visual effects Dark Phoenix 2019 Visual effects Terminator: Dark Fate 2019 Visual effects Captain Marvel 2019 Visual effects Avengers: Endgame 2019 Visual effects The Mandalorian 2019–present Visual effects 2.0 2018 Prosthetics and Animatonics Avengers: Infinity War 2018 Visual effects Godzilla: King of the Monsters 2018 Visual effects Pacific Rim: Uprising 2018 Visual effects The Shape of Water 2017 Visual effectsDiary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul 2017Animatronics Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2017 Visual effects Power Rangers 2017 Visual effects Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017 Visual effects Spider-Man: Homecoming 2017 Visual effects Middle Man 2016 Visual effects Suicide Squad 2016 Visual effects Max Steel 2016 Visual effects Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 2016 Design and Models Alice Through the Looking Glass 2016 Visual effects Captain America: Civil War 2016 Visual effects X-Men: Apocalypse 2016 Visual effects The Jungle Book 2016 Visual effects The Revenant 2015 Visual effects and Animatronics Terminator Genisys 2015 Visual effects and Animatronics Jurassic World 2015 Visual effects and Animatronics Avengers: Age Of Ultron 2015 Visual effects The Signal 2014 Visual effects Godzilla 2014 Visual effects Wish I Was Here 2014 Suit Design and Fabrication Project Almanac 2014 Specialty Props Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014 Suit Design and Fabrication Muppets Most Wanted 2014 80s Robot Design X-Men: Days of Future Past 2014 Suit Design and Fabrication, Makeup effects Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 Design and Models Grudge Match 2014 Specialty Puppets RoboCop 2014 Robocop Suit and Robotic effects Pacific Rim 2013 Pilot Suits and effects World War Z 2013 Character Design and Makeup effects Iron Man 3 2013 Prosthetics and Suit effects Oblivion 2013 Specialty Costume Accessories The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 2012 Animatronic and Special make-up effects Life of Pi 2012 Replica and Animatronic Animals Total Recall 2012 Sinth Suits, Animatronics and Prosthetics The Bourne Legacy 2012 Animatronic effects Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (web series) 2012 Suits and Weapons Design and Fabrication The Watch 2012 Animatronic effects The Amazing Spider-Man 2012 Lizard/Lizard Drone Character Designs and Prosthetic make-up Snow White and the Huntsman 2012 Specialty Costumes The Avengers 2012 Iron Man Suit and Practical effects The Hunger Games 2012 Mutation Character Design John Carter 2012 Character and Creature Design 7 Aum Arivu 2011 Special effects The Muppets 2011 80s Robot and Muppet Man Design The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 2011 Animatronic and Special make-up effects Real Steel 2011 Animatronic effects Cowboys & Aliens 2011 Alien Creature effects Thor 2011 Frost Giant Prosthetics and Suit effects I Am Number Four 2011 Creature Design Enthiran 2010 Animatronic effects and Prosthetic make-up Passion Play 2010 Animatronic effects Dinner for Schmucks 2010 Mechanical Vulture, Animatronic effects Iron Man 2 2010 Suit Construction and Animatronics: Iron Man/Whiplash Alice In Wonderland 2010 Special make-up effects: Red Queen courtier characters creation and design Shutter Island 2010 Visual and make-up effects Avatar 2009 Character Design and Specialty Props Manufacturing (as Stan Winston Studio and Legacy Effects) 2012 2009 Animatronic effects
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