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Sauce Group has a long history in the Film and Television Industry with decades of industry experience in both post and production.

As a member of the Sauce Group of companies, Sauce FX Studios uses the group’s resources to produce international quality content for feature film & television. With projects covering many disciplines we continue to produce excellent content for visual effects, animation and immersive digital experiences.

 

The Sauce group started in 1991 as 2D Films. In 1996 due to expansion into Post Production and Corporate communication the company was rebranded as Sauce which incorporated Sauce Holdings, Sauce Post, Sauce Limited, Sauce Films, and now Sauce FX Studios. With offices in Wellington, Auckland and Los Angeles, Sauce continues to provide international quality digital content to the global market.

 

With the Sauce Group’s commitment to the US market we have appointed Kim Lavery as our VFX Producer to head Sauce FX Studios. Based in Los Angeles, the new studios represent our continued commitment to supporting our clients with the best people, craft, techniques and personal service. Sauce has well over 20 years of production management and producing experience to draw upon, Kim is both well placed to meet those needs in all details as well as being on the ground to handle things face to face.

 

Team

Kim Lavery

Kim Lavery

VFX Producer

Kim Lavery VFX Producer heads up Sauce FX Studios in LA. Kim establishes the main American front end structure while combining Sauce FX Studios talent resource with Ray Ruawhare in Wellington New Zealand. Kim Lavery has been in the Industry for over 20 years; from NBC News Anchor/Reporter/Videographer to Production Managing within Universal Studios Operations Fiims Division -to Visual Effect Producing since 1995. Kim has a wide range of experience dealing with Major Studios Executives- to include Individual Production requirements & Big Picture IP goals.

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Ray Ruawhare

Ray Ruawhare

Digital Development Director

30 years in the Film & Television industry from television graphic design, to establishing some of New Zealand’s top digital design, animation, post production facilities.

Ray is responsible for advising, developing and securing the Sauce group’s new business digital content strategy.
Dave Tingey

David Tingey

Managing Director

Founding Partner in the Sauce Group of Companies. Responsible for the running and development of all Sauce activities.

Entering the Industry in 1979 and working from the ground up, David has significant operational and management experience.
Marten Coombe

Marten Coombe

Animation Director

Illustrator - animator and VFX Producer over 2 decades. Expanded profile and examples of Martens work follows.

Marten has experience covering many creative disciplines as well as years of creative management for film and television.

 

 

 

Virtual Tour of Sauce FX Studios

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Wellington Facilities

 

 

Auckland Facilities

 

 

 

From Len Lye to Gollum

History of New Zealand Animators

 

Documentary created and produced by Ray Rauwhare for
Television New Zealand's channel TV ONE.

Mr Pencil (blue pencil) narrator was created to take the viewers through time
in an entertaining and informative way.

The blue pencil has been the traditional animators sketching and blocking tool
as it didn’t show up under the clean up black lines when photocopied.

 

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Marten Coombe

Animation Director

 

Marten has 2 decades of experience covering many creative
disciplines as well as years of creative management for film and television.

Starting his career trained as a design majoring in illustration, Marten first passion was
traditional animation. After securing his apprenticeship in Auckland he forged a
successful career in Australia final serving 3 years at Disney in Sydney as a character
animator on such projects as "Aladdin – Return of Jafar". Returning to New Zealand
to raise his young family he carried on as an animator on both commercials and TV serial work.

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Illustrations

Character Design

Storyboards