Phosphene is an independent design and visual effects house led by founders/co-owners John Bair and Vivian Connolly. Bair and Connolly, who have collaborated on projects since 2005, both love the process of delving into a project during pre-production and helping the director bring his/her vision to life.

In 2010, Bair and Connolly launched Phosphene and immediately hit the ground running with visual effects for Barry Levinson’s You Don’t Know Jack (HBO), Phillip Noyce’s Salt, George Nolfi’s The Adjustment Bureau, Jodie Foster’s The Beaver and Brad Anderson’s Vanishing on 7th Street.

2011 was a thrilling year for Phosphene who designed and executed elaborate CG environments for Brett Ratner’s action-comedy Tower Heist, as well as Stephen Daldry’s two-time Academy Award nominated Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and Jason Reitman’s Young Adult.

For their television clients, in addition to their Emmy-nominated work for Todd Haynes’ HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce, Phosphene has teamed up with HBO to create all visual effects for seasons 1, 2 and 3 of Treme, and has completed numerous shots for NBC’s 30 Rock, ABC’s Pan Am, and CBS’ Blue Bloods. 

In 2012 Phosphene is teaming up with producer Kevin Misher and director Sebastian Cordero to create all of the VFX for the upcoming science fiction film currently titled Europa.