CafeFX-The Syndicate-ComputerCafe Group

CafeFX was an award-winning feature film visual effects facility located in Santa Maria, CA offering visual effects production services, vfx supervision, CG character creation, and 3D animation. The company was founded in 1993 by Jeff Barnes and David Ebner and at its peak employed over 200 artists in two locations. Its commercial and music video division, Santa Monica-based The Syndicate (co-founded with Kenny Solomon, Leslie Sorrentio and Beau Leon), was a creative design, branding and digital production studio, specializing in short form live action direction, visual effects, animation, motion graphics, and color grading. CafeFX and The Syndicate were held by umbrella corporation ComputerCafe Group, which also established Sententia Entertainment, a long form production company. The studios contributed work to over 90 studio released feature films, hundreds of commercials, broadcast design projects and music videos. Credits included, Pans Labyrinth, Alice In Wonderland, Spiderman-3, The Aviator, Sin City, ESPN's Monday Night Football, HBO's Feature Presentation Open and Universal's theme park ride, Harry Potter and The Forbidden Journey to name a few. The group closed its doors in 2010.