Surreal World is a leading boutique Australian visual effects and animation studio in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1995, it is the creative studio of award-winning Melbourne artist, composer, animator, and visual effects filmmaker John Francis. Surreal World operates a visual effects and animation services facility for the film, television, and advertising industries and a production studio, developing a slate of entertainment projects.

Surreal World
Company typeSubsidiary of Francis Digital Studios pty ltd.
IndustryEntertainment Visual effects Animation
Founded1995
HeadquartersElwood, Melbourne, Australia
Key people
John Francis
WebsiteSurrealworld.com.au

Surreal World has created visual effects and animation for domestic and international TV series and feature films, including all three seasons of the U.S. TV series La Brea (2021 - 2023), the Liam Neeson feature film Blacklight (2022), and Poker Face (2022), directed by and starring Russell Crowe. Multi-award-winning TV series include Nowhere Boys (2013 - 2018), Wentworth (2013 - 2018), and A Place To Call Home. Top Australian box office feature films include Paper Planes (2014), Oddball (2015), Ride Like a Girl (2019), and Blueback (2022).

Selected credits

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  • High Country (2024)
  • la Brea Season 3 (2023)
  • Surviving Summer Season 2 (2023)
  • The Newsreader Season 1 (2023)
  • Rock Island Mysteries Season 2 (2023)
  • la Brea Season 2 (2022)
  • Poker Face (2022)
  • Blueback (2022)
  • Blacklight (2022)
  • Rock Island Mysteries Season 1 (2022)
  • love Me (2021)
  • la Brea Season 1 (2021)
  • Between Two Worlds (2019)
  • High Ground (2019)
  • I Met A Girl (2019)
  • Ride Like A Girl (2019)
  • The Dust Walker (2019)
  • The Longest Shot (2019)
  • At Last (2019)
  • Wentworth - Series 7 (2018)
  • A Place To Call Home - Series 6 (2018)
  • Nowhere Boys - Series 4 (2018)
  • Homecoming Queens (2018)
  • Wentworth - Series 6 (2017)
  • A Place To Call Home - Series 5 (2017)
  • Home And Away (2017)
  • Nowhere Boys - Series 3 (2017)
  • Home And Away (2016)
  • A Place To Call Home - Series 4 (2016)
  • Barracuda (2016)
  • Wentworth - Series 4 (2016)
  • Nowhere Boys Movie - The Book Of Shadows (2016)
  • Home And Away (2015)
  • A Place To Call Home - Series 3 (2015)
  • Oddball (2015)
  • Nowhere Boys - Series 2 (2015)
  • Winter - TV Series (2014)
  • Paper Planes (2014)
  • Wentworth - Series 3 (2014)
  • The Killing Field - Mini Series (2014)
  • Maximum Choppage (2014)
  • The Menkoff Method (2014)
  • Wentworth - Series 2 (2014)
  • The Worst Year Of My Life Again (2014)
  • Nowhere Boys - Series 1(2013)
  • The Turning (2013)
  • Fatal Honeymoon (2012)
  • Gallipoli From Above (2012)
  • Kath and Kimderella (2012)
  • The Cup (2011)
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