Background
The Company of Science and Art, CoSA for short, is a visual effects studio that won an Emmy in 2017 for their work on the Gotham episode “Heavydirtysoul.” CoSA is a relatively young company. It was established in 2009 by supervisors, Tom Mahoney and Jon Tanimoto. Tom and Jon met one another while working in the post-production business for commercials in the nineties. The two worked together on films like Titanic (1997) and the Final Destination series. 
Tom and Jon decided to start their own visual effects company, and with the help of Christopher Lance and David Beedon, they started The Company of Science and Art. Lance, a compositor with worldwide experience became a visual effects supervisor. Beedon also became visual effects supervisor for the company, with two decades of experience generating computer graphics. After being nominated for an Emmy each of the past three years, CoSA took home its first Emmy in 2017. Tom Mahoney supervised the team that worked on the Emmy award-winning episode of Gotham.
Business Model
CoSA’s business model is similar to other visual effects companies. CoSA signs contracts with studios seeking its service and it becomes their vendor. Depending on the contract, CoSA could develop the visual effects for just one episode of a show, to being the vendor for the entire series. In order to satisfy different studio needs and highlight particular skills, CoSA is split into four groups led by the supervisors, Mahoney, Tanimoto, Lance, and Beedon. CoSA’s executive producer Joseph Bell, manages the relationship between the client and the CoSA.
Assets
As a visual effects company, CoSA doesn’t have a number of assets. In fact, it’s greatest asset would be its reputation. For a company that is only eight years old, CoSa has been very active and worked on a number of very successful projects including, Gotham, Marvel’s Agents of Shield, Lucifer, Westworld, Stranger Things, Pitch, and Person of Interest.
Looking towards the Future
Having just won an Emmy, CoSA is continuing to produce top-notch visual effects for Hollywood’s top studios. They will continue there work with Gotham, and are the vendor for the upcoming pilot episode of The Gifted.
Bibliography
http://www.cosavfx.com/index.php
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