Case studies
Selected work, in context.
These are examples of production experience carried by the founders and leadership behind antiqueRobots — directing, producing, physical production, cinematography, design, virtual production, editorial and visual effects. Each case names the people involved and the sources that support it.
01 · Limitless · CBS · 2015–2016
Limitless — storytelling at television speed
A network series shot on New York locations, where the visual effects were built as part of the show's storytelling grammar rather than as spectacle.
Team: Doug Aarniokoski · Jason Zimmerman
02 · The Day · Feature film · 2011
The Day — making the constraints part of the movie
A feature directed on real locations in punishing conditions, where the physical circumstances of the shoot became part of the film's character.
Team: Doug Aarniokoski
03 · The Man Who Fell to Earth · Showtime · 2022
The Man Who Fell to Earth — one visual language across departments
A character drama whose world had to be built, in which photography, design and visual effects were developed as a single visual language.
Team: Jason Zimmerman · Aleksandra Kochoska Dekovic
04 · Star Trek: Discovery / Strange New Worlds · Virtual production
Star Trek: Discovery / Strange New Worlds — virtual production at scale
Bringing environment decisions forward into photography, so filmmakers work with more of the final image on the day.
Team: Jason Zimmerman
05 · Star Trek: Strange New Worlds · Season 3 · 2025
Strange New Worlds S3 — practical first, virtual where it expands the world
A mature production method in which practical builds, actors, graphics, virtual production and visual effects are chosen shot by shot.
Team: Jason Zimmerman · Brian Tatosky
06 · Toronto virtual-production stage · Production infrastructure
Feature-scale worlds on episodic schedules
What it takes, on the production side, to make a permanent LED volume behave like part of the filmmaking process rather than a piece of equipment.
Team: Jason Zimmerman
These productions predate antiqueRobots. They are presented as experience carried by the individuals named, not as work produced by the company.
Recognition
2021 Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode
Star Trek: Discovery — “Su’Kal”
The winning team included
- Jason Zimmerman · Lead VFX Supervisor
- Aleksandra Kochoska · VFX Producer
- Charles Collyer · Lead VFX Artist
- Ivan Kondrup Jensen · VFX Supervisor, Ghost VFX
- Kristen Prahl · VFX Producer, Ghost VFX
with supervisors from DNEG and Crafty Apes
- VES Award-winning work
- Multiple Emmy and VES nominations
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