James Humann, Director of Business Affairs and Development
Sabine Bredow, Senior Production Coordinator
Products
Library of films and music videos
Services
3D conversion of catalog films, new releases, documentaries, trailers, commercials, and music videos. Native 3D production services for features, shorts, documentaries, commercials, and music videos.
As an independent film production company, PassmoreLab produces its own 3D films, including science and nature shorts, broadcast television programming, and documentary and feature films. It also has a separate distribution and sales division that licenses 3D content to independent theaters, science centers, museums, planetarium, 3D television broadcasts, and 3D mobile devices.[1]
In 2007, PassmoreLab announced development of its prototype multi-camera array,[17] and by 2008 the lab had created a 3D documentary film on Burning Man.[18] Passmore then expanded its work to include stereoscopicmicroscopy.[19] The company began converting Ripley’s film archives into 3D format.[20] The company produced a music video with Sammy Hagar,[21] won several awards at the inaugural 3-D Film & Interactive Festival (3DFF) held in Orlando and Cocoa Beach, Florida.[22] The company also converted the film Night of the Living Dead into 3D format.[4]
In 2009, PassmoreLab converted MGM Studios simulator ride Stargate 3000 from 2D to 3D.[23][24] and with its conversion of Anthony Lucas' 1999 claymation film Slim Pickings, became the first in the industry to convert clay animation to 3D.[25]
In 2009 ABC NewsNightline interviewed company founder Greg Passmore about his new science documentary "The Extreme Nature of Bats".[26] PassmoreLab also completed and premiered their 3D conversion of Night of the Living Dead, Now in 3D! at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery as a part of the 5th Annual Johnny Ramone Memorial Tribute.[27]
In 2011, PassmoreLab announced a 2-Year content licensing deal with NVIDIA for new web-based content portal deliver.[35] In March 2011, the company debuted their 3D music videos and science adventure content at CeBIT Live in Hannover, Germany, and Plan 9 from Outer Space, Now in 3D! premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose.[36] In May 2011, PassmoreLab announced conversion of the Starfish Cove animated series[37] and in June the company finished conversion of Feodor Pitcairn’s Ocean Voyagers,[30] and Linkin Park’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon theme song, "Iridescent", which has screened in select theaters nationwide.[38] In July 2011, Nintendo premiered PassmoreLab's 3D animated short film, "Sunday Jog", as part of an initiative to help launch the Nintendo 3DS' 3D streaming service, Nintendo Video.[39]
Also in July, Passmorelab, in conjunction with The Collective,[40] converted Memphis High's[41] latest music video, Criminal Love, into 3D.[42]
In 2012, the company completed a 3D production titled Flower Power,[43] it converted the film Fighter Pilot to 3D and released the film Fighter Pilot 3D at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington,[44] and began work on a 3D series titled Glimpse 3D.[45]
