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Empowering genre-driven productions.

ADAPTIVE PICTURES is a Los Angeles-based production company that partners with producers and studios to create films and television series with significant VFX needs in the LOW-TO-MID BUDGET markets.

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Our model is designed to leverage  ADAPTIVE PICTURES' visual effects expertise and resources to streamline the VFX process, and maximize the value of our productions.

Our Clients

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How it Works

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SHARING THE FINANCIAL RISK with our partners, as a co-production entity, allows our projects to compete in the steadily demanding VFX marketplace at a fraction of the cost.

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Our Partners Receive

At-Cost VFX

ADAPTIVE PICTURES consolidates and manages the VFX production of each project we partner on. The process is transparent, with mark-ups and overhead costs removed.

At-Cost Production

In addition to VFX, ADAPTIVE PICTURES employs years of physical production experience – offering another layer of support to our partners and saving costs along the way.

Proven Experience

ADAPTIVE PICTURES' management team has forty years of combined experience, and a proven track with the world’s top studios and streaming companies.

Shared Risk

By providing tools and expertise at-cost, ADAPTIVE PICTURES is effectively an investment partner in each project, pulling budgets downs and expediting "greenlight."

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Our approach is designed to expand the director’s creative freedom, enabling them to worry less about shot costs, and more about what’s best for the project.

VFX Partnership Examples

$2M

VFX Project Budget

Post VFX Schedule: 16 Weeks

Shot Count: 400-560+

Potential At-Cost: $1M

Our Investment:  $1M

$2.5M

VFX Project Budget

Post VFX Schedule: 18 Weeks

Shot Count: 575-750+

Potential At-Cost: $1.4M

Our Investment:  $1.1M

$3M

VFX Project Budget

Post VFX Schedule: 18 Weeks

Shot Count: 720-900+

Potential At-Cost: $1.6M

Our Investment:  $1.4M

$4M

VFX Project Budget

Post VFX Schedule: 22 Weeks

Shot Count: 800-1320+

Potential At-Cost: $2.3M

Our Investment:  $1.7M

What about tax incentives?

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We recognize that tax incentives can be a valuable part of film financing. At the same time, they often come with trade-offs: delayed cashflow, added vendor complexity, and restrictions on talent or workflow.

As a true partner, ADAPTIVE approaches each project individually, weighing the value of rebates against other factors like certainty, speed, and creative flexibility. Our goal is always the same: deliver the best outcome for the project.

We believe in. . .

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Collaboration

We're not a factory line of faceless artists. Our communicative and personable team serves as your partner in the trenches. You've trusted us with your partnership, and we take that seriously.

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Customization

Every project is unique. After assessing a production's specific needs, we assist in generating a specialized game plan that fits the goals of the creative, budget, and schedule.

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Convenience

Filmmaking can be fast and unpredictable. We pride ourselves on our ability to "roll with the punches," quickly adapting to whatever the moment calls for. Think of us like a flexible, agile, VFX S.W.A.T. team.

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Adaptive Pictures

Our Founders

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Bryan Binder

Co-Founder, Producer

Starting as a Post PA, Bryan quickly rose through the ranks at Sunlight Productions, from Executive Assistant to Project Manager to Producer, working on such features as Man About Town (Ben Affleck), Reign Over Me (Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle), and Black or White (Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer). Over the 15 years since, Bryan has become a multi-disciplined producer across development, physical production, and VFX, having delivered 75+ projects for companies such as Disney, Universal, Warner Bros. and Netflix. His versatility allows him to seamlessly transition between VFX Producer, VFX Supervisor, Physical Producer, Development Producer, and Virtual Production Producer based on each project's unique demands. Recent credits span studio and prestige productions such as Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, The Black Phone, Hustlers, My Spy, The Happytime Murders, Our Flag Means Death, Insidious: The Red Door, Your Honor, Run, White Noise, Station 19, NCIS, and the M3GAN and Five Nights At Freddy's franchises. Bryan's comprehensive understanding of the production pipeline—from development through post—combined with his industry relationships, makes him an effective collaborator for co-production ventures requiring both creative problem-solving and operational expertise.

Melissa Brockman

Co-Founder, Producer

Melissa has over 25 years of experience producing visual effects. After earning a degree in theatre stage management from Boston University, she moved to Los Angeles in 1991 to pursue a career in entertainment. She began in television sitcoms, working her way from production assistant to post-production supervisor before transitioning into visual effects. Melissa launched her VFX career in 1996 at Digital Domain on Dante’s Peak and went on to work with leading studios including Cinesite, Stan Winston Digital, CIS Hollywood, and Rhythm & Hues. In 2017, she moved client-side as a VFX producer at STX Films, working on The Space Between Us, Hustlers, 21 Bridges, and Countdown. In 2019, Melissa joined Blumhouse Productions, where she helped establish the visual effects department and was promoted to Vice President of VFX in 2021. In that role, she produced and supervised major releases including M3GAN, Insidious: The Red Door, and Five Nights at Freddy’s. She returned to freelance producing in 2024 and now works as a VFX consultant and producer on both independent and studio films. Her most recent project is The Whisper Man, a Netflix/AGBO production starring Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan, and Robert De Niro, currently in post-production.

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Jeremy Boros

Co-Founder, Producer

A graduate of NYU Tisch and USC'S Peter Stark Producing Program, Jeremy has worked across development, production, and post for a variety of companies such as Big Beach, American Zoetrope, Stargate Studios and more. For the past 4 years, Jeremy has primarily focused on producing live action shoots for Blumhouse, Atomic Monster, SONY, Divide/Conquer, Amazon, ABC, Warner Brothers, A&E and more.

Contact us

Let's talk.

We look forward to speaking.

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