PHD, a one-stop shop collective founded by visual effects industry veterans John Hughes, Helena Packer and Kevin Donovan, has been launched in Los Angeles. Hughes is best known to the industry as one of the co-founders of VFX company Rhythm & Hues he led that studio for 26 years. The company, which won three Oscars for Visual Effects (Babe, The Golden Compass, and Life Of Pi) also was heralded for creating its own proprietary software used to generate photo-realistic character animation and visual effects. That earned the company four scientific and engineering Academy Awards.http://deadline.com/2017/06/vfx-house-phd-john-hughes-helena-packer-kevin-donovan-1202107661/
