COMPANY

Founder and owner Rogier Samuels started his career back in 1994 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Specializing in Special Make-up effects, Creatures and Props, Rogier was soon asked to join New Zealands Weta Workshop to work on Peter Jackson’s the Lord of the Rings Saga. Over the next 2 years he took part in the creation of bringing the iconic characters to the big screen.

With over 30 years in the business, Rogier has delivered eyecatching characters and creatures for many productions, for film, televison, commercials, theater, museums, music videos, themeparks etc. 

His contributions include The Hobbit Trilogy, Matrix 4, Penny Dreadful (Netflix), Mute (Netflix), Brimstone, Gräns, Dirty God, Shadow of War, Story of my Life, Frankenstein’s Army to name a few.

With a new, bigger and better studio in Enschede,  Mimic-FX delivers Hi End creative solutions.

Combining new technologies like computer design, scanning and 3D printing, together with traditional skills, we can Mimic any organism or object, living or dead…