Ephemeral by design.
Spectre Collective was founded on a single conviction: that adaptability and creativity go hand in hand. We are a collective of VFX veterans who have spent careers on the world's most demanding productions — and we brought that experience together to build something better.
Spectre Collective was born from a shared frustration: the gap between creative ambition and the constraints of legacy studio infrastructure. Our founders — veterans of major VFX houses and post facilities — saw too many projects compromised by bloated overhead, siloed pipelines, and a cost structure built for a different era.
We built Spectre to be different. By operating without many of the costs of a traditional studio, we free senior artists to do what they do best — unfettered by layers of process. That same flexible model lets us pay artists a fair wage for their craft while passing real savings on to clients. Top talent, at prices that make sense. That's our commitment.
Spectre works across two distinct lines. The first provides VFX for broadcast clients with a focus on compositing, CG integration and quick cleanups. The second line provides a one-stop post shop for commercials — a single team handling editorial, motion graphics, colour, and sound mixing under one roof.
Graham Peddie
Co-Founder
A media and entertainment executive with two decades of experience in studio operations, dealmaking, and content strategy. Close to 100 VFX credits for Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Amazon/MGM, and Netflix. He's built and led VFX operations at studios of every size — from tight teams of a few dozen to multi-site organizations of 500+ across Montreal, Toronto, LA, and New York. A trained lawyer with deep rights and licensing expertise, he's spoken at SIGGRAPH and CES and been featured by the BBC, CBC, and Forbes.
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Chris Nokes
Co-Founder
A VFX Supervisor and Producer with more than 20 years of experience delivering visual effects, CG animation, commercials, episodic television, and film. He combines creative supervision with hands-on production leadership, guiding projects from concept and bidding through execution and final delivery, and has led international teams of 300+ artists across distributed studios. His experience spans visual storytelling, budgeting, scheduling, pipeline development, and emerging technologies like USD and AI-assisted workflows — with a particular skill for aligning creative ambition with the realities of schedule and budget.
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Sonia Marques
Co-Founder
An executive producer with a demonstrated history in motion pictures, film, advertising, and visual effects — with credits spanning The Handmaid's Tale, Shantaram, What If...?, Hellboy, A Christmas Story Christmas, and A Good Person. She brings deep expertise in production, animation, VFX production, digital strategy, and production management, having guided projects across major studios and streaming platforms. Fluent in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish, she brings a global, multicultural perspective to every production she leads.
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