포스크리에이티브파티
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Korean visual effects studio producing film VFX, animation and theme-park/new-media content under the 4th CREATIVE PARTY brand.
Also known as 4th CREATIVE PARTY · 4th Creative Party Co., Ltd. · 포스크리에이티브파티 주식회사
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026포스크리에이티브파티 (4th CREATIVE PARTY) is a South Korean visual effects studio that has expanded from film VFX into animation, theme-park imagery and other new-media content, positioning itself as an integrated media content group. Its business lines are visual effects, animation, and new media/theme-park content, supported by in-house production technology and development work such as high-definition media players.
On the VFX side, the company reports work on roughly 190 films across Korea, China, Europe and Hollywood, including Park Chan-wook titles (Oldboy, Thirst, The Handmaiden), Bong Joon-ho titles (The Host, Mother, Snowpiercer, Okja), Assassination, Veteran, The Tiger, Stoker, A Bigger Splash and Chinese productions such as Legend of the Ancient Sword 2 and Three-Body. For the 2015 film The Tiger it created a fully computer-generated tiger creature. The animation business began with the 2014 acquisition of Busan-based studio AZworks and includes the TV series Robot Trains, co-produced with CJ E&M, and Captain Harlock directed by Shinji Aramaki. A new-media division established in 2014 produces theme-park special imagery, high-resolution display content for consumer-electronics makers and space-based new-media content; it planned and produced Korea's first flying theater, Lotte World's "FLY VENTURE KOREA," which opened at the end of 2016.
Corporate records list the entity as 포스크리에이티브파티 주식회사, registered on 2009-08-18, with representatives 이전형 and 김재훈 (other listings cite 손병수/이전형), classified under general film and video production. Reported headcount is 164 in the business registry, while a recruiting profile lists 78 employees and an average salary of KRW 53.49m; capital is listed at about KRW 13.5bn.
Founding story
Four of Korea's first-generation VFX supervisors formed the VFX studio EON Digital Film in 1996, the predecessor of the current company. In 2009, key members of EON Digital Film founded 4th CREATIVE PARTY, with the name expressing an intent to deliver content in a new media era through a "creative party."
Business model
The company operates as a production services and content studio: it is contracted as a VFX production partner on feature films and series, produces animation using both commissioned and in-house IP, and develops theme-park and other location-based new-media content and display imagery for clients such as global consumer-electronics makers.
Revenue derives from fee-based VFX and computer-graphics production for films and series, animation production (including co-productions), and contracted new-media/theme-park content and media-player development projects. Reported annual revenue was KRW 17.8bn (2016), KRW 15.3bn (2017), KRW 6.7bn (2018), KRW 11.0bn (2019), KRW 10.4bn (2020), KRW 7.2bn (2021), KRW 12.1bn (2022), KRW 23.4bn (2023), KRW 25.7bn (2024) and KRW 8.2bn (2025).
Traction
Reported credits cover roughly 190 films from 1997 onward. Financial results show a swing from profit to losses beginning in 2017, with complete capital erosion from 2019 through 2023, a return to operating profit of KRW 1.4bn in 2022 and KRW 4.1-4.2bn in 2023 on revenue of KRW 23.4bn, revenue of KRW 25.7bn in 2024, and a KRW 15.6bn operating loss with a KRW 16.1bn net loss on KRW 8.2bn revenue in 2025. Shareholders include CEO 이전형 as largest holder, Wysiwyg Studios and NCSOFT.
Latest developments
In February 2025 media reports said the company was selecting a listing underwriter — candidates included NH Investment & Securities and Eugene Investment & Securities — for a technology-track KOSDAQ IPO, following years of capital erosion. A November 2025 report described continued difficulty with the IPO after changing lead underwriters amid a shrinking film market. 2025 financials show revenue of KRW 8.2bn with an operating loss of KRW 15.6bn and a net loss of KRW 16.1bn.
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Market position
The company is described as one of Korea's leading VFX studios, with a filmography of roughly 190 titles and a record of domestic and international awards, including Best Visual Effects at the 4th Asian Film Awards for Thirst, technical awards at the Daejong and Chunsa film awards for The Tiger, and selection in 2018 among the ten shortlisted candidates for the Academy Award for Visual Effects for Okja — described as a first for the Korean VFX industry.
Differentiation cited in sources rests on first-generation Korean VFX supervisor roots dating to 1996, a large film filmography with award-winning creature and effects work, and a combined offering that spans film VFX, animation with in-house IP, and location-based new-media/theme-park content including Korea's first flying theater.
Technology
Core capabilities are computer graphics and visual effects for film, including fully CG creature work (a tiger created entirely in CG for the 2015 film The Tiger), animation production, VR imagery, theme-park special imagery and flying-theater content, plus development of new-media technology such as high-definition media players.
Go-to-market
Work is won through project-based engagements with film productions and directors — including repeat collaborations with directors such as Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho and Choi Dong-hoon — alongside co-production arrangements for animation and direct contracts for theme-park and display content. Awards and festival selections are used as technical references.
Film producers and directors in Korea, China, Europe and Hollywood; broadcasters and animation partners such as CJ E&M; theme-park operators including Lotte World and Chinese theme parks; and global consumer-electronics companies requiring high-resolution display content.
Geography
South Korea-based, with the Wikipedia entry citing a head office in Hakdong-ro 5-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and business registry and job-listing records showing an address in Centum, Haeundae-gu, Busan (with another listing in Busanjin-gu, Busan). Project work spans Korea, China, Europe and Hollywood, including Chinese theme-park content.
History
The company traces its origins to EON Digital Film, a VFX studio founded in 1996 by four first-generation Korean VFX supervisors, with 이전형 named as founder. In 2009 core EON Digital Film members established the present company, 포스크리에이티브파티 (4th CREATIVE PARTY), which was registered on 2009-08-18. It entered animation in 2014 by acquiring the Busan animation studio AZworks and created a new-media division the same year, followed by the planning and production of Lotte World's flying theater attraction that opened in late 2016. NCSOFT invested KRW 22bn in 2018; NCSOFT sold its entire common-share holding in 2023 to CEO 이전형, and Wysiwyg Studios also invested. As of 2025 the company was working with underwriters toward a technology-track KOSDAQ listing.
Risks & controversies
The company recorded operating losses from 2017 to 2021 and was in complete capital erosion from 2019 to 2023, with shareholders' equity falling from KRW 9.5bn in 2016 to KRW 0.6bn in 2018; equity was again reported near zero in 2025 alongside a large net loss. Press coverage in November 2025 reported difficulties advancing the KOSDAQ listing after changing lead underwriters, attributed to contraction in the film market and reduced demand for special effects. Company representatives declined to comment on financial condition or listing preparations. Employee-count and address data differ across public registries and job sites.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 10
launches, deals, and filingsCoverage reported that the company faced difficulties with its listing plan even after changing lead underwriters, attributed to a shrinking film market and lower demand for special effects.
The company was reported to be selecting a listing underwriter, with NH Investment & Securities and Eugene Investment & Securities among candidates, for a KOSDAQ listing via the technology special-track route.
NCSOFT said it sold all common shares acquired in its 2018 investment during 2023, with the stake purchased by CEO 이전형; NCSOFT remained the third-largest shareholder with 7.37%.
NCSOFT announced an investment of KRW 22bn in the VFX company, citing planned cooperation on animating NCSOFT IP and sharing digital imaging production technology. Dealsite later described NCSOFT's 2018 participation as a Series A investment.
Reported as the first time a Korean VFX company was included in the Academy Awards visual effects shortlist of ten.
The company planned and produced Korea's first flying theater attraction for Lotte World, with work starting in 2015 and the attraction opening at the end of 2016.
The Tiger, for which the company created a fully CG tiger creature, also received an Asian Film Awards Best Visual Effects nomination and a SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Computer Animation Festival screening invitation.
The company acquired Busan-based animation studio AZworks (에이지웍스), starting its animation business and later producing the TV series Robot Trains.
A new-media business division was created to produce theme-park special imagery, high-definition display content for global consumer-electronics makers, space-based new-media content and media-player development.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- 포스크리에이티브파티 4th CREATIVE PARTY4thparty.co.kr · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does 포스크리에이티브파티 do?
- Korean visual effects studio producing film VFX, animation and theme-park/new-media content under the 4th CREATIVE PARTY brand.
- Who are 포스크리에이티브파티's investors?
- 포스크리에이티브파티's investors include Atinum Investment Co. Ltd., Crit Ventures.