James Knight owner of KNIGHTVISION STUDIOS is a LIAR, CHEAT, SCAM ARTIST, FRAUD and a person who also sexually harrasses women. Myself and several others who once worked with James at Giant Studios, came to work for him at his own company: KNIGHT VISION STUDIOS. I had heard through the grapevine, that he and his partner Scott, had a habit of not paying their employees. Before accepting the job, I asked James if any of the rumors were true. He insisted they were not. Because I have known him for over 6 years I foolishly believed him. Initally we were paid to run the mocap system (motion builder) as well as solve data and do motion editiing. To make a very long story short. After the 4th week there, he said he was unable to pay us because he was in a messy divorce. We thought that since he said he was in partnership with Universal and we were on lot working at UVS1 on the backlot, we believed he would be good for the money. First he said a week, then it turned into 3 weeks. At that point we could not afford not to be paid. James got very nasty. He threatend that if we applied for unemployment, he would fight it. He also threaten us if we went to Universal’s H&R or any studio executives or if we hired a lawyer. He said he is on the board of BAFTA, AMPAS the VES and he literally said he would make sure we would never get a visual effects job again. We did go to an lawyer and we found out James and KnightVision have been sued in the pass. We also found out 1. He does not have ANY partnership agreement with Universal. 2. He has not been paying his employment taxes. He calls everyone “an independent contractor” which we are not. 3. The motion capture system that we were running is not even owned by James or KnightVision. James is a FRAUDSTER! If you look at his demo reel that he has online he is misleading the public to think the work was done at KNIGHTVISION. Why else would it be on KNIGHTVISIONS website.. right. Well WRONG. GIANT STUDIOS was the motion captue company that worked on AVITAR, REEL STEEL, KING KONG etc. KNIGHTVISION was not even in business. James Knight was nothing more then a Coordinator at Giant Studios. He NEVER ran the MOCAP. Infact if you look at the Credits on AVITAr on the DVD you will see he gave himself screen credit as a Motion Capture Producer. He got called out on that and if you check his IMDB he changed it to Performance Capture Project Manager (Un non-existant Title). Though the DVD will prove what he actually did. STAY CLEAR FROM THIS FRAUDSTER and his FAKE ENGLISH ACCENT. HE HAS LIVED IN THE US SINCE HE WAS 9.
Consumer Reviews and Complaints
WRITE A REVIEWRate and Write a Review on KnightVision Studios
This complaint and/or review was posted on HolySmoke.org on 00:04 am, May 23, 2018 (CST) and is a permanent record located at: https://www.holysmoke.org/scam/knightvision-studios-review/.
The reviews & complaints posted about KnightVision Studios was submitted by a member or guest on this website. Any and all opinions and information are published as is. HolySmoke.org does not edit or remove any aspect of the report and is simply a consumer grievance free-speech platform. As such, HolySmoke.org cannot be held liable for the complaints and reviews posted about KnightVision Studios as per Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Be an Informed Consumer
An informed consumer is capable of making sensible decisions, gains insight about a business prior to an interaction or transaction. Our newsletter provides resources and information that informs you, the consumer. of such things as consumer rights and protection.
James Knight and his motion capture studio:
James Knight and his motion capture studio: KnightVison Studios are WORTHLESS. All smoke and mirrors. Unfortunatley, we hired them for a mocap video game mocap shoot. We paid for the entire mocap shoot and only received a portion of unfinished data. Knight Vision did not do any motion editing that they were paid to do. We filed a lawsuit against them. We uncovered, the reason the data was not completed according to contract: KnightVision was not paying their employees and they walked out and sued. We also uncovered numerous LIES that are even on their website. They DO NOT have 15 years experience. The company has only been in business 2 years. Knight Vision NEVER worked on AVITAR, KING KONG or REEL STEEL. Anytime they hire someone who woked on a studio film they count that as their work. GIANT STUDIOS worked on these films. At one time James worked at Giant Studios, in the front office. He is wronfully taking credit, and does not have any legal rights to the footage on his website. I am baffled how the VES, AMPAS and BAFTA have granted him membership. Smoke and Mirrors…. KnightVision is located at Universal UVS1 as a tennant only. They deceived us by letting us believe are in partnership with Universal. This was another LIE!. We tried to put a lien on their equipment, only to find it it is not owned by KnightVision or Unviversal. DO YOU DUE DILIGENCE!!