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Centro Digital Pictures was founded by John Chu in 1985. Centro (先濤) began as a post-production house for Hong Kong commercials in the mid-1980s. In 1998, Centro co-produced Andrew Lau's The Storm Riders. Centro also co-produced Lau's A Man Called Hero (1999), based on Ma Wing-shing's manhua series Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword.
In 2001, Chu received the Bronze Bauhinia Star for "raising Hong Kong's profile in the use of advanced technology in entertainment productions." Centro provided visual effects for Kill Bill, for which they received a BAFTA nomination.
Centro's next visual effects project was for Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle (2004). The company had over 60 CG artists on the production, working in 2K resolution to complete the effects work within eight months. At the 42nd Golden Horse Awards, Centro's effects team (represented by Frankie Chung, Don Ma, Tam Kai-kwan, and Franco Hung) won for Best Visual Effects.
In 2005, Buena Vista International (BVI) announced their plans to work with Centro and China Film Group Corporation on an adaptation of the children's story "The Secret of the Magic Gourd" by Zhang Tianyi. This project, The Secret of the Magic Gourd (2007), was the first Chinese film production of BVI's parent organisation, The Walt Disney Company.
The company also performed contract work for Ubisoft on the video game titles 187 Ride or Die and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.
In 2012, Centro became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Deluxe Entertainment Services Group. In 2015, the company went offline, and it closed in 2018.
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