GVFX, initially Gajdecki Visual Effects, was a visual effects company initially based in Toronto, founded in the spring of 1991 by John Gajdecki. The company is notable for being one of the first visual effects companies in Canada. A second branch of the company based in Vancouver was started in 1998. Gajdecki left the company in 2002, leaving corporate executive Ron O'Brien as president and CEO. A year later, the company's Los Angeles branch closed in the summer, with the Toronto office closing in September, leaving the company consolidated to its Vancouver branch. The company was in financial trouble at that point, with employees being owed back wages, and Gajdecki stating that "this company didn't have enough money to cover its expenses". Carrying the high capital costs of visual effect