Chris Landreth Talks 'Subconscious Password'
The Oscar®-winning director’s new film is thought-provoking, intense and dare I say, hilarious.
Interviews
New 'Regular Show: Party Pack' DVD is Anything But Regular
Series creator J.G. Quintel talks about the Emmy-winning show featuring a blue jay and a racoon.
Ralph Bakshi: Still Railin After All These Years
One of America’s greatest animators still has passion, drive and stories worth telling.
Comments and Concept Art from 'Wreck-It Ralph' VisDev Artist Lorelay Bove
Personal insights alongside newly released concept art from Disney's Lorelay Bove, visdev artist on Wreck-It Ralph.
Patrick Murphy Talks 'Annoying Orange'
The seasoned VFX vet shares how an integrated pipeline built upon Adobe software brings greater creative freedom and efficiency to the production.
Victoria Alonso and Jeff White Talk 'The Avengers'
The film’s Executive Producer and ILM VFX Supervisor discuss the Oscar®-nominated superhero epic’s visual effects challenges.
How Do We Judge the Best?
Top industry professionals tackle the issue of what makes a film “the best.”
Tim Reckart Talks 'Head Over Heels'
The director, fresh from his Annie Award win for Best Student Film, discusses his Oscar-nominated stop-motion gem.
David Silverman Talks 'Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”'
The veteran producer/director discusses his nominated short and all things Simpsons.
Frank Gladstone Talks the Annie Awards
ASIFA-Hollywood’s president describes how voting changes brought fairness, and Disney, back into the fold.
Bobby Beck Talks New Directions in Animation Education
The Animation Mentor CEO discusses educational philosophy and how his school’s new AMP fully distributed production pipeline meets a changing industry’s needs.
Adam Reed Talks the “Smilthy” Good Fun of 'Archer'
The show Aisha Tyler calls “smart and filthy” hits its comedic stride with the launch of Season 4.
A Stop-Motion SpongeBob Special Means Christmas Comes Early This Year
Co-directors Seamus Walsh and Mark Caballero discuss the making of the Rankin/Bass styled stop-motion TV special, It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!
Bringing Horror back to 'Little Shop'
WB’s Kurt Galvao on the creation of The Director’s Cut decades in the making.
Three Directors Discuss Their Not A Monty Python Animated Film
The directors of A Liar’s Autobiography discuss their new animated feature about “the dead one,” Monty Python’s Graham Chapman.
Mobile Technology Trends: Give Your Apps a Voice
When looking to integrate voice controls to mobile apps, developers are faced with a growing and often bewildering array of implementation options. To help sort through the technology and design options, we recently spoke with Ben Lilienthal, co-founder and CEO of OneTok, a new company that aims to make it easier and cheaper for developers to speech-enable their apps.
The Magical Junk-Filled World of Jiří Barta
The Czech stop-motion director talks about his latest film, Toys in the Attic.
Five Operators, One Giant App Store
Later this month, five of the world’s largest mobile operators plan to launch a virtual app store that will let their customers buy apps from one another. For developers, one potential benefit is access to each operator’s APIs to enable operator-specific additional features without rewriting big chunks of the app for each operator.
Growing a Studio – Ken Ralston Talks VFX at Imageworks
The five-time Oscar winning visual effects supervisor reflects on his career at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Growing a Studio – Ken Ralston Talks VFX at Imageworks
The five-time Oscar winning visual effects supervisor reflects on his career at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Building Real-time Strategy Games for Mobile Devices
Real-time strategy (RTS) games have had lasting appeal on PCs, and now the genre is moving to mobile devices. Needless to say, the shift from large displays to much smaller ones creates design challenges for RTS game makers.
Unearthing the truth about "Paranorman" with Chris Butler and Sam Fell
Joe Strike dives beneath the rotting flesh of Laika's new film "Paranorman" and uncovers some surprising facts about Chris Butler and Sam Fell's 3D stop-motion zombie romp.
Arianne Sutner Talks 'ParaNorman'
The producer of LAIKA’s latest feature discusses the challenges of pushing every imaginable stop-motion animation boundary.
Mark Andrews Takes on 'Brave'
The director of Pixar’s latest feature discusses the daunting task of taking the helm mid-film.
Katherine Sarafian Talks 'Brave'
The producer shares her insights into taming this epic beast and finally bringing it to the screen.
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Turning Glasgow into Philadelphia for the Zombie Apocalypse of 'World War Z'
Cinesite VFX Supervisor Matt Johnson tells a tale of two “digital” cities in recreating key environments for Marc Forster’s new zombie film.
Dan Scanlon Talks 'Monsters University'
The first-time director discusses the dynamics, pressure and satisfaction of helming Pixar’s first prequel.
Feat of Clay: The Forgotten 'Adventures of Mark Twain'
Oscar®-winning director Will Vinton looks back on his one-of-a-kind 1985 animated creation.
Inside Ron Frankel’s Wonderful Virtual World of Feature Film Visualization
The veteran creative director and founder of Proof Inc. shares his insights on previs, postvis, pitchvis and the growing importance of visualization across the entire filmmaking process.
Chris Wedge and Bill Joyce Talk 'Epic'
After 15 years and innumerable iterations, their “epic” collaborative vision hits the theatre.
What’s Even Better Than a 'Dick Figures' Episode? A 'Dick Figures' Movie!
Creators Ed Skudder and Zack Keller talk about their highly anticipated new feature, Dick Figures: The Movie.
Tackling Previs on 'Oblivion'
Supervisor Nick Markel takes us inside The Third Floor’s previs work on Joe Kosinski's sci-fi thriller.
Chris Landreth Talks 'Subconscious Password'
The Oscar®-winning director’s new film is thought-provoking, intense and dare I say, hilarious.
New 'Regular Show: Party Pack' DVD is Anything But Regular
Series creator J.G. Quintel talks about the Emmy-winning show featuring a blue jay and a racoon.
Ralph Bakshi: Still Railin After All These Years
One of America’s greatest animators still has passion, drive and stories worth telling.
Comments and Concept Art from 'Wreck-It Ralph' VisDev Artist Lorelay Bove
Personal insights alongside newly released concept art from Disney's Lorelay Bove, visdev artist on Wreck-It Ralph.
Patrick Murphy Talks 'Annoying Orange'
The seasoned VFX vet shares how an integrated pipeline built upon Adobe software brings greater creative freedom and efficiency to the production.
Victoria Alonso and Jeff White Talk 'The Avengers'
The film’s Executive Producer and ILM VFX Supervisor discuss the Oscar®-nominated superhero epic’s visual effects challenges.
How Do We Judge the Best?
Top industry professionals tackle the issue of what makes a film “the best.”
Tim Reckart Talks 'Head Over Heels'
The director, fresh from his Annie Award win for Best Student Film, discusses his Oscar-nominated stop-motion gem.
David Silverman Talks 'Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”'
The veteran producer/director discusses his nominated short and all things Simpsons.
Frank Gladstone Talks the Annie Awards
ASIFA-Hollywood’s president describes how voting changes brought fairness, and Disney, back into the fold.
Bobby Beck Talks New Directions in Animation Education
The Animation Mentor CEO discusses educational philosophy and how his school’s new AMP fully distributed production pipeline meets a changing industry’s needs.
Adam Reed Talks the “Smilthy” Good Fun of 'Archer'
The show Aisha Tyler calls “smart and filthy” hits its comedic stride with the launch of Season 4.
A Stop-Motion SpongeBob Special Means Christmas Comes Early This Year
Co-directors Seamus Walsh and Mark Caballero discuss the making of the Rankin/Bass styled stop-motion TV special, It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!
Bringing Horror back to 'Little Shop'
WB’s Kurt Galvao on the creation of The Director’s Cut decades in the making.
Three Directors Discuss Their Not A Monty Python Animated Film
The directors of A Liar’s Autobiography discuss their new animated feature about “the dead one,” Monty Python’s Graham Chapman.
Mobile Technology Trends: Give Your Apps a Voice
When looking to integrate voice controls to mobile apps, developers are faced with a growing and often bewildering array of implementation options. To help sort through the technology and design options, we recently spoke with Ben Lilienthal, co-founder and CEO of OneTok, a new company that aims to make it easier and cheaper for developers to speech-enable their apps.
The Magical Junk-Filled World of Jiří Barta
The Czech stop-motion director talks about his latest film, Toys in the Attic.
Five Operators, One Giant App Store
Later this month, five of the world’s largest mobile operators plan to launch a virtual app store that will let their customers buy apps from one another. For developers, one potential benefit is access to each operator’s APIs to enable operator-specific additional features without rewriting big chunks of the app for each operator.
