November 17 event organized by The Children’s Media Conference aims to educate companies and freelancers about key factors for business success in the VFX and animation industries.
Cinema Audio Society’s Filmmaker Award to be presented at the 53rd Annual CAS Awards on February 18, 2017.
Character effects supervisor Eric Maurer and asset supervisor Oded Raz to bolster studio’s leadership team as the company gears up for the next round of feature work by Blur co-founder and ‘Deadpool’ director Tim Miller.
Comcast-owned studio reaches a settlement in the class-action lawsuit filed in December 2014 claiming it and other Hollywood studios violated antitrust laws by conspiring to suppress the wages of animation and VFX artists.
The International Emmy Kids Awards will take place on April 4, 2017 in Cannes.
The International Emmy Awards Gala will recognize original Short-Form Series, fiction and non-fiction programs, in November 2017.
Industry powerhouse David Shepheard joins newly-created Vancouver Film & Media Centre to drive growth and innovation in Vancouver’s booming digital entertainment and interactive business sectors.
Montreal-based visual effects studio adds CG creatures to its repertoire of VFX expertise, delivering nearly 200 shots for director David Yates’ action-adventure that elevate animal sequences to the look of a nature documentary.
Annual event showcasing the world’s top professionals, academics and creative minds at the forefront of digital imaging, research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education and emerging technologies runs December 5-8 in Macao.
AAA game developer Bungie taps markerless motion capture system to enhance the facial expressions and emotions of Lord Saladin of the Iron Lords in Destiny: Rise of Iron.
Final trailer for director Gareth Edwards’ forthcoming installment in the ‘Star Wars’ saga sets up a familiar story of a parent and child at ideological odds with glorious visuals that hint at the film’s epic scale.
VFX supervisor Russell Earl discusses the climactic airport battle complete with fully CG super heroes, environments and hundreds of digital assets on Marvel’s latest ‘Captain America’ franchise hit.
Professional 3D modeling and animation software revamps MeshFusion, adds automatic Retopology to final installment of MODO 10 series.
London-headquartered VFX house partners with Madefire to launch first-ever Virtual Reality comics platform with the debut of original episodic series ‘Somnia: Origins.’
With the 2016 VIEW Conference kicking off October 24, watch AWN's two-part interview with Ben Snow from the 2015 edition.
“Spiritual successor” to ‘Bullet Train,’ the critically-acclaimed Virtual Reality demo revealed at Oculus Connect 2 coming in early 2017 free for all Oculus Rift owners.
Countdown to VIEW 2016: Two-time Oscar-winner Rob Legato, visual effects supervisor for Disney’s The Jungle Book, rounds out a stellar VIEW 2016 program; Film, Games, and VR Industry leaders offer 18 workshops.
Director Ryan Simon and production company Strike Anywhere create the short film ‘Rebuilding Reality’ for the fifth-annual Future of StoryTelling Summit, a two-day, invitation-only gathering of 500 people held in New York City.
Metered licensing now default supervisor; added support for KATANA, Redshift, and Autodesk 2017 line.
Los Angeles-based visual effects studio creates menacing effects for FOX’s new series.
Global digital marketing and advertising executive brings 17 years of experience to broadcast design specialists.
In addition to attending industry events like Spark Animation in Vancouver, CTN eXpo in Los Angeles and Journée Québec in Paris, Cinesite’s recruitment team will be visiting several major international cities throughout October and November to meet potential recruits.
Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor who has worked with James Cameron, Robert Zemeckis and Martin Scorsese to present keynote address on his recent collaboration with director Jon Favreau on Disney’s photorealistic CG/live-action adventure reboot of the classic animated film.
Lausch named Head of New Business for client-direct; Haynes joins as EP to lead VFX work as the studio responds to continued growth.
Filmakademie alumni bring fresh look to new school year with reinvented logo.
