VFXWorld Magazine

Top industry professionals in animation, effects, games and transmedia share their thoughts on the success of the FMX Conference, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2015.

Directed by Carlos Andre Stevens, CG animated short features the voice of Academy Award nominee John Hurt and Eloise Webb, who played Lily James’ young counterpart in Disney’s live-action ‘Cinderella’ remake.

Following seven years leading business development at Imaginary Forces, creative, production and design industry vet founded representation firm iartists in 2012.

U.K.-based visual effects house works with agency J. Walter Thompson to deliver a shape-shifting, oil and metal based creature for Shell’s latest spot.

Custom 360-degree camera rig delivers innovative stereographic imagery.

Scheduled events include “CG Creature Showcase – Monty’s Christmas and a Black Swan,” “Pipeline for Feature Film VFX,” “Commanding the Exodus,” and “MPC Motion Design -- From Small Beginnings to Big Ideas.”

Special presentation of the film -- featuring more than six minutes of footage to be introduced by director Brad Bird -- will screen exclusively in IMAX theatres beginning May 1.

Richard Kidd is named Creative Director/Senior VFX Supervisor; Scott McCullough named Live Action Director & DP.

‘iAnimate at Cinesite’ apprenticeship program provides the opportunity of online training and a two year contract as a trainee animator with Cinesite.

Universal’s ‘Furious 7’ wins its third consecutive weekend at the North American box office this with $29.1 million; jumps the $1 billion mark globally with $1.153 billion in worldwide ticket sales.

HP DreamColor Z32x Display offers color-accurate 31.5-inch diagonal, 4K, 8-million pixel display.

Peter Hedges (‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape’) is writing a script for the feature loosely based on the ‘Pinocchio’ story originally brought to the screen in 1940.