Based out of their Oakland office, Chu will oversee animation company-wide, bringing to bear 20 years of experience animating and supervising, after his most recent role as animation director at ILM.
Internationally acclaimed visual effects studio leverages proprietary virtual anatomy and biophysics simulation platform co-founded by SciTech Academy Award winner James Jacobs for character and creature work.
Oscar-winning independent U.K. visual effects house secures investment from the Business Growth Fund to grow the company, with increased focus in the feature film market.
Bournemouth, U.K.-based visual effects studio creates more than 420 shots as sole VFX vendor for director Johannes Roberts’ intense survival film, ‘47 Meters Down.’
VES of Los Angeles and the Hollywood Section of SMPTE emphasize the importance of augmented reality technologies with special joint June meeting.
The multi-platform VR experience is based on Columbia Pictures’ 'Spider-Man: Homecoming,' in theaters July 7, and will be free across major VR platforms PlayStationVR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift June 30.
Interim co-chief executive officer and chief marketing officer to lead Autodesk through next phase of growth.
Fictional personality Autonomous Rolf borrows vocal synthesizer Hatsune Miku’s voice to sing ‘It’s Not Unusual,’ in ‘Auto Nom,’ one part of a series of animations based on Rolf.
Adobe certified trainer Nick Harauz delivers hands-on approach to 360 Filmmaking; Free 360 assets and video tutorials take filmmakers from ‘Intro to Export’ in the Cinematic 360 postproduction workflow.
Pixar Animation Studios threequel makes $53.5 million for its domestic debut to beat director Patty Jenkins’ super hero movie; ‘Wonder Woman’ on track to overtake ‘Mama Mia!’ as the top-grossing female-directed live-action film of all time.
3D software company Allegorithmic says the digital painting contest received over 1,200 entries, prompting a rules adjustment to allow more winners.
Former Imaginary Forces A-team reunites with Alma Mater co-founders Brian Mah and James Anderson.
Boutique VFX house Drive Studios turns to Thinkbox Software’s Deadline to manage their render farm and workstations.
First-ever Disney•Pixar film to be available in the immersive format set for screenings at 380 4DX locations in 48 countries around the globe.
Sixty40 continues to attract globally celebrated directors, adding Brazilian mixed media director Boca, French animation director Skull and design storyteller Kyra Bartley to their talent pool.
Montreal’s genre festival presents the North American premieres of Cannes sensation 'The Villainess' and Takashi Miike’s 'Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable,' Luc Besson’s 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,' new creations from Masaaki Yuasa and a lifetime achievement award for Larry Cohen.
The free, unconventional, six-month professional training program for students with no previous experience will consider natural ability, and is scheduled to launch in Bourg-lès-Valence, France in 2018.
The new CG series is based on the best-selling PlayStation game franchise of the same name, representing a collaboration among Technicolor, Sony Interactive Entertainment and investment group PGS, and will be distributed for audiences around the world.
The network will evoke discussion of international production at Annecy in a panel led by ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ creatives.
AICP joined with the STUDIO for animation to usher in rebrand at AICP Week.
Version 3.5 of the markerless mocap solution doubles tracking speed, increases calibration speed and accuracy and provides enhanced animation export functionality.
The ambitious new, hyperrealistic CGI comedy series is in pre-production for a planned 2019 broadcast.
Trollbäck+Company‘s striking show-opening animation revealed the first new AICP logo in 45 years at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
The film’s producers Iryna Kostyuk, Egor Olesov and Anna Eliseeva will present the in-development film’s teaser introducing the protagonists on June 15 at MIFA.
Fast growing Swedish VFX and CGI company Goodbye Kansas has replaced previous brands Fido, Bläck, Imagination Studios and Pixel Grinder with Goodbye Kansas Studios, an integrated company consisting of 150 artists and producers.
