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Paolo Moscatelli Joins Smoke & Mirrors Bangkok
Award-winning post-production company Smoke & Mirrors has appointed Paolo Moscatelli as Visual Effects Supervisor, tasked with heading up the company's growing CG department in...
Authentic Mayhem
VFX crews set the ground rules for the firefights, weapons and supervillain antics for Warner Bros.’ most-recent DC Comics adaptation, Suicide Squad.
Suicide Squad from...
VIEW Confirms ‘Trolls,’ ‘Captain America’ Talks and More
Following last week’s programming announcement, Italy’s VIEW Conference has locked in its 2016 event schedule, confirming talks on upcoming animated musical-comedy Trolls and the...
‘Sausage Party’ Animators Claim Wurst Practices
R-rated CG comedy Sausage Party proved a surprise hit over its first weekend in release, boasting strong box office numbers well over the film's...
VIEW Conference 2016 Details Revealed
Italy's largest computer graphics and digital media conference, VIEW, will take place in Turin October 24-28 this year. The 2016 edition promises the largest...
SIGGRAPH: Emerging Tech
+ SIGGRAPH continues to reveal programming highlights for the July 24-28 event in Anaheim, CA. On Wednesday, check out the Emerging Technologies "Best of...
Imageworks Vancouver Announces Key Hires
Randy Lake, president of Oscar-winning VFX and animation studio Sony Pictures Imageworks, has announced four new hires for the Sony Pictures Ent. unit’s Vancouver...
‘Angry Birds’ Feathers Nest with No. 1 Opening
CG action-comedy The Angry Birds Movie from Rovio Animation and Columbia Pictures (with animation by Sony Pictures Imageworks in Vancouver) is off to a...
Animation Supe Spencer Cook Joins Framestore
VFX house Framestore announces that animation veteran Spencer Cook has joined the studio as Animation Supervisor on Disney's upcoming live-action reimagining of Beauty and...
Lucasfilm Taps Rob Bredow as CTO
Lucasfilm has promoted Rob Bredow to the position of Chief Technology Officer, the production company’s General Manager Lynwen Brennan announced today. Bredow joined Lucasfilm’s...
VIEW Conference Sets Deep Programming Lineup
The VIEW Conference has announced its lineup of keynote addresses and programming for its 2015 edition, set for Oct. 19-23 in Turin, Italy.
The lineup...
Academy Considers 20 Sci-Tech Achievements
The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 20 scientific and technical achievements, involving...
Technicolor Adds Sean Mullen, David Kern in Expansion
Technicolor is expanding its animation and games division with the appointment of Sean Mullen as creative director and David Kern as games technical director.
Mullen...
LAIKA Opts for Foundry’s FLIX on ‘Kubo’
Award-winning stop-motion studio LAIKA (The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman, Coraline) has picked London developer The Foundry's web-based FLIX software solution to aid its pre-production and storyboarding...
‘Dragon 2,’ ‘Mickey’ Dominate 42nd Annie Awards
The big night has come and gone — and it was a good one for DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon 2 and...
Oscar Watch: Best Visual Effects Contenders
The short list of visual effects films that will head to the annual bake-off won't be known until early in December, but the race...
Koh to Preside Over Additional Anti-Poaching Cases
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh will preside over a series of lawsuits accusing animation and visual-effects studios of participating in an illegal anti-poaching and...
Wage Suppression Suit Requests Apple Case Judge
The legal action against DreamWorks Animation, Disney, Pixar, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Lucasfilm alleging the studios had a deal in place...
Growth Spurt
Canada's deep talent pool, excellent infrastructure and generous tax incentives are fueling a new boom in animation and visual-effects work.
Michael Hefferon
Few countries as well...
VIEW Conference Sets Animation, VFX Programs
The VIEW Conference has announced the program for its 2014 edition, set for Oct. 14-18 in Turin, Italy.
This year's event will feature the return...
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