Here are a few job lies you hear when you think you just can’t take one more ounce of rejection.

Planning distribution early in production is key to a film’s success.

Success brings contracts, and contracts bring legalese. To get past the legalese painlessly, you need a good crib sheet and The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers gives you just that.

Learning the basics of animation on your own is very doable. This second of a four part series on the tools of the trade looks at inexpensive, small, and fast storyboarding softwares used for animation.

Here are a few simple things to keep in mind the next time you decide it’s not worth your time to interview for a job you are not sure you want.

The deadline for applications to participate as a student volunteer at SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 is July 3.

LeapFrog announced their partnership with Zinkia to bring global children’s hit POCOYO to the LeapPad.

How do we anticipate the future and what will be the role for artistic individuals in its shaping? What kind of creative canvases will the future offer us? How will technology, sciences and their fusion with arts impact our creative powers? How will imagination fit into this brave new world?

William McDonald has been appointed the new Chair of the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media (FTVDM) at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT), effective July 1, 2012.

We often say things to sound prolific, savvy, or with it, but do you know how it sounds to the person sitting on the other side of the desk?

Ron Meyer, Universal Studios President and COO, will be the 2012 Commencement Speaker for this year’s UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s (TFT) commencement ceremony.

The winners for the 2012 CG Student Awards have been announced.

The Vancouver Animation School was recognized by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) as the winner of the CIRA Impact Award for elearning in 2012.

Online animation school Animation Mentor announced that it has partnered with Autodesk to host an all-day animation workshop on Saturday, June 30, 2012.

The U.S. Depart of Labor reported yesterday that last month, animation industry employers posted 3,800 really cool job openings, though only 17 were for paid positions.

Seamus, a 33-year old male Irish animator in his prime, captured by authorities while bus touring through Kuala Lumpur in 2007, is one of the reasons hope remains for the Malaysian animation industry.

Digital Domain Media Group announced that it will establish a new animation/VFX Studio and Digital Domain Institute at Abu Dhabi’s twofour54.

Last month I asked my readers what their favorite animated series of the last 50 years were. Now the votes are in...

I’m returning from two days spent teaching a program at The Animation Workshop on producing independent animated feature films and the particular challenges of doing so in Europe.

Whether it’s the job market, the economy, your personal life or the fact you can’t stand the commute any longer, whatever is getting under your skin the fact is this to shall pass. When you are ready to call it quits, think about all that is good in your life (even if you have to think creatively), and pull yourself together.