Congrats to Mike Gabriel (LORENZO) and Chris Landreth (RYAN) for recent their triumphs at Annecy. By now you’ve become very familiar with these highly imaginative and technically innovative animated shorts, thanks to VFXWORLD’s timely coverage. Obviously both are must-sees. Meanwhile, later in the week, Henry Turner travels around world to discover the vfx wonders that lie within Disney and Walden Media's remake of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. And, in a real coup, production designer Alex McDowell takes us inside the innovative 3D planning and design of Steven Spielberg’s THE TERMINAL with VFXWORLD’s first-ever production diary.

Bill Desowitz
Editor