Winners of the 2014 Autodesk sponsored CG Student Awards are announced, with Gnomon School of VFX named School of the Year.
Winners of the Animafest 2014 Grand Competition are announced, with the prize for best short film awarded to the South Korean film ‘Love Games’ (2013) by Yumi Joung.
Animation distributor GKIDS acquires North American rights to the Brazilian animated feature ‘Boy and the World,’ directed by Alê Abreu.
AWN's The Miscweant attends The Academy’s “Icons of Animation,” dedicated to the work of character designer and New Yorker cover artist Peter de Sève; artist and animator William Joyce; Argentinian illustrator, author and animator Carlos Nine; and the King of Indie Animation, Bill Plympton.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors fifteen student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 41st Student Academy Awards ceremony, with ‘Owned,’ by Daniel Clark and Wesley Tippetts, awarded the gold medal for Animation.
Creative Director/Partner Gary Nueman launches creative content and production company Engine Virtual Film Company.
Post facility Nice Shoes announces the opening of a new creative studio, Nice Shoes Creative Studio, headed by Executive Producer Geraint Owen.
Oscar winner Chris Landreth serves as mentoring director for 10th anniversary of the National Film Board of Canada’s acclaimed Hothouse program for emerging animators.
New board member to help accelerate the growth of the design business.
New hire emphasizes agency’s growth in the U.S. and global markets.
Key figures at L.A. production company Gigapix Studios accused of defrauding hundreds of investors for unfinished 3D animated ‘Wizard of Oz’ feature.
Randisi to harness Group’s global talent in the Kids genre in new CEO Role.
The VFX supervisor discusses how MPC helped director Gareth Edwards bring the iconic monster to the big screen.
Cementing its status as a true children’s classic, Magic Light Pictures’ ‘The Gruffalo’ wins a special Prix Jeunesse 50th anniversary award for Best Children’s TV Fiction Programme of the Last 50 Years.
Lauren Faust, the Emmy-winning director behind the 'My Little Pony' franchise reboot, is attached to direct new 'Medusa' feature for Sony Pictures Animation.
Bill Condon, best known for his hit feature adaptation of the musical ‘Dreamgirls,’ is set to direct a live-action version of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ for Disney.
Warner Bros. delays the Andy and Lana Wachowski movie ‘Jupiter Ascending’ from July 18 to February 6, 2015.
The Foundry hosts two sessions at MIFA 2014 to show how web-based visual story development tool FLIX is being used in production at major animation studios around the world, including DreamWorks and Sony Pictures Animation.
Multimedia content and brand management company appoints distribution veteran Andrew Berman as Senior Vice President, Global Sales.
‘Sinister’ filmmaker Scott Derrickson is hired to direct Marvel’s forthcoming ‘Doctor Strange.’
VFX legend and seven-time Academy Award winner Richard Edlund is appointed to the board of Devil & Demon Strategy.
‘Chronicle’ filmmaker Josh Trank signs on to direct a stand-alone ‘Star Wars’ film.
Previs supervisor Austin Bonang explains the extensive use of previsualization on Bryan Singer's latest installment of the X-Men franchise.
Digital animation and broadcast design studio expands creative production capabilities, launches Hispanic market division, and names Emmy Award winning producer Lori Butterfield SVP, Creative Content & Development.
Marking the first time an animated feature has been selected for the official competition program, Signe Baumane's ‘Rocks in My Pockets’ will have its world premiere at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
