Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. Today: the ethics of crowdfunding.
AWN’s Chris Robinson suits up to present his arguments for and against a range of conceptually and aesthetically formidable contenders for best animated feature at the 89th Academy Awards.
Episodes from the second season of the award-winning animated series created and executive produced by Craig Gerber begin airing this fall.
Disney’s ‘Moana’ wins award for Best Sound & Music Editing in an animated feature film; Nickelodeon holiday special ‘Albert’ wins Best Sound & Music Editing in the TV animation category.
Dialog-free CGI animated comedy shortform series is directed by Leevi Lemmetty and produced by Tamsin Lyons of Ink and Light and Muste ja Valo Oy in association with RTE, YLE, Finnish Film Foundation and the Irish Film Board.
As part of AWN's Professional Spotlight Series recorded during VIEW 2016, the Oscar-nominated director of Disney’s hit, ‘Zootopia,’ talks about the decision to make significant story changes well into production on the animated feature film.
Emmy Award-winning exec who oversaw the launch of Disney Junior expands role to content and creative strategy across the Disney Channels worldwide portfolio.
As part of AWN's Professional Spotlight Series recorded during VIEW 2016, the Oscar-nominated VFX supervisor discusses the challenges of virtual production on the hit Disney live-action/CG hybrid feature film.
LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ Disney’s ‘Inner Workings’ and ‘Zootopia,’ and Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory’ among 28 awards for distinguished achievement.
Screening and panel discussion to be held Thursday, February 23rd at Walt Disney Animation Studios Theater.
An American entrepreneur opens China's first high-end mixed reality showroom.
Along with a slew of VFX breakdown videos and images, ‘Piper’ supervising technical director Brett Levin details the tools and techniques employed on director Alan Barillaro’s Oscar-nominated CG short.
Studio Ghibli-Wild Bunch-Why Not Productions co-production ‘The Red Turtle’ wins Best Independent Animated Feature; Pixar’s ‘Piper’ wins Best Animated Short Subject.
ILM chief creative officer and senior visual effects supervisor John Knoll -- nominated for an Oscar alongside VFX supervisor Mohen Leo, animation supervisor Hal Hickel, and special effects supervisor Neil Corbould -- details the challenges of bringing the continuing saga of the Skywalker family to the big screen.
Animated short film directed by Pixar veteran Dave Mullins is set to be released alongside ‘Cars 3’ on June 16, 2017.
Settlement in the class-action lawsuit filed workers in December 2014 on behalf of animation and VFX workers covers Disney, Pixar, Lucasfilm and Two Pic MC, formerly known as ImageMovers.
‘Moana’ producer Osnat Shurer details the meticulous process of bringing Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Oscar-nominated Polynesian adventure to the big screen.
Debut of original movie ‘Tangled Before Ever After’ leads to the highly anticipated premiere of ‘Tangled: The Series’ on March 24.
Nominees in the feature animation category are Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory,’ LAIKA’s ‘Kubo And The Two Strings,’ Walt Disney Animation Studios’ ‘Moana’ and ‘Zootopia,’ and Netflix’s ‘The Little Prince.’
Sale of the non-dialogue CGI-animated comedy series from Belarus covers the U.S., CEE, Middle East, Africa, Spain and Japan.
Two–time Oscar-winning filmmaker, director, producer, animator and writer to be honored at the 21st annual Art Directors Guild’s Excellence in Production Design Awards for his contributions to narrative design.
Weekend-long programming features a horde of heroes from beloved Disney and Pixar movies including ‘Tarzan,’ ‘Cars’ & ‘Cars 2’, ‘Finding Nemo’ and ‘Aladdin.’
Leading design studios Sarofsky, Perception and SPOV credit Maxon’s Cinema 4D for inspiring creation of main-on-end titles, previz for main assets, medical animations and a new Marvel Studios logo.
A seven-year odyssey comes to fruition as Disney's first original Chinese TV co-production.
Lucasfilm publishes a statement on the official Star Wars website dispelling rumors of a possible CG Princess Leia or General Leia Organa in future installments.
