Growing a Studio – Ken Ralston Talks VFX at Imageworks
The five-time Oscar winning visual effects supervisor reflects on his career at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
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Stars Come Out for 'Blue Mountain Mystery' Premiere
A host of top gathered at Vue Cinema, Leicester Square with their families to attend the blue carpet premiere of the latest action-packed Thomas & Friends feature-length special “Blue Mountain Mystery.”
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Digital Domain Stock Plunges; Textor Plans Buyout
Shares of visual effects company Digital Domain Media Group have plunged 75 percent in four months; CEO John Textor tells regulators he’s considering buying the company.
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Sean Broughton Talks Collaboration
The Smoke and Mirrors founder talks about how the global recession killed collaboration, and why it’s on its way back.
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Chuck Jones Centennial Celebration Announced
The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity announces the Chuck Jones Centennial Celebration Film Festival on Friday, September 11.
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AniMazSpot Announces UPA Panel
animazspot, I Heart UPA, Tom Sito, Bob Kurtz, John Andrews, and Fred Crippen, animation, cartoons, upa, events, people
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'Bakshi Blues' Seeks Animator
Animation Legend Ralph Bakshi is searching for one "old-school, traditional, full animation-style” animator for the forthcoming “Bakshi Blues.”
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FOX Names Joe Early COO
Joe Earley has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer for Fox Broadcasting Company.
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Kidscreen Awards Announces Judges
Ramping up for its first round of judging, the 2013 Kidscreen Awards team has assembled three panels of judges who will carefully review all of the entries submitted into the Programming Categories.
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'Black Dynamite'’s LeSean Thomas Talks Animation
Animator LeSean Thomas speaks at TEDxSinchon about his experience moving to Seoul to work in South Korea’s animation industry.
'Fantasia' Animator Ken Walker Dies
Animator and director Ken Walker, whose work for Disney included such memorable films as “Alice in Wonderland” and “Fantasia,” died August 18 at the age of 91.
Genndy Tartakovsky Opens Up About 'Hotel Transylvania'
Director Genndy Tartakovsky discusses the making of Sony’s forthcoming animated feature, “Hotel Transylvania.”
Nickelodeon Promotes Russell Hicks
Nickelodeon veteran Russell Hicks is named to the new position of president of content development and production; Brown Johnson, long-time president of Nickelodeon Animation, exits the company.
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Aardman’s Heather Wright Talks Commercials
Aardman Animations’ Heather Wright talks to AWN about trends in animation and advertising.
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George T. Whitesides to Keynote 2012 VES Summit
The Visual Effects Society announces George T. Whitesides, CEO and President of Virgin Galactic, as the keynote speaker at the 2012 VES Summit.
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Matte World Digital Closes
Marin County, CA-based Matte World Digital officially closes its doors.
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Digital Domain Pledges $100K for VFX Trade Association
The SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference earlier this month included a no-press-allowed address to the SIGGRAPH Business Symposium by Digital Domain CEO John Textor.
Warner Bros. Signs First-Look Deal with Gulfstream Pictures
Gulfstream sets up shop at Warner Bros. to develop and co-finance tentpole films.
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ABC Appoints Andrew Kubitz
Esteemed entertainment executive Andrew Kubitz has been named executive vice president, Program Planning & Scheduling, ABC Entertainment Group.
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Perpendicular Launches 'The Brave and Handsome Squad'
The new web series, “The Brave and Handsome Squad,” shows you don't need to be Disney or Nickelodeon to launch a cartoon into ass-kicking action.
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DIVE Joins ShootersNYC
ShootersNYC has gone Hollywood adding a key weapon to its creative arsenal with DIVE, the Philadelphia-based visual effects division of ShootersINC.
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Robert Englund Joins Syfy’s 'Lake Placid'
Horror legend Robert Englund will star as the latest member of the Bickerman Family in the Original Movie “Lake Placid: The Final Chapter.”
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Film at REDCAT Unveils Fall Lineup
Entering its tenth year in the fall 2012, Film at REDCAT plays an enthusiastic homage to different forms of cutting-edge filmmaking new and old, from here and afar.
Matthew Broderick Lends His Voice to 'Adventure Time'
Celebrated actor Matthew Broderick will play “The Dream Warrior,” a new character to be featured in an upcoming episode of Cartoon Network’s hit animated series “Adventure Time.”
Juried Emmy Animation Winners Announced
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announces the juried winners for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in the category of Individual Achievement in Animation.
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