Barbara Ford Grant Named President NEP Prysm Stages
Role NEP Group’s newly formed business unit will focus on expanding company’s global virtual production solutions while supporting its network of permanent stages for film and tv.
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Academy Announces Shortlists in 10 Categories for 94th Oscars
VFX category narrowed down to 10 films, while animated short category narrowed to 15; voting for nominations runs January 27 – February 1, 2022.
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Amazon Nimble Studio Offers Animators a Home in the Cloud
Nimble Collective co-founder Rex Grignon and Kyle Roche, Head of Immersive Technology for Amazon Web Services, talk about their recently-launched cloud-based production service.
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Academy Announces 26 Animated Features Eligible for Oscar Consideration
Members will vote to determine five nominees for best animated feature film award; films also qualify for other categories including best picture.
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Academy’s ‘Virtual Production Filmmaking: Are You Game?’ Talk Now Live
Don’t miss the Academy’s Science and Technology Council tour of the latest virtual production technologies and innovations; Jon Favreau, Rob Bredow, Caleb Deschanel, Dana Glauberman, and Rob Legato share their experiences October 21 at 1 PM PST.
Academy Announces New Board of Governors
Casting director David Rubin re-elected AMPAS president; roster of officers increases by two with addition of the Equity and Inclusion Committee and the separation of Membership and Governance into two committees.
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Academy Announces Date Change for 94th Oscars
Ceremony moves to March 27, 2022; film eligibility window returns to standard December 31 deadline, though requirements remain unchanged from 2021 awards.
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‘Soul,’ ‘If Anything Happens I love You,’ and 'Tenet' Take Home Oscar Gold
‘Soul’ also wins for Best Musical Score, while ‘Mank’ wins for Best Cinematography, in the final ceremony of the 2021 awards season.
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Virtual Production Takes Center Stage in ‘The Midnight Sky’
Digitized shots of Icelandic snow, glaciers, and misty weather, coupled with real-time camera tracking and Unreal Engine, meant high-resolution environment projections, and lighting, could be captured in-camera to provide unprecedented realism for onstage shooting, in George Clooney and Netflix’s Oscar-nominated sci-fi drama.
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On the Road to the 93rd Oscars: The Animated Short Film Nominees
‘Burrow,’ ‘Genius Loci,’ ‘If Anything Happens I Love You,’ ‘Opera,’ and ‘Yes-People’ vie for this year’s Best Animated Short Oscar.
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On the Road to the 93rd Oscars: The Animated Feature Film Nominees
‘Onward,’ ‘Over the Moon,’ ‘A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon,’ ‘Soul,’ and ‘Wolfwalkers’ vie for this year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar.
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On the Road to the 93rd Oscars: The Visual Effects Nominees
‘Love and Monsters,’ ‘The Midnight Sky,’ ‘Mulan,’ ‘The One and Only Ivan,’ and ‘Tenet’ vie for this year’s Best Visual Effects Oscar.
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Nominations Announced for 93rd Academy Awards
‘Onward,’ ‘Over the Moon,’ ‘A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon,’ ‘Soul,’ and ‘Wolfwalkers’ receive Best Animated Feature nominations; ‘Burrow,’ ‘Genius Loci,’ ‘If Anything Happens I Love You,’ ‘Opera,’ and ‘Yes-People are nominated for Best Animated Short.
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Academy Announces Shortlists in 9 Categories for 93rd Oscars
VFX and animated short categories narrowed down to 10 films each; voting for nominations runs March 5-10.
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17 Scientific & Technical Achievements to be Honored at Academy Sci-Tech Awards
Shotgun, ftrack Studio, the ILM HairCraft Dynamics System, and Walt Disney Animation Studios Hair Simulation System among the achievements being awarded at upcoming February 13 virtual ceremony.
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Academy Announces 27 Animated Features Eligible for Oscar Consideration
Members will vote to determine five nominees for best animated feature film award; films also qualify for other categories including best picture.
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Cinesite Adds VFX Supervisor Artemis Oikonomopoulou
The 20-year industry veteran comes full circle as she returns to the studio where she began her career armed with an impressive list of film credits.
Brooke Keesling, Jorge Gutierrez to Host Academy’s Virtual ‘Art of Animation’ Workshop
July 6 family-friendly online event includes special guests Pete Docter, Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin, Peter Ramsey, Pierre Coffin and Hyun-min Lee.
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Academy Invites 819 New Members
Short Film and Feature Animation branch looks to add 81 new members; 48 proposed for the Visual Effects branch.
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Oscars Pushed to April 25, 2021
Film eligibility window extended for 93rd Academy Award consideration; museum opening postponed to coincide with new awards telecast date.
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Ava DuVernay, Rob Bredow Join Motion Picture Academy Board of Governors
‘Selma’ director and Head of ILM, along with newcomers Debra Zane, Stephen Rivkin, Linda Flowers, and Lynette Howell Taylor, are part of newly elected 2020-2021 board.
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NFB Names Julie Roy Director General, Creation and Innovation
Celebrated National Film Board French Animation Studio executive producer, with more than 50 productions to her credit, brings experience and risk-taking to new post.
15th International Summit Animayo Virtual Edition Coming May 15 -17
Oscar qualifying Spanish animation festival embarks on virtual journey, offering free masterclasses with an international line-up of artists and creators.
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Oscars Amid COVID-19: Streamed Films Eligible This Year
Films initially streamed commercially after theatrical release was postponed or canceled can be submitted for Academy Awards consideration; sound mixing and sound editing awards being combined into one category.
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92nd Oscars: ‘Toy Story 4,’ ‘Hair Love’ and ‘1917’ Win Academy Awards
‘1917’ also takes home Oscars for Best Cinematography and Sound Mixing in the final ceremony of the 2020 awards season.
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