Founding members include Animal Logic, Autodesk, Blue Sky Studios, Cisco, DNEG, DreamWorks Animation, Epic Games, Foundry, Google Cloud, Intel, SideFX, The Walt Disney Studios and Weta Digital.
Formal VES statement mirrors sentiment of many artists unhappy with decision to cut categories from live Academy Awards broadcast.
Organization’s Board of Governors also selected officers for six committee chairs in its annual leadership vote.
Does surprise Motion Picture Academy announcement mean fan-favorite blockbusters can compete alongside obscure member selections?
Short Film and Feature Animation branch adds 105 new members; 52 new members added to the Visual Effects branch.
Former Fox executive writes the organization has mishandled diversity issue, let Oscars ratings and relevance slide and failing to keep the Academy Museum project on schedule and budget.
AMPAS statement explains the steps taken to investigate the claim and concludes that no further action is required.
Great animated shorts and feature films produced in Europe may garner nominations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, but nary a win.
Academy governors Richard Edlund and Bill Kroyer weigh in on how to acknowledge and reward the growing number of stellar CG character performances.
2018 edition set for Nov. 19-25, with submissions open through June 24.
Creative teams from 10 Oscar hopefuls present their contributions at the Academy’s annual Visual Effects Bake-off held on Saturday, January 6 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA.
Jonathan Erland to receive Gordon E. Sawyer Award Feb. 10 at annual awards ceremony.
Members of the Music Branch to vote for up to five achievements; the five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23rd.
Visual Effects Branch’s Executive Committee narrows down the list to 10 films that will be voted on for nominations for the 90th Academy Awards.
Headed by NBCUniversal’s Ron Meyer, the board assumes governance of the project, set to open in 2019.
Adaptation of animated classic to play exclusive one-week engagement in New York and Los Angeles.
Acclaimed director of ‘The Revanant’ will receive honor Nov. 11 at the Academy’s 9th annual Governors Awards.
Deadline for submissions of animated short films to the 90th Academy Awards is October 2; submissions of Animated Features are due November 1.
CalArts, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Filmakademie, Kingston University, Ringling, SVU and USC represented in U.S and international animation categories.
ASC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient’s cinematography credits include ‘Ordinary People,’ ‘American Gigolo,’ ‘The Big Chill,’ ‘Groundhog Day,’ ‘As Good as It Gets,’ ‘The Anniversary Party,’ ‘The Way Way Back’ and ‘A Walk in the Woods.’
2017 Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation to be held on Saturday, February 10, 2018.
Animation historian Tom Sito elected to represent the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch; VFX veteran Richard Edlund re-elected to head the Visual Effects Branch.
Ninety-five new members are invited to the Short Films and Feature Animation branch; 63 new member are invited to the Visual Effects branch.
May 15 event hosted by film critic Leonard Maltin will feature a panel discussion with voice actors Donnie Dunagan and Peter Behn, animator Andreas Deja and production designer Paul Felix.
