Weta Digital Opens L.A. and San Francisco Offices, Adds to Board of Directors
Former Disney COO Tom Staggs, former Google executive Jeff Huber, and Peter Jackson’s longtime partner Ken Kamins appointed as part of company’s continuing expansion.
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Weta Digital Names Joe Marks as New CTO
Veteran tech exec joins company from Carnegie Mellon University; will oversee technology initiatives for VFX work as well as at new animation division.
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Weta Digital Launches Weta Animated Original Content Business
Fulfilling Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh’s long-time dream, leading VFX studio will for the first begin producing original animated feature and episodic content.
Napster Co-Founder Sean Parker Makes ‘Significant’ Investment in Weta Digital
Billionaire philanthropist and entrepreneur, Facebook’s first president, partners with VFX pioneer to help fund studio’s growth.
Can Three Caesars Add Up to One More Oscar for Joe Letteri?
Weta’s four-time Oscar-winning senior VFX supervisor talks about the complexities of creating believable digital ape performances in the final film in Fox’s ‘Apes’ trilogy reboot, director Matt Reeves’ futuristic action adventure ‘War for the Planet of the Apes.’
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The 2018 VFX Nominees: Doubling Down on Digital Effects
Group of 20 nominees draws on two decades of experience and technological advances, delivering shots that were previously unimaginable.
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The 16th Annual VES Awards: Reactions, Photos and More
Get a peek at the winners onstage and backstage at this year’s grand Visual Effects Society bash.
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‘Nachsaison’ Takes Top Prize at VIEW Conference
Three Savannah College of Art and Design projects earn special mentions from the star-studded jury.
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The Rookies Adding Online Courses, Certification Process
Mentor and awards program looks to establish industry approved review process to help students be better prepared to work in the VFX, animation and games industries.
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VES to Present Georges Méliès Award to Joe Letteri
Honor recognizing pioneering significant and lasting contributions to the art and science of the visual effects industry will be presented at the 16th annual VES Awards in February.
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The Industry’s Best and Brightest All Set to Share Their VIEW
The 18th VIEW Conference in Turin, Italy gets ready to present its biggest program ever of top animation, VFX, VR and game industry experts.
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The Rookies Ranks Top Creative Media and Entertainment Schools
L.A.-based Gnomon tops the animation ranking, while Germany’s Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg is the No. 1 VFX school.
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VIEW Conference 2017 Announces Final Program
Registration now open for 18th annual computer graphics symposium running October 23-27; entries underway for ‘View Awards’ and ‘Games Bootcamp.’
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Winners Announced for The Rookies 2017
Representing more than 600 academic facilities located in over 80 countries worldwide, worldwide, Autodesk-sponsored student competition received 8,725 digital projects created by 2,752 students.
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VIEW Conference Adds Oscar-Winning VFX Talent to 2017 Speaker Lineup
Four-time Oscar winner Joe Letteri, Oscar winner John Nelson, two-time Oscar winner Bill Westenhofer, and Oscar winner Martin Hill join the roster of more than 25 top industry professionals already confirmed for Italy’s computer graphics conference.
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Andy Serkis and Joe Letteri to Speak at RTX Austin 2017
Both the actor and the Academy Award-winning VFX supervisor for WETA Digital, respectively, will sit on the keynote panel and host an exclusive Q&A following an early screening of ‘War for the Planet of the Apes,’ their recent collaboration.
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Joe Letteri to Present ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ at VIEW 2017
Renowned Weta Digital senior visual effects supervisor to present the evolution of visual effects technology and artistry behind the final film in the trilogy at VIEW 2017 running October 23-27, 2017 in Torino, Italy.
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The Rookies Announces 7th Annual Call For Entries for Young Creators
Deadline for submissions to Autodesk-sponsored global competition is May 29th.
2017 Academy VFX Bake-Off: Finding the Five Motion Picture Nominees
From fiery photorealistic oil rig disasters and fractal geometry-based inter-dimensional mind-bending psychic excursions, to a digitally recreated Carrie Fisher as young Princes Leia, this year’s crop of ten best visual effects productions presented at the Motion Picture Academy represent another reminder of the breadth, depth and range of creative artistry and talent within the industry.
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WATCH: Weta Digital's Joe Letteri Talks 'The Hobbit' and Virtual Production at FMX 2015
Joe Letteri, senior VFX supervisor and studio director at Weta Digital, discusses the use of digital characters and virtual production technology on the three 'Hobbit' films.
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FMX 2015 Celebrating 20 Years of Excellence
Top industry professionals in animation, effects, games and transmedia share their thoughts on the success of the FMX Conference, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2015.
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FMX 2015 to Celebrate 40 Years of ILM
Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia celebrates its 20th Anniversary with ‘20 Years of ‘Toy Story,’ presentation from VFX luminary Joe Letteri, ‘20 years of Weta Digital,’ and ‘40 years of Industrial Light & Magic.’
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PGA to Honor Peter Jackson
The PGA announces that Peter Jackson, Joe Letteri and Weta Digital will receive the Producers Guild’s 2014 Vanguard Award to be presented January 19 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
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