AUSTIN, TX — NewTek’s VP/head of 3D software development, Rob Powers, served as supervisor of the Virtual Art Department (VAD) for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s The Adventures of Tintin prior t ...
January 17, 2012
LOS ANGELES — According to the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), independent films won nine top awards at the Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.
January 16, 2012
There has been a lot of discussion concerning the 2011 films in the running for Best Picture, and the first major awards event, the Golden Globes, has set the stage for this and other categories durin ...
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA — American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced nominations for the 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television and documentaries.
BEVERLY HILLS — Visual effects technologist Jonathan Erland has been voted the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (www.os ...
January 13, 2012
CHICAGO — SIGGRAPH (www.siggraph.org), the conference for computer graphics and interactive techniques, based here, has selected the sites for its 2013 and 2014 North American conferences. SIGGRAPH 20 ...
January 12, 2012
BEVERLY HILLS — The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences approved documentary and short films rules for the 85th Academy Awards at its most recent meeting. The most si ...
LOS ANGELES — Motion capture system developer Vicon (www.vicon.com) recently collaborated with the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts at the USC School of Cinematic Arts to upgrade their motion c ...
January 11, 2012
BEVERLY HILLS — The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award to Douglas Trumbull, a visionary filmmaker who has worked as a desi ...
WAYNE, NJ — JVC Professional Products Company (pro.jvc.com) has introduced the GY-HMQ10, a new handheld 4K camcorder. Powered by JVC’s Falconbrid large-scale integration (LSI) chip and a 1/2-inch CMOS ...
January 10, 2012