LOS ANGELES — The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 20 scientific and technical achievements, involving 11 distinct investigat ...
August 24, 2015
PLAYA VISTA, CA — Academy Award-winning visual effects studio Digital Domain (www.digitaldomain.com) has appointed O.D. Welch president. He will manage all aspects of the day-to-day operations at Digi ...
August 18, 2015
LONDON — Cinesite (www.cinesite.com) and Image Engine (http://image-engine.com) have announced a merger of the two companies. The alliance gives the two entities a combined staff of over 525 artists w ...
July 2, 2015
NEW YORK — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present “An Animation Showcase: From Celluloid to CGI,” an animation series, from April 24th through May 29th in New York City. Aimed at ...
April 2, 2015
LOS ANGELES — Veteran sound design Frank Serafine, whose credits include Tron and The Hunt for Red October, has planned a 33-city tour, in which he will share his knowledge with filmmakers, broadcast ...
March 17, 2015
SANTA MONICA — Executive producer CL Weaver and editors Kirk Baxter, Eric Zumbrunnen and Matt Murphy recently joined forces to launch post boutique Exile (www.exileedit.com). Editor Conor O’Neill ( Fo ...
SUNNYVALE, CA — Cogswell College (www.cogswell.edu) will host Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) technical director Wajid Raza on Wednesday, March 25. The special guest lecture will take place from 7: ...
March 16, 2015
EMERYVILLE, CA — Eight graduates of Ex’pression College (www.expression.edu) worked on films that were nominated for Oscars at this year’s 87th Academy Awards ceremony, which was held on February 22.
February 26, 2015
LOS ANGELES — The 87th Academy Awards took place on Sunday night in Los Angeles, recognizing achievement in film for the year 2014. While the style awards all went to The Grand Budapest Hotel (Hair &a ...
February 23, 2015
WINTER PARK, FL — More than 100 Full Sail University (www.fullsail.edu) graduates are credited with work on 22 Oscar-nominated films. The projects span 20 categories. The 87th annual Academy Awards wi ...
February 19, 2015