LOS ANGELES — The VES recently announced the nominees for the 13th Annual VES Awards. The yearly celebration recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, televisio ...

January 13, 2015

BEVERLY HILLS — The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented the 72nd Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night at gala held at the Beverly Hilton hotel. The show was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler ...

January 12, 2015

LOS ANGELES — Colorist Joe Finley, whose credits include the HBO series Game of Thrones, has joined The SIM Group’s Chainsaw division. He brings more than 20 years of experience in features and episod ...

January 12, 2015

MELVILLE, NY — Canon USA’s senior fellow Larry Thorpe received the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring an individual whose ongoing contributions have significantly affected the sta ...

January 9, 2015

LOS ANGELES — Five directors of photography will vie for the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Award in the theatrical motion picture category at the organization’s 29th Outstanding Achieveme ...

January 7, 2015

NEW YORK — Author Jeff Foster and Focal Press recently released “The Green Screen Handbook, Second Edition,” a comprehensive how-to manual that walks readers through the many integral techniques requi ...

January 6, 2015

PORTLAND, OR — Laika is teaming up with Heritage Auctions (www.HA.com) to auction off over 250 props and models from some of its successful stop-motion films, including The Boxtrolls, Coraline and Par ...

January 6, 2015

VANCOUVER — Zoic Studios (www.zoicstudios.com) completed work on 155 visual effects shots for Tim Burton’s latest live action feature, Big Eyes. VFX supervisors Mark Stetson and Ralph Maiers led a tea ...

January 5, 2015

VANCOUVER — MPC’s (www.moving-picture.com) team recently completed 250 shots for the new feature film, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. The film brings back Ben Stiller as Larry, who unites bo ...

December 22, 2014

STUDIO CITY, CA — On February 15, 2015, The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) will honor supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer Skip Lievsay with its 2015 MPSE Career Achievement Award. Lievsay ...

December 18, 2014