SANTA MONICA — RPA, an independent ad agency headquartered here, has promoted EVP/executive creative director Joe Baratelli to the position of EVP/chief creative officer.

July 11, 2012

LONDON — Pixomondo (http://www.pixomondo.com), which has offices worldwide, has added executive producer Roma O’Connor and VFX supervisor Joern Grosshans to its London studio.

July 10, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO — Kathleen Kennedy will become co-chair of Lucasfilm, allowing George Lucas to more forward with his retirement plans. Lucas, who will become co-chairman of the board of Lucasfilm and wi ...

June 1, 2012

BEVERLY HILLS — Ten students from nine US colleges and universities have been selected as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 39th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. Wi ...

May 15, 2012

LOS ANGELES — Iartists (www.iartists.tv) has launched in LA, representing an international collective of directors, designers, animators, visual effects pros, storytellers and digital experts, working ...

May 11, 2012

BURBANK, CA — FotoKem ( www.fotokem.com ) has appointed Joseph Slomka as VP and principal color scientist for the company’s digital post production and creative picture services. He will spearhead the ...

March 26, 2012

BEVERLY HILLS — Receiving a 2012 Scientific and Engineering Award (an Academy Plaque) on Saturday was the late John D. Lowry, Ian Cavén, Ian Godin, Kimball Thurston and Tim Connolly for the developmen ...

February 13, 2012

DALLAS — Artist, designer and Maxon (www.maxon.net) user Barton Damer recently won top honors in the Creative Catalyst: Design for Change Competition, an international contest that invites artists to ...

January 23, 2012

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

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 ...

January 11, 2012