LOS ANGELES – The Academy has voted 17 students as winners of the 43rd Student Academy Awards competition. The Academy received a record number of entries this year – 1,749 films from 286 domestic and ...

August 30, 2016

LOS ANGELES — Alpha Group Co. Ltd. has announced that Bob Bacon will serve as chief executive officer of Alpha Animation, a new division dedicated to the development and production of high-quality ani ...

August 30, 2016

CULVER CITY, CA — Mercury Insurance partnered with agency Kovel/Fuller (www.kovelfuller.com) to create a multi-spot campaign that will run throughout 2017. The first commercial in the campaign debuted ...

August 26, 2016

MELVILLE, NY — Canon USA, Inc., has introduced the EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR camera. The camera’s 30.4 megapixel 35mm Full Frame Canon CMOS sensor offers stunning image quality while the DIGIC 6+ Image Proc ...

August 25, 2016

MELVILLE, NY — Canon USA, Inc. (www.usa.canon.com), has introduced the EOS 7D Mark II Kit, featuring the new SD card-sized Wi-Fi adapter W-E1. This new Wi-Fi adapter, when placed in the camera’s SD ca ...

August 25, 2016

LOS ANGELES — Mill+ (themill.com) recently collaborated with 25/7 Productions and director Michael John Warren to create the opening titles for Fearless. The new Netflix series documents Brazilian bul ...

August 24, 2016

PARK RIDGE, NJ — Sony has expanded its NXCAM line of pro HD camcorders with the new HXR-NX5R, a compact camcorder featuring a range of enhancements over earlier models. The new camcorder offers upgrad ...

August 24, 2016

NEW YORK — NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast Corporation, has completed its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. The studio will become part of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, whi ...

August 24, 2016

LOS ANGELES — The Visual Effects Society (https://www.visualeffectssociety.com) has modified the online format of its Rules & Procedures (R&Ps). Short summaries are available on each category ...

August 24, 2016

LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently announced that Oscar-nominated film editor Mark Goldblatt ( Terminator 2: Judgment Day ) has won the runoff election for the open ...

August 22, 2016