LOS ANGELES – Sixteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 88th Academy Awards (www.oscars.org).

November 5, 2015

BURBANK — Visual effects supervisor Pat McClung — a two-time Academy Award-nominee — has joined FuseFX (http://fusefx.com), bringing with him more than 30 years of experience. He will act as both an o ...

November 3, 2015

BEVERLY HILLS — On Thursday, October 1st, Oscar winners John Lasseter, the chief creative officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, and Ed Catmull, the studios’ president, will take the stag ...

September 15, 2015

LOS ANGELES — The Academy has voted fifteen students as winners of the 42nd Student Academy Awards competition. The Academy received a record number of entries this year — 1,686 films from 282 domesti ...

August 26, 2015

BURBANK, CA — Modern VideoFilm colorist Bryan McMahan recently participated in a 4K/HDR panel discussion presented by Key Code Media. The event took place on the Sony lot and gave McMahan ( Knight of ...

August 25, 2015

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