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
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