LOS ANGELES — Dominick Spina has been appointed vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for the newly formed LightWave 3D Group, which is a division of NewTek. Spina will work closely with the ...

August 8, 2012

LOS ANGELES – Michael Moore will become president and general manager of Universal Studios Operations on September 17.  In this role, he will be part of NBCUniversal’s operations and technical se ...

July 30, 2012

SAN DIEGO — Nirvanix (www.nirvanix.com) has added to its executive management team with the recent appointment of Dru Borden, who will serve as chief strategy officer. He joins Nirvanix after successf ...

July 23, 2012

LOS ANGELES — Sundance Institute (www.sundance.org) has announced that Debbie Berman is the recipient of this year’s Sally Menke Memorial Editing Fellowship. The Fellowship was created at the Sundance ...

July 23, 2012

LOS ANGELES — German director/cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister received an Emmy nomination in the “Outstanding Cinematography For A Miniseries Or Movie” category for his work on Masterpiece’s Great ...

July 20, 2012

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