SYDNEY — David Nobay, founder and creative chairman of agency Marcel Sydney, is set to depart the agency this month to launch a new venture, Imperfect Circle, with boutique post production company Fin ...
February 14, 2019
LOS ANGELES — Finishing house Chapeau (www.chapeaufx.com) recently completed work on SimpliSafe’s Fear Is Everywhere spot, which debuted during Super Bowl LIII. The :30 commercial addresses the parano ...
February 11, 2019
SANTA MONICA — Jamm (https://www.jammvisual.com) created the visual effects featured in Hyundai’s The Elevator Super Bowl spot. The commercial stars actor Jason Bateman, who portrays an elevator opera ...
February 5, 2019
NEW YORK CITY — Cut+Run’s (cutandrun.com) Robert Ryang edited Anheuser Busch's spot promoting their new brand, Bon & Viv’s Spiked Seltzer. Conceived by Agency Bullish, the commercial features foun ...
February 4, 2019
LOS ANGELES — The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced its 2019 board of directors. The officers, who comprise the VES Board Executive Committee, were elected at the January 2019 board meeting.
January 31, 2019
BOURNEMOUTH, UK — Karsten Hecker has joined Outpost VFX (outpostvfx.co.uk) as head of technology. He will lead the studio’s security, pipeline, systems, engineering and IT teams.
January 30, 2019
BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Maxon software architect, lead developer and designer Per-Anders Edwards is among the individual recipients being honored this year with an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scien ...
January 25, 2019
NEW YORK CITY — Boutique visual effects studio PowerHouse VFX (www.powerhousevfx.com) served as the sole visual effects vendor on M. Night Shyamalan’s new feature, Glass, which opened in theaters on J ...
LOS ANGELES — VFX studio Electric Theatre Collective (electrictheatre.tv) has added to its roster of talent in LA with the recent hiring of Joshua Guillaume, who will serve as senior Nuke lead. He bri ...
January 24, 2019
SAN JOSE, CA — Adobe (www.adobe.com) has acquired French company Allegorithmic, the maker of Substance, a tool for creating 3D textures and material. By combining Allegorithmic’s Substance 3D design t ...
January 23, 2019