The multifaceted Mike Mills isn’t just an acclaimed writer/director who’s best known for his independent films, Beginners (2011) and Thumbsucker (2005); he also works as a graphic designer and artist ...
January 20, 2017
Editor Sebastián Sepúlveda recently collaborated with director Pablo Larrain on the new Fox Searchlight film Jackie, which stars Natalie Portman as the former First Lady. The film paints an intimate p ...
January 13, 2017
The first in the “Star Wars Anthology” series, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story takes place shortly before the events of the original Star Wars, when Rebel spies, led by Jyn Erso, set out to steal the des ...
January 18, 2017
Owen Suskind’s world is filled with Hollywood-crafted sound, culled from the comprehensive collection of Disney Classics animations. That’s because they play inside his head non-stop. “He’s a walking ...
STUDIO CITY, CA — On February 19th, supervising sound editor and sound designer Harry Cohen, MPSE, will be presented with The Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 2017 MPSE Career Achievement Award. Cohen is ...
January 31, 2017
LOS ANGELES — Chaos Group (chaosgroup.com) announced last month that its co-founder, Vlado Koylazov, was honored with a Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci ...
February 6, 2017
HOLLYWOOD — Biola University’s acclaimed Cinema and Media Arts Program (www.biola.edu/cinema-and-media-arts-ba) recently sponsored a Studio Task Force Dinner at CBS Studios in Los Angeles with special ...
Editor Alan E. Bell, ACE has edited films such as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1,Part 2 and Catching Fire; The Amazing Spider-Man; Water for Elephants; and (500) Days of Summer. Here, he discusse ...
Bob Schachner is a Sound Designer with Alkemy X (www.alkemy-x.com), which has studios in New York City and Philadelphia. Here, he reflects on the trends affecting the audio post business, and new oppo ...
Ken Vale is the Executive Creative Director at Artifact Design (http://www.artifactdesign.com) in Atlanta. Here, he looks at the quickly evolving media landscape and how design continues to inspire.
January 17, 2017
Michael Nikonov is the Founder/Chief Technology Officer of iPi Soft (http://ipisoft.com), the Moscow, Russia-based developer of markerless motion capture software. Here, he talks about the challenges ...
Chris Ryan is a Colorist and Partner at Nice Shoes (http://www.niceshoes.com) in New York City. Here, discusses the shift from TV to mobile, and the need to understand new storytelling platforms.
Tom Williams, co-founder and CEO at Ostmodern (www.ostmodern.co.uk) in London, discusses the themes that he and the team anticipate taking center-stage in 2017 across the Video On Demand space. Will i ...
Tony Clark is the founder and president of Rising Sun Pictures (https://rsp.com.au/home/) in Adelaide, South Australia. The studio has contributed to films and series such as X-Men: Apocalypse, Promet ...
January 19, 2017
Ron Smith is the Executive Director, Mastering & Restoration, for Roundabout Entertainment Inc. (www.roundabout.com) in Burbank, CA. Here, he looks at the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and ...
Chris Bond is the CEO and Founder of Thinkbox Software (www.thinkboxsoftware.com) in Los Angeles. Here, he looks at the growing popularity of usage-based software models.
MONTREAL — As a 12-year-old, Conor is dealing with far more than other boys his age. His beloved and devoted mother (Felicity Jones) is ill. He has little in common with his grandmother, and his fathe ...
To tell the story of a soldier who returns to the USA, damaged by his time in Iraq, director Ang Lee tore up the cinema rule book. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk was shot at 120 frames-per-second (fp ...