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10 Things You Should Do in Animation School to Prepare for the Work Force!
Draw! If you think animation instruction is just learning software, you won’t get very far. Life drawing is the basis that all our...
Teaching Toons & VFX in a Changing World: Spotlight on Six Popular College Courses Across the U.S.
An “alphabet soup” of new technologies is coursing through college classes these days: AI, AR, XR and VR are affecting curricula in increasingly interesting...
WIA Awards 42 Scholarships to Emerging Creatives
Today, for the first time since 2020 — the start of the COVID-19 pandemic — WIA Scholarship winners were announced in person as part...
Director Phoebe Jane Hart Talks about Her Buzzy Sundance Short, ‘Bug Diner’
Phoebe Jane Hart’s clever and unforgettable short Bug Diner won the Best Animated Short prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival last month. The...
‘Bug Diner,’ ‘Edith and the Tall Child’ Win Top Animation Prizes at Sundance and Slamdance Festivals
Phoebe Jane Hart’s charming stop-motion short Bug Diner was the Winner of the Top Short Jury Award for Animation at this year’s just-wrapped Sundance...
French Schools Dominate Student Academy Award Animation Finalists
The Academy has announced the finalist films in the 50th Student Academy Awards competition, naming eight films in the unified international Animation category.
This year's race...
ASIFA Animation Educators Forum Announces Faculty Grantees
ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) has announced the six recipients of the 2023 AEF Faculty Grants program. This year’s recipients were selected from a...
Animated Gender Transition Doc ‘My Parent, Neal’ Debuts Online with New Yorker Studios
The short animated documentary My Parent, Neal premieres online on The New Yorker’s digital channels today, March 15, as part of the magazine’s award-winning...
Annecy Unveils 2023 Poster Designed by Jorge R. Gutierrez
France's esteemed Annecy Festival will this year be spotlighting Mexican animation — and the country's colorful influences are on full display in the newly revealed...
Chris Ledesma, ‘Simpsons’ Music Editor for 33 Seasons, Dies Age 64
The Simpsons' longtime music editor Chris Ledesma has died age 64, confirmed by the Los Angeles Times Tuesday following a post-credit tribute to his memory...
Fishing for Enlightenment in Momo Wang’s ‘Penglai’
Momo Wang, who is best known as the creator of the popular bunny character Tuzki and as an animator/creative director at Illumination Entertainment, is...
LAAF: Student Film ‘Under a Shooting Contrail’ Wins Best of the Fest
In an awards ceremony at Hollywood's Jaxx Theater Sunday night, the Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF) gave out its honors to 80 short films and...
ASIFA Animation Educators Forum Announces Inaugural Hall of Fame Inductees
The Animation Educators Forum (AEF), a non-profit association of teachers and scholars whose focus is the art of animated film, announce the inaugural group...
Mike Moon Launches Adult Animation Label Moonlight at Illumination
Netflix, Sony and Disney veteran Mike Moon is launching his own adult animation label at Illumination Entertain. Moon will be the president of the...
Oscar-Winning Disney/Pixar Artist Ralph Eggleston Dies of Pancreatic Cancer
Ralph Eggleston, the writer-director of Oscar- and Annie-winning 2000 Pixar short For the Birds, died Sunday, August 28 of pancreatic cancer. He was 56...
Animation Block Party Sets 2022 Festival Lineup
Animation Block Party’s 19th annual festival has launched with two original summer shorts lineups.
The Opening Night Celebration drops at Union Hall (702 Union Street,...
Disney Icon John Musker Tells Us about His New Class at Chapman University
We all know acclaimed director John Musker as the man who helmed Disney classics such as The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet and...
Guiding Lights: Five Innovative Animation Classes in 2022
***This article originally appeared in the April '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 319), International Education & Career Guide supplement***
While pandemic restrictions have impacted...
Women in Animation Awards 36 Emerging Creatives with 2022 Scholarships
On Friday, February 11, 2022, as part of the 2022 BRIC Talent and Innovation Summit, via a special video presentation, Women in Animation’s Chair...
Oscar Winner, ILM Co-Founder Robert Blalack Dies Age 73
Robert Blalack, Oscar-winning visual effects artist on Star Wars: A New Hope and co-founder of renowned studio Industrial Light & Magic, died from cancer...
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