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‘The Creator’ VFX Supe Jay Cooper on Creating a Retro-Futuristic World

While traveling from one hole to another on a golf course in Park City, Utah, visual effects supervisor Jay Cooper (Babylon) took the time...

Red Giant Makes ‘Game of Thrones’ Inspired FX Magic in New Demo

In the latest installment of Red Giant software co.’s YouTube tutorial series Cheap Tricks, Dan “Hashi” Hashimoto (Action Movie Dad) gets fired up to...

News Bytes: Ann Sarnoff Heads WB, Dream Theatre Adopts ‘Ninja Hattori,’ Academy Presents Star Wars VFX & More

Japanese Artists Reimagine Countries and Their Flags as Anime Characters for 2020 Tokyo Olympics National identities and colorful flags get remixed into katana-wielding samurai and...

SWCC Details ‘Mandalorian,’ ‘Vader Immortal’, Galaxy’s Edge & Force for Change

Fans of Lucasfilm's galaxy far, far away were treated to exciting announcements from the Disney-owned studio at this weekend's Star Wars Celebration in Chicago,...

Academy to Bestow Nine Sci-Tech Achievement Awards

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that nine achievements represented by 27 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual...

Academy Adds ILM, Disney/Pixar, Universal Vets to Sci-Tech Council

David Ayer, Rod Bogart, Theo Gluck, Leslie Iwerks, Colette Mullenhoff and Jeff Taylor have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of...

ILM’s Rob Bredow Tapped to Deliver SIGGRAPH Keynote

ILM, a Lucasfilm company based in San Francisco, recently announced the promotion of industry veteran and longtime SIGGRAPH conference contributor Bredow to senior VP,...

VES Announces Inaugural Hall of Fame Honorees

Marking its milestone 20th anniversary, the Visual Effects Society has announced the inaugural VES Hall of Fame, and the industry luminaries set for the...

SIGGRAPH ’17 Details 11 Production Sessions

The SIGGRAPH 2017 conference & exhibition will take over the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 30 to August 3, offering papers and presentations,...

Tom Sito Joins Academy Board; Edlund Returns to VFX Branch

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the new electees to its 2017-18 Board of Governors. Among these esteemed industry veterans,...

Our Best and Brightest

The Animation Magazine Hall of Fame Awards reflect the hard work, creativity and public spirit the icons of animation and VFX display in their...

NAB Show ‘17 Animation Highlights

The NAB confab (www.nabshow.com) is underway in Las Vegas this week. Amid all the crazy new broadcasting tech on display, there’s always a few...

FMX Adds ‘Valerian,’ ‘Rogue One’ to VFX Track; Plus ‘LEGO Batman,’ ‘Moana,’ ‘Smurfs’

The audiovisual confab FMX is rapidly approaching, with the organizers announcing even more cutting edge additions to its informative tracks on animation, effects, VR,...

LIVE! Oscars go to ‘Zootopia,’ ‘Piper,’ ‘The Jungle Book’

Good evening! We are here live backstage at the 89th annual Academy Awards! We'll be covering the event as it happens and trying to get some questions in with the winners.

For Your Consideration: Animag’s Oscar Voting Guide

The 89th Annual Academy Awards are so close, we can taste it. With the big ceremony set for Sunday, February 26, final voting is...

‘Kubo,’ ‘Jungle Book’ Take Animation & VFX BAFTAs

The UK's most prestigious film honors took place Sunday as the 2017 BAFTA Awards were held at London's Royal Albert Hall, hosted once again...

Oscar Nomination Reactions: The Class of 2017 Checks In

The nominees are in! Read what the finalist filmmakers have to say about being recognized by the Academy, below. The 89th Oscars will take...

Nominees Announced for 89th Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed Tuesday morning which of the year's onscreen accomplishments will go for the gold as nominees...

New ‘Rogue One’ Trailer Takes Flight

Disney's Lucasfilm released a new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story during Wednesday night's Olympics coverage. The spot gives more screen time...

New ‘Rogue One’ Trailer Takes Flight

Disney’s Lucasfilm released a new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story during Wednesday night’s Olympics coverage. The spot gives more screen time...
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