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VES Names Lucasfilm’s Lynwen Brennan Lifetime Achievement Honoree
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s professional global honorary society, has named Lynwen Brennan, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Lucasfilm, as...
Global Collab CGI Short ‘Mila’ Under Oscar Consideration
Ten years in the making and completed with the help of 350 volunteers across 35 countries, Mila, a powerful CG short about a young...
MWM & Dan Carlin’s ‘War Remains’ VR Opens in Austin Next Month
MWM Immersive announced that War Remains, the multi-sensory experience presented by Hardcore History’s Dan Carlin, opens to the general public in Austin, Texas on...
‘Hardcore History’s Dan Carlin & MWM Bring WWI VR Experience to Tribeca
The prestigious Tribeca Film Festival (April 24-May 5) has revealed the selections for its explorative and intersectional Immersive program, and among the year’s offerings...
SIGGRAPH Keynote Rob Bredow: “Everything We Do Is Creative”
SIGGRAPH 2018 Keynote Rob Bredow (SVP, Executive Creative Director, and Head of Industrial Light & Magic) will take the stage at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver this...
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,...
Lucasfilm Prez Kathleen Kennedy to Receive Cinematic Imagery Award
The Art Directors Guild has announced that eight-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and President of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy will receive the 2018 Cinematic Imagery Award at...
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,...
Syracuse LA Hosting Pixar-DisneyToon Panel
Syracuse University Los Angeles will be hosting a conversation with Pixar and DisneyToon studio executives (and Syracuse alumni) for the benefit of current students...
Lucasfilm Taps Rob Bredow as CTO
Lucasfilm has promoted Rob Bredow to the position of Chief Technology Officer, the production company’s General Manager Lynwen Brennan announced today. Bredow joined Lucasfilm’s...
VIEW Conference Sets Deep Programming Lineup
The VIEW Conference has announced its lineup of keynote addresses and programming for its 2015 edition, set for Oct. 19-23 in Turin, Italy.
The lineup...
Brennan Named GM of Lucasfilm
Lynwen Brennan has been promoted to general manager of Lucasfilm.
Brennan, who has served as president and general manager of Industrial Light & Magic since...
Disney’s Millstein, Pixar’s Morris Promoted to President
Disney-Pixar president Ed Catmull has announced that Walt Disney Animation Studios' Andrew Millstein and Pixar Animation Studio's Jim Morris have both been promoted to...
Lawrence Kasdan to Write New ‘Star Wars’ Script
Even Oscar-winning in-demand writers like Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3, Little Miss Sunshine) can be at the mercy of the whims and changes of...
Disney Buys Lucasfilm, Plans 2015 ‘Star Wars 7'
Big business news today as The Walt Disney Company announces it has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.—including the popular Star Wars franchise—in a stock...
The World Animation Feature Films & VFX Summit
Toons’ Top Talent and Producers to Converge and Converse on the Future of international Co-production at the World Animation Feature Films & VFX Summit
Set...
Tartakovsky to Present ‘Transylvania’ Footage at VIEW
VIEW Conference has announced that award-winning animation guru Genndy Tartakovsky of Dexter’s Laboratory fame will present exclusive footage from his feature film debut, Sony’s...
Will Weekend Auds Warm to New ‘Ice Age’ Movie?
The fourth installment of the Ice Age franchise introduces several new characters as well as meticulously rendered visuals to draw fans back into theaters.
Who...
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