Tag: The Road to El Dorado
Documentary on Animation Sculptor Kent Melton Launches Kickstarter
Kent Melton, a celebrated maquette sculptor for animation studios Disney and LAIKA who passed away in early 2024, will be the subject of a...
Disney and Laika Character Sculptor Kent Melton Dies at Age 68
Kent Melton, a master animation sculptor who is best known for making clay maquettes for features such as Aladdin, The Lion King, Mulan, 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...
Mike Camarillo’s Family Seeks Donations After Animator’s Christmas Passing
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to lend financial support to the family of animator Mike Camarillo, who died unexpectedly on December 25. Organized...
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...
She Means Business! ‘The Boss Baby’ Sequel Introduces a Charming New Executive Infant
There’s a new Boss Baby in town. She’s clever, cute, fearless and voiced by Amy Sedaris. That’s pretty much all you need to know...
VIEW Adds Peter Ramsey, Siobhan Reddy, Sergio Pablos & More Speakers
Newly announced speakers from the worlds of animated and live-action feature films, broadcast television and games have joined the growing roster for VIEW 2019,...
Pixar Animator Adam Burke Dies
Adam Burke, an animator at Pixar who most recently worked on the widely acclaimed Incredibles 2, died Sunday night from cancer. His passing was...
‘Smallfoot’: Singing with Sasquatch & Friends
The creators of Warner Bros.’ long-gestating movie Smallfoot discuss the making of their incredible yeti family adventure, in U.S. theaters Friday.
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Academy Invites 928 New Members for 2018
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the film industry individuals who have been invited by one or more branches to...
Cimity Joins Six Point Harness as Head of Production
Veteran animation production executive Barbara Cimity has joined Six Point Harness studio as head of production, where she will oversee animation projects being created...
2017 World Animation Celebration Judges Announced
The official judges panel for The World Animation Celebration 2017 international short film animation festival have been announced, with pros from across the animation...
Rodolphe Guenoden to Direct FDNY Animation ‘The Bravest’
Rodolphe Guenoden, a Gobelins graduate and longtime DreamWorks Animation artist, has been tapped to direct new animated feature The Bravest. The announcement was made...
Firsts Among Equals
I doubt anyone was really surprised last week when Frozen was announced as the winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, though...
DreamWorks’ ‘Turbo’ Ready to Race the Minions
Turbo, DreamWorks' second animated feature of 2013, offers a high-energy tale about an unlikely hero who dreams of winning the Indianapolis 500 race.
Hollywood has...
An Exclusive Sneak Peek at 2014's ‘Legends of Oz’
Roger S. Baum's further adventures of his great-grandfather's beloved characters are given a new animated life in Summertime's Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return.
In the...
Sony Lines Up Scribes for ‘Smurfs 3'
Only a few weeks after announcing details about The Smurfs 2 feature (set to be released on July 31, 2013) Sony has revealed info...
Giordano and Breton to Shine at Illumination
Illumination Entertainment, the company behind last year’s underdog hit Despicable Me and 2013’s The Lorax, has tapped Brooke Braton to be the senior production...
A Fin-de-Siècle Fantasy: ‘A Monster in Paris’
DreamWorks veteran Bibo Bergeron goes back to his French roots with A Monster in Paris, an elegant CG-animated feature set in 1910.
French director Bibo...
Three Top Toons to Debut at Toronto Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival (running September 8 – 18) has announced the line up for this year’s TIFF Kids program (formerly the Sprockets...
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