Tag "Ken Maruyama"

Sony to Offer Behind-the-Scenes Panels at SIGGRAPH

August 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Sony Pictures Imageworks and Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) will feature their top teams of effects and animation talent on August 7 in special “behind the scenes” presentations of blockbuster live-action hits Men in Black 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man and the animated feature film Hotel Transylvania during SIGGRAPH 2012 at [...]

Consider These Careers Launched!

July 10, 2012 by Ellen Wolff No Comments divider image

A look at the three animated winners of this year’s Student Academy Awards. When the medalists at the 39th Annual Student Academy Awards gathered in Beverly Hills in June, their group photo shows animator David Wolter in the last row. Standing 6’10”, Wolter is used to being placed in back. [...]

SIGGRAPH Recruiters Hum ‘O, Canada’

August 7, 2011 by Ellen Wolff No Comments divider image

A look at which studios are looking to hire at the big CG confab. SIGGRAPH may be the preeminent annual meeting of international computer graphics cognoscenti, but they typically need to travel to a U.S. city to attend. This year’s choice of Vancouver, British Columbia seems particularly fitting, however, given [...]

Escape Studios Adds Five VFX Experts to Advisory Board

March 16, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Escape Studios has added five members to its U.S. advisory board, selecting experts in the field from the likes of Pixar and Sony Pictures Imageworks. The new members are: Afonso Salcedo of Pixar Animation Studios, Ken Maruyama of Sony Pictures Imageworks, John Leonti of The Mill, Patrick Davenport of Method and [...]