Monday, June 25, 2018
Oscar-Nominated Effects Artist Richard Alan Greenberg Dies
Richard Alan Greenberg, an Oscar-nominated effects artists and title designer who worked on diverse features from Predator and Alien to Xanadu and Superman, has died Saturday in New ... Continue Reading →
Oscar-Winning Canadian Animator Grant Munro Dies Age 94
Grant Munro, an animator and actor who starred in Norman McLaren’s 1953 Best Short Film Oscar-winning pixilation Cold War parable Neighbors (Voisins) and co-directed 1963 Oscar-nominated ... Continue Reading →
25th Anima Mundi Fest Celebrates 100 Years of Brazilian Animation
The annual Anima Mundi international animation festival has kicked off its 25th edition in Rio de Janeiro, boasting a global guest list, workshops, courses, panels and program — ... Continue Reading →
Joanna Priestley to Appear at Stuttgart, British Film Institute
Acclaimed indie animator Joanna Priestley will step away from her Portland, OR home base for a series of international appearances over the first week of May. First, the Stuttgart International ... Continue Reading →
Lost Oswald Short Emerges in Norway
A long-lost short film created by Walt Disney back in 1927 has been uncovered in the National Library of Norway. Titled Empty Socks, the newly rediscovered toon features Oswald the ... Continue Reading →
DePaul Hosts Brothers Quay in Chicago
The DePaul Humanities Center, with support from the DePaul Animation Program, will be hosting identical twins Stephen and Timothy Quay — a.k.a. The Brothers Quay, the celebrated ... Continue Reading →
Animafest Director Dishes on 2014 Event
Croatian animation festival Animafest — The World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb, the second oldest festival in Europe — will be held in Zagreb between June 3 – 8. Animafest ... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Pixar Exhibit Curator Elyse Klaidman
The recent Pixar: 25 Years of Animation exhibit in Amsterdam attracted over 135,000 visitors. The popular show has now moved to the Art Ludique museum in Paris, and it will be on display ... Continue Reading →
Academy, MoMA Celebrate Saul Bass
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences together with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will present a special evening celebrating the life and work of acclaimed 20th century ... Continue Reading →
Academy to Salute John Hubley
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ next “Monday Nights with Oscar” screening series installment will celebrate the life and work of acclaimed animator John Hubley. ... Continue Reading →
