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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 designer Saul Bass (1920-1996) on Monday, November 14 at 7p.m. at MoMA in New York. Bass created some of the [...]
18 Films Submitted in Animated Feature Oscar Race
Eighteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 84th Academy Awards. The 18 submitted features are: The Adventures of Tintin Alois Nebel Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Arthur Christmas Cars 2 A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Gnomeo & Juliet Happy Feet [...]
Animated Feature Oscar Entries Due Nov. 1
It’s officially awards season: The entry forms and supporting materials for a film to be considered in the animated feature film category for the 84th annual Academy Awards is 5 p.m. PT tomorrow, Nov. 1. The deadline for submitting the required accompanying film prints is Nov. 11. This year’s race [...]
Animated Czech Pic ‘Alois Nebel’ Enters Oscar Race
The animated film Alois Nebel is the Czech Republic’s official entry in the Best Foreign Language Oscar race, it was announced today. The rotoscope-animated, black-and-white film is based on a graphic novel by Jaromir 99 and Jaroslav Rudis and directed by newcomer Tomas Lunak. The plot revolves on a unsteady [...]
Academy to Screen Méliès’s ‘Trip to the Moon’
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the original hand-colored version of Georges Méliès’s landmark 1902 film A Trip to the Moon on Tuesday, September 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. An original color print of the film was recently [...]
‘LEGO Star Wars’ Animated Special to Air July 22 on CN
LEGO and Star Wars have long clicked well in the toy stores and — more recently — the world of video games, so it should be no surprise that they’re teaming up for an animated special. Titled LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace, the all-new computer-animated half-hour special will premiere [...]
McManus to Run Canada’s NFB Animation Studio
The National Film Board of Canada has named Roddy McManus as the new executive producer of its Oscar-winning English-language animation studio. McManus succeeds veteran animation producer David Verrall as head of the Montreal-based animation studio starting Aug. 8. McManus has been producing animation for the Canadian and international markets, in [...]
‘Cars 2′ Co-Director Brad Lewis Heads to Digital Domain
Having navigated Pixar’s Cars 2 to the finish line as co-director to John Lasseter, Brad Lewis has signed on to directed original animated feature films for Digital Domain Media Group’s Tradition Studios. Lewis comes to Digital Domain after 10 years at Pixar racking up credits that include producing the Oscar-winning [...]
13 Animators, 12 VFX Artists Invited to Join AMPAS
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 13 animators, 12 visual effects artists and a total of 178 filmmakers and film industry executives to join its ranks. Animators on the invite list includes such high-profile names as Sylvain Chomet, Tomm Moore, Teddy Newton and Bob Peterson. Visual [...]
Rule Revisions Affect Animation, VFX Oscar Noms
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revised its rules for animated features, visual effects and best picture for the 84th annual Oscars ceremony. In the animated feature film category, the need for the Board of Governors to vote to “activate” the category each year was eliminated, though [...]
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