Tag "Richard Edlund"

VES Award Nominees Are Announced

January 7, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced the nominees for its 11th Annual VES Awards, which recognize outstanding visual effects artistry in 24 categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Nominees were selected Saturday, January 5 by VES members at SPY/ a FotoKem Company in the Bay Area [...]

Visual Effects Society Inducts Seven New Fellows

September 28, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The Visual Effects Society announced today that it has inducted seven Fellows based on their contributions to the art and science of visual effects. The new Fellows include visual effects supervisor Richard Edlund; Pacific Data Images founder Carl Rosendahl; Ed Catmull, president of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation [...]

Academy’s Tech Council Adds Four New Members

December 14, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Denny Clairmont, John Hora, Bob Lambert and Milt Shefter have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, bringing the Council’s 2011–2012 membership roster to 24. Clairmont, one of the industry’s premier motion picture camera technologists, co-founded Clairmont Camera, a [...]

Richard Edlund Launches duMonde VFX in New Orleans

February 17, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

VFX icon Richard Edlund is launching duMonde Visual Effects, a new studio in production hot spot New Orleans. According to Variety, Edlund is teaming up on the project with WhoDoo EFX visual effects supervisor Helena Packer and Deborah Peters of GPI, maker of the PRO camera stabilizing system. The facility [...]