First Look at New...
Nick has kindly given us a first-look peek at this Saturday’s new Sanjay...
Tag "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences"
‘Kung Fu Panda 3' Will Start Production in August
Production on DreamWorks Animation’s late-2015 release Kung Fu Panda 3 will being in August. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Peter Li, managing director of China Media Capital (CMC) and a board member of one of the film’s co-producers, Oriental DreamWorks made the announcement at a Shanghai Intl. Film Festival Forum [...]
SIGGRAPH Animation Fest Announces 2013 Winners
The top prize for this year’s Computer Animation Festival at SIGGRAPH has been awarded to the short A La Francaise, directed by Morrigane Boyer, Julien Hazebroucq, Ren Hsien Hsu, Emmanuelle Leleu and William Lorton. The beautifully mounted short centers on an amusing afternoon at the court of Louis XIV in [...]
Academy Makes Animation Category Rule Change
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made a new rule regarding the Animated Feature Oscar category. This new rule designates a maximum of two award recipients, one of whom must have a producer credit. The director and/or key creative individual shall continue to [...]
SIGGRAPH to Spotlight ‘Monsters University,’ ‘Frozen’
This summer’s big computer graphics confab SIGGRAPH at the Anaheim Convention Center in Calif. (July 21-25) will feature several hot sessions focusing on the vfx of big studio features, including Guillermo del Toro’s much anticipated Pacific Rim, Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University, Disney’s holiday feature Frozen, Fox’s Oscar-winning Life of Pi, Disney’s [...]
Academy Announces Student Animation Oscars Finalists
The 47 finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Student Academy Awards competition were announced on Wednesday. The winners will come to Los Angeles for a week of industry activities that will culminate in the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Academy’s [...]
Academy Sets Oscar Dates for 2014-15
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC Television Network have announced the dates for the 86th and 87th Oscar presentations—giving you plenty of time to reserve your tux rental. The Awards will air Sunday, March 2, 2014 and February 22, 2015, respectively. Key dates for the 2013-14 [...]
Academy to Honor VFX Supe Bill Taylor
Visual effects supervisor and director of photography Bill Taylor will be awarded the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Board of Governors has announced. The medallion will be presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on Saturday, February 9 [...]
Academy Announces 9 Science/Tech Honorees
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nine scientific and technical achievements represented by 25 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Saturday, February 9, 2013. Unlike other Academy Awards to be presented [...]
Scores from 7 Animated Pics Enter Oscar Race
One hundred and four scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 85th Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. The animated features with eligible scores that made the list are listed [...]
Katzenberg Receives Academy’s Humanitarian Prize
DreamWorks chief Jeffrey Katzenberg was honored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences for his humanitarian efforts on Saturday (Dec. 1). The much-admired studio head received an Academy salute, along with Hal Needham, George Stevens Jr. and D.A. Pennebaker at a star-studded event. Actors Tom Hanks and Will [...]
‘Beware the...
Cartoon Network has announced the premiere date of it’s brand-new CG...
‘Family Guy’...
Those crazy, irreverent kids on FOX TV’s Family Guy team have done it...
