Tag "Tree of Life"

Glass, Oliver Join VIEW’s Lineup of Speakers

September 30, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Italy’s popular VIEW visual effects conference has added several new top-notch speakers to its stellar lineup. Conference director Maria Elena Gutierrez has announced that senior visual effects supervisor Dan Glass of Method Studios will give a world premiere presentation on the highly anticipated feature Cloud Atlas at the event. Directed [...]

Jeffrey Okun Re-Elected as VES Board Chair

January 27, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced the 2012 Board of Director officers who were elected at the January 18, 2012 board meeting. The list of officials includes Jeffrey A. Okun, head of visual effects for Prana Studios, who was re-elected for a fourth one-year term as Board Chair. “I [...]

VFX Master Douglas Trumbull to Receive Special Oscar

January 11, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award to Douglas Trumbull, a visionary filmmaker who has worked as a designer, director, inventor and entrepreneur, for his lifetime of technical contributions and leadership in the motion picture industry. The [...]

Building the Perfect Beasts of ‘Dinosaur Revolution’

September 1, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

If you enjoy your Discovery Channel programs packed with dramatic illustrations and eye-popping vfx, then this week’s four-hour Dinosaur Revolution should be on your must-watch list. Premiering at 9 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 4 and Sunday, Sept. 11 this beautifully produced program will offer a new take on the prehistoric [...]

Deluxe Merges CIS into Method Studios

June 1, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Deluxe Entertainment Services Group is merging two visual effects studios, absorbing CIS Visual Effects into its recently acquired Method Studios. The merge is intended to create a single studio that can offer a broad range of services for feature films, TV and commercials with an integrated workflow across mulitple locations. [...]