All posts tagged "George Lucas"
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Festivals and Events
Baobab, KuKu & Tonko House Form Bay Area Animation Alliance
June 9, 2020Three indie animation studios based in the San Francisco Bay Area — Baobab Studios, KuKu Studios...
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North America
Disney+ Debuts ‘Rise of Skywalker’ May the 4th, Female-Led Star Wars Series in the Works
April 27, 2020The final chapter of the Skywalker saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, will begin streaming...
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Features
News Bytes: ‘Afterparty’ Trailer, ‘Legend of Hei’ Extends Run, ‘Toy Story 4’ Alternate Ending & More
September 25, 2019‘Rick and Morty’ Co-Creator Dan Harmon Named Fredrikstad Animation Fest Guest The Emmy Award-winning writer, creator...
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Festivals and Events
2019 VES Fellows: Neil Corbould, Harrison Ellenshaw, Susan Zwerman
September 18, 2019The Visual Effects Society, the industry’s global professional honorary society, announced the 2019 class of VES...
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North America
Return of the Sketch Masters: ‘Robot Chicken’ Kicks Off 10th Season on Adult Swim
September 4, 2019When it comes to delivering on-target, clever riffs on our pop culture-mad era, nobody does it...
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Festivals and Events
DePaul U Brings Phil Tippett, Julia Pott, Pritt Parn to FxF Conference
April 26, 2019Organizers of the Frame-By-Frame Animators Conference (FxF), one of the U.S. Midwest’s premiere toon confabs, have...
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Features
News Bytes: ‘King of the Hill’ X ‘Evangelion,’ Rilakkuma’s Onesie, Geoge Lucas Gift Opens Academy Museum to Kids & More
April 19, 2019CALL FOR ENTRIES: VIEW Conference 2019 Entries are now open for the next edition, taking place...
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North America
Bill Tlusty Joins Method Studios as Global Head of Production
February 12, 2019Award-winning digital production studio Method Studios (a Deluxe company) has hired on veteran production executive and...
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Festivals and Events
Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri to Receive VES Lifetime Achievement Award
January 18, 2019The Visual Effects Society has named Chris Meledandri, acclaimed Oscar-nominated producer and founder and CEO of...
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Streaming
Trailer: ‘Galaxy of Adventures’ to Debut on New Star Wars Kids Site
November 28, 2018Younglings of Earth can prepare for educational adventures set in George Lucas’ galaxy far, far away,...
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North America
Disney-Pixar President Ed Catmull Retiring
October 23, 2018Pixar co-founder and animation pioneer Ed Catmull is retiring from his post as President of Walt...
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North America
Gary Kurtz, ‘Star Wars’ Producer, Dies Age 78
September 24, 2018Producer Gary Kurtz, who helped shepherd George Lucas’s now iconic Star Wars to smash hit status,...
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Festivals and Events
Visual Effects Society Announces Special 2018 Honorees
August 15, 2018Today, the Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the 2018 inductees into the VES Hall of Fame, the...
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Asia
Polygon Pictures Producing New ‘Star Wars Resistance’ Series
August 1, 2018Tokyo-based Polygon Pictures has been tapped to produce the animation for Star Wars Resistance — the...
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Features
Gone, but Not Forgotten: An Animation Professor Revisits Rarely Seen Films
July 13, 2018I had never been to San Francisco when I attended Richard Williams’ Animation Masterclass in 1997....
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Animated People
Animated People: Dave Filoni, EP & Supervising Director, ‘Star Wars Rebels’
March 4, 2018Dave Filoni has been a staple of the extended Star Wars animated universe since 2008. Writer...
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People
Director Dave Filoni on ‘Star Wars Rebels’: The Journey and the Legacy
February 23, 2018Dave Filoni has probably overseen more hours of Star Wars content than anyone outside of George...
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People
Lucasfilm Prez Kathleen Kennedy to Receive Cinematic Imagery Award
November 13, 2017The Art Directors Guild has announced that eight-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and President of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy...
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People
Tom Sito Joins Academy Board; Edlund Returns to VFX Branch
July 3, 2017The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the new electees to its 2017-18...
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Features
Wage-Fixing Suit Draws to Close with $100M Disney Settlement
February 2, 2017The end is in sight for the class-action lawsuit that shook up the animation industry. Holdout...
Recent Posts
***This article originally appeared in the December '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 305)*** There are ...
Guru Studios, the animation company behind hit shows such as PAW Patrol and True and ...
Celebrated Spanish director Pablo Berger will be making his first foray into animation at the ...
