All posts tagged "George Lucas"
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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...
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People
Brad Bird to Receive ADG Cinematic Imagery Award
January 23, 2017Two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker, director, producer, animator and writer Brad Bird will be honored with the Cinematic...
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Top Stories
Completing the Circle
January 8, 2017ILM uses modern technology to bring Lucasfilm’s signature space fantasy back to where it started from...
Recent Posts
FMX 2020 (www.fmx.de) will shine a spotlight on women in VFX and animation, and has ...
Executive Producer Michael Pecchia walks us through a new way to deliver on time and ...
***This article originally appeared in the April 2020 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 299)*** Video-game adaptations ...
