All posts tagged "Joe Letteri"
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Features
Weta Launches Animated Originals Division; Prem Akkaraju Named CEO
June 18, 2020Weta Digital, one of the world’s premier visual effects companies, has named Prem Akkaraju as CEO...
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Festivals and Events
And the Oscar Goes to…
March 4, 2018The 90th Academy Awards were held Sunday night, and unsurprisingly Pixar’s Coco was the big animated...
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Festivals and Events
90th Academy Awards: Nominee Reactions
January 23, 2018Updates in progress. One of the biggest nail-biters of awards season is over, and we finally...
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Festivals and Events
Nominations Announced for 90th Academy Awards
January 23, 2018The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 90th Annual Academy...
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Festivals and Events
‘Blade Runner,’ ‘Apes,’ ‘DM3’ Lead VES Awards Noms
January 16, 2018The Visual Effects Society has announced the nominees for the 16th Annual VES Awards, taking place...
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Festivals and Events
Oscars: The VFX Bake-Off Offerings
January 9, 2018Last month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selected 10 titles to move forward...
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Festivals and Events
Joe Letteri Named 2018 VES George Melies Award Recipient
October 15, 2017Following the announcement of its first Hall of Fame inductees, the Visual Effects Society has named...
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Festivals and Events
VIEW Conference Adds Joe Letteri & VFX Stars to Speakers
June 30, 2017Italy’s VIEW Conference on VFX, computer graphics, digital media, games and VR has further padded its...
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Features
‘Big Hero 6,’ ‘Feast,’ ‘Interstellar’ Win at the Oscars
February 22, 2015Big Hero 6 wins best animated feature, Disney’s Feast swins the best animated short, while Interstellar...
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Top Stories
Weta Unleashes New Rendering Power for The Hobbit Finale
January 20, 2015New tools Manuka and Gazebo help conclude Peter Jackson’s prequel trilogy return to Middle-earth. To combat...
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Top Stories
Oscar Watch: Best Visual Effects Contenders
December 21, 2014The short list of visual effects films that will head to the annual bake-off won’t be...
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Festivals and Events
‘Frozen,’ ‘Mr. Hublot,’ ‘Gravity’ Win Animation-VFX Oscars
March 2, 2014Frozen took home the Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song Oscars Sunday night, with the...
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Festivals and Events
‘Frozen’ Tops Toon Category at PGA Awards
January 21, 2014Disney’s Frozen added to its significant awards-season momentum by taking home the Producers Guild of America...
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Festivals and Events
Five Animated Pics Nominated for Academy Awards
January 16, 2014This morning (Jan. 16), the nominations for the 86th Annual Academy Awards were announced at a...
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Top Stories
There Be a Cunning Dragon!
January 15, 2014Joe Letteri, the Oscar-nominated vfx supervisor of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, discusses the fine...
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Festivals and Events
PGA to Honor Jackson, Letteri and Weta Digital
November 18, 2013Director Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit), vfx legend Joe Letteri (The Hobbit, Man...
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Features
Gollum, You Never Looked Better!
January 14, 2013The Hobbit’s vfx supervisor Joe Letteri talks about the vfx challenges of returning to J.R.R. Tolkien’s...
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Festivals and Events
The 85th Oscar Nominations Are In!
January 10, 2013Family Guy creator and next month’s Academy Award host Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone announced...
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Top Stories
Autodesk, Lightstorm, Weta Develop Tech for ‘Avatar’ Sequels
August 7, 2012Autodesk has partnered with Lightstorm Entertainment and Weta Digital to develop the next generation of virtual...
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Festivals and Events
BAFTA Toon Noms: ‘Tintin,’ ‘Arthur Christmas,’ ‘Rango’
January 17, 2012The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has nominated three features for its Best Animated...
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