LONDON — Framestore’s (www.framestore.com) feature film visual effects have received attention from BAFTA in the form of a “Special Visual Effects” nomination, this time for the studio’s work on Steve ...

January 18, 2012

LONDON — Double Negative VFX supervisor David Vickery has been nominated for the “Special Visual Effects” BAFTA award this year for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.”

January 17, 2012

BUDAPEST — Graphisoft (www.graphisoft.com) has released ArchiCAD STAR(T) 2012, an entry-level Building Information Modeling (BIM) solution that is designed for small architectural firms, home builders ...

January 17, 2012

SAN RAFAEL — A group of former ILM and Kerner Optical employees have launched 32Ten Studios (www.32ten.com, a new company based at the former site of ILM. The venture is employee owned and will be hea ...

January 17, 2012

AUSTIN, TX — NewTek’s VP/head of 3D software development, Rob Powers, served as supervisor of the Virtual Art Department (VAD) for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s The Adventures of Tintin prior t ...

January 17, 2012

LOS ANGELES — According to the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), independent films won nine top awards at the Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.

January 16, 2012

There has been a lot of discussion concerning the 2011 films in the running for Best Picture, and the first major awards event, the Golden Globes, has set the stage for this and other categories durin ...

January 16, 2012

BEVERLY HILLS — Visual effects technologist Jonathan Erland has been voted the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (www.os ...

January 13, 2012

LONDON — Framestore (www.framestore.com) has been nominated for three VES Awards. The VES awards, now in its tenth year, recognize and honor outstanding visual effects work. 

January 13, 2012

HOLLYWOOD — Rob Marshall, who directed Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” is set to direct a film adaptation of the Broadway musical “Into the Woods,” featuring Stephen Sondheim’s ...

January 12, 2012