VENICE, CA — Digital Domain Productions (www.digitaldomain.com) has named David Lipman vice president of features visual effects production. The 30-year industry veteran has served as an executive at ...
February 2, 2012
LOS ANGELES — VFX pros Vico Sharabani (right) and Alex Frisch (left) are launching COPA (Co-Op of Artists), a global collective of VFX artists working in the commercial and feature film space. COPA is ...
February 1, 2012
NEW YORK — Production veterans Elliott and Taylor Jobe have launched There (www.hellothere.tv), a new digital production company specializing in the capture and seamless compositing of digital sets wi ...
LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced the lineup for its HPA Tech Retreat, set to take place February 13-17 at the Hyatt Grand Champions in Indian Wells, CA.
BEVERLY HILLS — Final ballots for the 84th Academy Awards were mailed on February 1 to the 5,783 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Completed ballots must be returned t ...
ALISO VIEJO, CA — Smith Micro Software, Inc. Productivity and Graphics Group and Wacom Americas ( www.wacom.com ) have formed a partnership to bring the ease of multi-touch functionality to animators ...
January 27, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Pixomondo, an international visual effects company with a network of 11 facilities throughout the world, is gaining attention for its work on Martin Scorsese’s Hugo. The company has been ...
January 26, 2012
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND — Research and development company CoreCG (www.core-cg.com) has released MentalCore, a cross-platform plug-in that’s designed to help artists achieve maximum creativity and effic ...
LOS ANGELES — The Visual Effects Society (www.visualeffectssociety.com) recently elected its 2012 Board of Director officers.
LONDON — Double Negative, which won an Oscar in 2011 for its work on Inception, has been nominated for a Visual Effects Oscar for the studio’s contributions to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Par ...
January 25, 2012