Business Wire

DNEG Announces New Visual Effects and Animation Studio in Sydney; First Project is “Furiosa” with Director George Miller

LONDON & LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DNEG, a leading visual effects (VFX) and animation studio for the creation of feature film, television and multiplatform content, in coordination with New South ...
Soap Central

From Frankenstein to Avatar: Here's the list of top 20 Oscar contenders in visual effects category

Another live-action film, Lilo and Stitch, has made its way into the Top 20 contenders for the Oscar. This Walt Disney ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Technicolor Unveils Restructure Plans, Sets Ambitious Goal for Feature Animation (Exclusive)

Christian Roberton has been named president of newly titled Technicolor Creative Studios, while former Fox Animation co-president Andrea Miloro leads feature animation. The company intends to add ...
Cartoon Brew

Marianne O’Reilly Named Head of Animation and Visual Effects at Vancouver Film School

Vancouver Film School (VFS), Canada’s premier post-secondary entertainment arts institution and one of the most distinguished in the world, announced today that Marianne O’Reilly is the new Head of ...
Cartoon Brew

Discover How Simple Animation Is Transforming Visual Effects And Animation Production With Cloud-Based Animation-As-A-Service

To bring animated movies to life, production studios must assemble hundreds of animators and equip them with state-of-the-art tools—requiring months of set-up and huge capital investment. SummuS ...
The Hollywood Reporter

BRIC Foundation Launches Animation, Visual Effects and Gaming Apprenticeship (Exclusive)

The federally and state-recognized program is designed to provide an equitable pathway into the industry with placement at DreamWorks Animation, Titmouse, GRX Immersive, 9B Collective and more. By ...
New Orleans City Business

Digital animation, visual effects studio to create jobs

An animation and visual effects studio launching in northwest Louisiana is expected to create 53 jobs with average salaries of $74,000. Troubled Muse‘s new studio in Shreveport will create original ...
Business Wire

Weta Digital Advances Visual Effects and Animation in the Cloud with AWS

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced that Weta Digital is going all-in on AWS, leveraging the proven performance of the ...
Deadline.com

Netflix Reups With Visual Effects And Animation Firm DNEG In $350M Extension

Visual effects and animation firm DNEG has extended its deal with Netflix through 2025. Film and TV titles produced under the partnership include Stranger Things and The Adam Project. The ...

Real or visual effects: Can you tell in ‘Wicked’ and other blockbusters?

Important to note: The term visual effects is often mistakenly used interchangeably with CGI, but the two are distinct. VFX ...
Variety

Rise Visual Effects Studios Launches New Animation Division (EXCLUSIVE)

Germany’s Rise Visual Effects Studios has established its own animation studio for high-end film and series productions in Munich, where the company has appointed animation expert and VFX producer ...