Signing of Director/Creative Director Alan Bibby and Executive Producer Dan Sormani boosts MPC NY’s creative, design and production capabilities.
Licensing agent TLC to build and manage the cable network’s original animated properties – including the newly-rebooted ‘Powerpuff Girls’ -- across France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Benelux.
VFX artists Leo Weston, Richard Russell, James Dooley and Lorenzo Newell create a viral video sensation in their spare time.
New 2D-animated series directed by Sergio Manfio is a prequel to the hit preschool series ‘Pet Pals’ already distributed in 137 countries worldwide.
International Digital Multimedia & Entertainment Technology Exhibition & Conference to be held for the first time at the Jakarta International Expo, Indonesia, August 31 through September 3, 2016.
Former ABC TV exec to oversee all content aspects of the Corus Kids portfolio, including YTV, Treehouse, Nickelodeon, TELETOON, Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD in Canada.
Never-before-seen exhibition curated by award-winning independent animator, historian, teacher and author John Canemaker delves into the artistic process behind one of the most influential animated films in history.
International animatics shop announces the latest round of additions to its Shanghai office.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment to premiere ‘Justice League VS. Teen Titans,’ ‘LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted hollywood’ March 25-27 at WonderCon in Los Angeles.
Filmakademie graduate and Disney/Pixar Character TD Tanja Krampfert discusses the creation of Joy in ‘Inside Out,’ while DoP Patrick Lin illuminates the special camera set-up designed to parallel the main character’s emotional journey.
French/Belgium co-production ‘A Town Called Panic: Return to School,’ directed by Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier, was awarded the Grand Prize for a short film, and also took home the Audience Award for ages 12-17.
Animation veteran to serve as Animation Supervisor on Disney’s live-action reboot of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at Framestore’s Montréal studio.
Japan’s ‘Track’ by Tochka, Kazue Monno and Takeshi Nagata, wins the Grand Prix award in the non-narrative short category; ‘Cafard,’ directed by Jan Bultheel, is awarded the Grand Prix for feature animation; Nina Gantz wins the Grand Prix award in the student film category for ‘Edmond.’
Animation production software with expanded feature set employed by Japan’s famed Studio Ghibli to be distributed for free.
Commercial known for his 2015 Webby award-winning ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ short prequel, ‘Quarantine,’ has worked with brands including Adidas, Burger King, Coca Cola, Jack Daniels and Microsoft.
Official selections include 54 short films in competition -- 34 percent of them made by women -- out of nearly 2,700 submissions, with France, Belgium, Canada and Germany leading the pack.
Films nominated for the Grand Prix for Best Dutch Animation at HAFF 2016 are ‘Andrej’ by Julia Veldman c, ‘De Staat: Witch Doctor’ by Floris Kaayk/Studio Smack, and Professional Award for Dutch Animation winner ‘Zeezucht’ (‘Jonas and the Sea’) by Marlies van der Wel.
Former Sony Pictures Imageworks CTO and Visual Effects Supervisor helped launch ILMxLAB, and has worked on films such as ‘Men in Black 3,’ ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ and ‘Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.’
Deadline for submissions is Friday, June 17; previous recipients include ‘The Bigger Picture’ director Daisy Jacobs, ‘Edmond’ director of photography Ian Forbes, and ‘Manoman’ director of photography Steven Ferguson.
Running March 18 & 19, Ireland’s Animation Dingle to feature keynote addresses delivered by Tara Sorensen, Head of Kids Programming for Amazon Studios, USA, and David Levine, General Manager of Disney Channels UK & Ireland.
New episode from the all-new, reimagined ‘The Powerpuff Girls’ series had its debut at a free, open-to-the-public event held Monday night at the SXSW festival in Austin, TX.
Acclaimed VFX supervisor Steve Begg and renowned actor Jim Broadbent to receive inaugural awards.
9 Story Media Group signs licenses with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for second seasons of ‘Camp Lakebottom,’ ‘Numb Chucks’ and ‘Peg + Cat.’
Animated shorts program curated by Whoopi Goldberg includes ‘The Orchestra,’ directed by Mikey Hill; ‘Lucens,’ directed and written by Marcel Barelli; ‘Fear,’ directed by Dawn Dreyer and Andrea Love; ‘Violet,’ directed by Maurice Joyce; ‘Short Story of a Fox and a Mouse,’ directed and written by Camille Chaix, Hugo Jean, Juliette Jourdan, Marie Pillier and Kevin Roger; ‘I am a Pencil’ (Je suis un Crayon), directed and written by Joe D’Arcy; and the U.S. premiere of Bill Plympton's ‘The Loneliest Stoplight.’
Award-winning VFX Supervisor and Lead Artist has worked with commercial directors including Jonathan Glazer, Traktor, Nick Gordon, Noam Murro, Mark Romanek, Tom Tagholm and Neil Gorringe.
