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People

Jonas Odell, Director, Lies

Ramin Zahed - February 2, 2009

Last month, Swedish animator Jonas Odell won the top prize for international shorts at Sundance for his new film, Lies. This highly stylized projects...

People

Disney FX Wiz Robert Broughton Dies at 91

Ramin Zahed - January 30, 2009

Pioneering camera effects artist Robert Broughton who worked on almost every Disney movie from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) to The Black...

People

Glen Hanson, Director, Shiny Toy Guns’ Ghost Town Video

Ramin Zahed - January 19, 2009

It's always a pleasure to see a cool new animated music video that goes beyond the standard limitations and clich's of the genre. The...

Home Entertainment

Black Freighter Gets Arrrrr Rating

Ramin Zahed - January 8, 2009

While Warner Bros.' upcoming superhero epic Watchmen is solidly tailored to the PG-13 crowd, its animated companion piece has been slapped with an R...

VFX

Top 10 Animation/VFX Tools of the Year

Ramin Zahed - December 23, 2008

We left it up to our readers to pick their favorite animation and vfx tools/software packages of the year. Here are the terrific 10...

VFX

Bully Bros. Post Ready for Business

Ramin Zahed - December 22, 2008

A new state-of-the-art post and vfx studio has opened its door in Santa Monica, Calif. Founded by creative director/lead fx artist Kiki Chansamone and...

Television

Laika Lets Go 65, Nixes Jack and Ben

Ramin Zahed - December 22, 2008

Portland-based animation studio Laika Entertainment has laid off 65 people and axed its troubled project in development Jack and Ben's Animated Adventure. The CG-animated...

Video Games

LEGO Batman Flies to iPhones/iPods

Ramin Zahed - December 22, 2008

Just in time for the holidays, fans of LEGO Batman: Gotham City Games can enjoy their favorite caped crusader on iPhones and iPod Touch...

Festivals & Events

Singapore Plans New VFX Studio

Ramin Zahed - December 11, 2008

In conjunction with this week's Asia TV Forum and SIGGRAPH Asia, the Singapore government has announced plans to build a new state-of-the-art soundstage in...

Festivals & Events

CG Pioneer Encourages SIGGRAPH to Broaden Focus

Ramin Zahed - December 11, 2008

Don Greenberg, director of Cornell University's highly regarded computer graphics program, encouraged the audience at the inaugural edition of SIGGRAPH Asia in Singapore to...

Features

Missing Lynx Found in Santa Monica

Ramin Zahed - November 6, 2008

Actor and producer Antonio Banderas and Spanish director Raul Garcia introduced their new CG-animated feature The Missing Lynx (El Lince Perdido) at a premiere...

People

Mater Takes Center Stage: A chat with Victor Navone and Rob Gibbs, co-directors of the new Disney/Pixar TV Cars Toons.

Ramin Zahed - October 27, 2008

This week marks the premiere of Pixar's Cars Toons, a three-part shorts series featuring Mater, the rusty tow truck which befriended Lightning McQueen in...

Television

Jimmy Two Shoes Tops MIPCOM Jr. List

Ramin Zahed - October 13, 2008

Breakthrough Entertainment's animated series Jimmy Two Shoes landed the top spot on the most-screened list at the MIPCOM Junior market this past weekend (Oct....

Television

Mater Stars in Own Mini-Show on Disney

Ramin Zahed - September 26, 2008

Mater, the rusty tow truck which befriended Lightning McQueen in the 2005 Pixar feature Cars, will be starring in his own animated three-part short...

Television

PorchLight, Caboom Team Up for Beary Boo

Ramin Zahed - September 26, 2008

Ecological awareness is on the mind of Beary Boo, a new animated series about a green-living brown bear cub, which will be distributed by...

Festivals & Events

Two-day 5D Confab Eyes Immersive Design

Ramin Zahed - September 26, 2008

The first edition of 5D: The Future of Immersive Design Conference will offer panels, workshops and presentations on the brave new world of emerging...

Festivals & Events

Milan Fest Moved by House of Small Cubes

Ramin Zahed - September 26, 2008

Japanese animator Kunio Kato's beautifully animated and poetic short La maison en petits cubes (The House of Small Cubes) received the prize for best...

Television

Marathon to Unveil Amazing Spiez at MIPCOM

Ramin Zahed - September 22, 2008

After introducing the world to the global hit series Totally Spies!, French animation powerhouse Marathon Media plans to unveil a new espionage-themed series at...

Festivals & Events

Mouse’s Tale Captures Cartoon D’Or at Euro Forum

Ramin Zahed - September 19, 2008

Those talented French animation students have done it again. Benjamin Renner, a graduate of France's LA Poudriere, has taken home Cartoon Forum's Cartoon D'Or...

Festivals & Events

Huang’s NVISION Keynote Explores Visual Computing Ecosystem

Ramin Zahed - August 26, 2008

Jen-Hsun Huang, the charismatic co-founder, president and CEO Of NVIDIA, kicked off the three-day NVISION 08 conference with an entertaining and informative keynote speech...

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