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Europe’s FMX Conference Celebrates Joe Letteri, Pixar, and ILM
The 20th anniversary edition of the conference will present some major industry players.
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SXSW 2015: Animation Shorts Lineup Announced
SXSW has announced the animated film selections for their upcoming edition, which will take place in Austin, Texas next month.
Watch the Annie Awards Live on Cartoon Brew Tonight
Watch animation's biggest awards show live on Cartoon Brew tonight.
Feature Animation Falls Short At the 2014 Global Box Office
For the first time in 17 years, no animated feature earned enough global box office dollars to rank among the top ten-grossing worldwide theatrical releases.
The Top 20 Stories of 2014 on Cartoon Brew
The American animation industry's wage-fixing scandal received the most attention on Cartoon Brew this year, with three of our most viewed stories focused on that topic.
10 Animated Shorts Make the 2014 Oscar Shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this afternoon the list of 10 animated shorts which will advance in the voting process for this year's Academy Awards.
Peter Sohn Named New Director of Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’
Yesterday evening, Pixar quietly revealed on Twitter that the new director of "The Good Dinosaur," scheduled to be released in November 2015, is Peter Sohn.
Pixar’s Announces ‘Lava,’ New Musical Short
Pixar has announced their latest short film, "Lava," directed by James Ford Murphy, a studio veteran who has animated on the company's films since "A Bug's Life."
Watch a Clip from “The Dam Keeper” by Pixar’s Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo
The new short film project by Pixar artists Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo wil have its world premiere next week in Berlin.
Pixar Makes Painterly CG: New Research Could Change The Look of Their Films
Last summer at SIGGRAPH, Pixar presented a paper offering some clues about one of the major new directions that CG feature animation is headed. The paper, "Stylizing Animation By Example," explored how filmmakers could achieve more expressive rendering styles that disregard the perfect boundaries of computer graphics rendering and mimic traditional painting techniques.
10 Animated Shorts Advance in 2013 Oscar Race
This afternoon, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the ten animated shorts that have been shortlisted for the Best …
Breaking: Pixar Canada Just Shut Down; 100 Employees Let Go [UPDATED]
Just three years after it opened, Pixar Canada shut down today leaving over one hundred people unemployed, according to the Province. A …
Layout Artist Maurice Noble Didn’t Get Along With Chuck Jones
In their new episode, the podcast 99% Invisible profiles legendary layout artist Maurice Noble. Noble made significant contributions to …
Why Is It So Difficult to Make Cute Cartoon Characters?
Audiences can instantly recognize a cute cartoon character when they see one, but why are memorable cute characters so difficult to create?
Official Press Release About the Ownership Change in Cartoon Brew
Author and historian Amid Amidi becomes sole managing owner of Cartoon Brew.
“Day and Night” Director Teddy Newton is Developing A Feature At Pixar [UPDATED]
Teddy Newton is developing a feature film at Pixar. That last sentence should excite anyone who knows Newton’s work. One could be …
Amid’s Most Popular Cartoon Brew Stories of 2012
Lots of wonderful, crazy, and frustrating things happened in the animation world last year, and we covered most of it on Cartoon Brew.
Two New Books You Gotta Get: “The Toy Story Films” and “Sketchtravel”
This is the story of Pixar, John Lasseter and three of the most important animated features of the last 20 years. It’s also one of …
Director Genndy Tartakovsky Inks Overall Deal with Sony Pictures Animation
Acclaimed Animation Director Genndy Tartakovsky Inks Overall Deal with Sony Pictures Animation Culver City, CA, July 11, …
VanArts Announces PIXAR Masterclass Tour With Stops In Chicago, Seattle, Miami, Toronto & Vancouver
VanArts is proud to present a Masterclass in Animation & Story Development, featuring instructors Matthew Luhn (Head of Story)Â and …
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