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Can Jamaica Become A Force in Global Animation?

Animation may not be the first thing that pops to mind when you hear the word Jamaica, but the Caribbean island of nearly 3 million people is making an effort to position itself as a player in the global animation industry.

Award Season Focus

“Croods” Directors Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders on Making An Ensemble Film

When the server enters the drawing room of the Crosby Hotel, Kirk DeMicco’s eyes begin to dance, “Mini desserts are coming! Many, many mini desserts!” Both DeMicco ("Racing Stripes," "Space Chimps") and Chris Sanders ("Lilo & Stitch," "How to Train Your Dragon") are in New York to take part in a presentation on the making of "The Croods," the animated film that they directed for Dreamworks earlier this year, which went on to gross nearly $600 million worldwide.

Animators

Say It Ain’t Sayonara, Miyazaki

Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki, 72, has retired, say reports from the Venice Film Festival. The announcement was made by Koji …

CGI

“Turbo” Reader Reviews

Few industry observers are banking on Turbo, the David Soren-directed DreamWorks pic about a garden snail who races in the Indianapolis …

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Pixar Releases New RenderMan Software

Emeryville, CA – Pixar Animation Studios simultaneously released RenderMan Pro Server 17.0 and RenderMan Studio 4.0, extensively …

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Pixar Brings RenderMan to SIGGRAPH

EMERYVILLE, CA — Pixar Animation Studios announced that the RenderMan team will present new insights at SIGGRAPH 2012 into its very …

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Pixar Releases RenderMan Studio 4.0

EMERYVILLE, CA — Pixar Animation Studios announced that RenderMan for Autodesk Maya is to be combined with RenderMan Studio as a single …

Animators

My Friend, Ronald Searle

[Editor’s Note: In memory of Ronald Searle’s passing, we present this tribute by Matt Jones. Besides working as a story artist at Pixar, …

TV

“Jot” for sale

“JOT was just a basic circle that changed shape and color depending on his relationship with God”. All hail Jot, the syndicated …

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