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The Supreme Court Decision That Thrilled the Producers of “Monsters University” and “Toy Story 3”
With LGBT Pride festivities taking place all over the country this week, the San Francisco Gate got together with Pixar power couple Kori …
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An Interview with “Junkyard” Director Hisko Hulsing
My introduction to the work of Dutch filmmaker Hisko Hulsing happend in 2004 when I saw his nightmarish short Seventeen at Annecy. It …
Call for Entries: CutOut Fest, Cinanima and Primanima
If you have a short film, take note of the following call for entries from these quality festivals: CutOut Fest in Querétaro, Mexico, …
Artist of the Day: Andrew Ohlmann
Andrew Ohlmann draws and animates often with digital tools. Andrew sometimes uses filters, software functions and programs to partially …
An Update on the Jenny Slate-Penned Looney Tunes CGI Feature
We reported last September that comedian and former Saturday Night Live performer Jenny Slate had been hired to script a new …
‘Lion King’ Director Roger Allers and Salma Hayek Push Forward on ‘The Prophet’
Roger Allers, the co-director of Disney’s The Lion King is moving forward with his production of Kahlil Gibran’s classic 1923 poetry book …
Movie Barcode Compresses Entire Movies into A Single Image
Just by looking at this “bar code”, can you tell what animated movie this is? Go on, take a guess: Give up? It’s Bambi. For …
“Washington Post” names Nick Weidenfeld The “Next Jeffrey Katzenberg”
Identifying the next Jeffrey Katzenberg or George Lucas isn’t something easily done, but a columnist at the Washington Post has figured …
Gigglebug Makes Children Go Crazy…With Laughter
Gigglebug, a newly released iPad app from Finland, uses infectious laughter to encourage social play among children. Through touching and …
Call for Entries: KLIK!, Animateka, and New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival
Here are the call for entries from three quality festivals: KLIK! Animation Festival in Amsterdam, Animateka Int’l Animated Film Festival …
NFB’s Free McLaren’s Workshop iPad App is a Must-Download
McLaren’s Workshop is a free iPad app from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) that provides access to over fifty films by …
Gabe Swarr Turns “Life in the Analog Age” Into A Weekly Online Series
Earlier this week, Gabe Swarr relaunched "Life in the Analog Age" as a weekly animated series online, with the goal of new episodes every week.
The Five Biggest Challenges of Building a Film Museum
Every decade or so, there is talk of an animation museum in the United States, and while none has ever been built, two new museums on the …
Brigham Young’s Computer Animation Program Profiled in “NY Times”
Last weekend, the New York Times Sunday Magazine published a proile of the computer animation program at Brigham Young University. The …
How Giphy Plans to Transform Animated GIFs Into An Artform
When Jace Cooke and Alex Chung founded Giphy, they simply wanted a convenient platform for sharing and searching GIFs. But
John Knoll Named Chief Creative Officer of ILM
Veteran visual effects supervisor John Knoll has been promoted to the position of chief creative officer at Disney-owned Industrial Light …
From Animation School to the Real World
Last week, I flew out from Los Angeles to New York to attend the annual Dusty animation screening at the School of Visual Arts. I watched …
“Epic” Artist of the Day: Stephen P. Neary
This week we’re taking a look at some of the artists who contributed their artistry to the production of Blue Sky’s Epic, which opens in …
Tomorrow in Brooklyn: Dash Shaw Screens Rare Anime
Cartoonist Dash Shaw, who has been working on a feature-length animated film of his own, will present a selection of his recent animation …
Anifilm 2013 Report: An Exciting Time For Animated Features
I returned a few days ago from the Czech Republic where I judged the feature film categories at Anifilm, a fun festival situated in the …
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