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Disney’s Marlon West, ‘Avatar’ VFX vet Brooke Breton, and ‘Shrek’ costume designer Isis Mussenden bring animation and effects to Academy Foundation’s board.
The animation and VFX invitees are among the 534 film industry figures invited to join the Academy’s ranks as part of the class of 2025.
Notably, seven of the people invited to the Short Film and Feature Animation branch were born in Japan, an increase from previous years.
The Academy has split its short film and feature animation branch into two, and will give feature animation two spots on its board of governors.
Women, Black, and Asian artists were mostly overlooked in the animation branch.
Producer Tommy Pallotta says dealing with the Academy is like being “caught in a Kafkaesque nightmare where someone is saying something isn’t real and I know it’s real.”
Here are all the people who have been invited to the Short Films & Feature Animation and Visual Effects departments.
It’s one of eight awards that’s being given the boot.
But the number of women invited to join these branches remains well below average.
The pains of remote working, the rise of Skydance, and the muted return of the box office…
Once again, the animation and vfx branches are disproportionately male.
Kanye West’s favorite animated film will be screened next month in L.A.
The previous record was 27 features for the 2017 Academy Awards.
Over 170 people have been invited to join the Academy’s animation and vfx branches.
A handful of animated features are already considered frontrunners, while a large number of underdogs aspire to defy the odds and snag a nomination.
Which five animated features will make the cut this year?
It’s a good year for the animation world: some previously overlooked women filmmakers and Japanese animation directors have been invited to join the Academy this year.
Here’s the animated features competing for an Oscar this year.
Tom Sito has emerged victorious in the election for a seat on the Academy’s Short Films and Feature Animation Branch.
Why did the Academy invite a record number of animation artists to join their organization this year?
The Walt Disney Company has won 9 out of the last 10 animated feature Oscars. Now its animation president wants to help write the Oscar rules.
Watch these personal stories about the making of the Disney classic “Beauty and the Beast.”
This 25th anniversary screening is sold out, but we’ve got a tip on how you can attend this special event.
This year’s Sci-Tech Academy Awards remind us that technological innovation is a major part of animated filmmaking.
Last Friday the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a list of 21 scientific and technical achievements in 16 different areas, which have been selected for further awards consideration.
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