SPW Releases
Cinesite, one of the world's leading film visual effects houses, has completed visual effects for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, including Lord Voldemort's snake-like nose, the ghost...
Jackson, Mississippi is not often mentioned among the country's top media production centers, but if www.oromamedia.com.">Oroma Media has anything to say about it that may soon change. The Jackson-based company, founded a scant two years...
Leading production and post-production house Optimus proudly announced today that ONE at Optimus director, Otto Arsenault, was honored with a Best of the Midwest Award (BMA) for "Best Music Video" for his work on Greg Laswell's "Take Everything". Shot in one take and entirely in reverse, the...
Joseph Finn Co., Inc. will conduct a major public auction of visual effects CGI Facility CafeFX Inc., by catalog, from the facility in Santa Maria, California. The auction will take place at CafeFX, 2811 Airpark Drive...
Jeff Margolis, executive producer and director of the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, announced that the team of talented producers and artists behind previous SAG Awards are returning to create this year's ceremonies. The 17th Annual SAG Awards® also marks the 13th consecutive year...
Thirty years ago, Pink Floyd's "The Wall" Tour brought a new level of technical ingenuity and conceptual theatricality into the concert arena. Today, English rock icon Roger Waters is re-writing the rulebook once again with an even more ambitious revival of the classic show.
To help him...
Digital creative services agency AvatarLabs today announced that Suzanne Abramson Norr has been named Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Suzanne will manage the company's day-to-day operations, overall financial performance and work with the management team to set operational procedures and...
On Wednesday the Sundance Institute announced that director Peter D. Richardson's new feature documentary, "How to Die in Oregon", will premiere in competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The film will have its broadcast premiere on HBO in 2011.
"How to Die in Oregon" tells the...
Eden FX designed and produced 85 VFX shots for the December 9th episode of NBC's sitcom "Community," which featured a tribute to classic holiday-themed stop-motion animation. Jake Aust, a "Community" producer, and Eden FX's primary production contact on the show, specifically requested the aid...
Ford Truck and Team Detroit have turned to King And Country's Director Efrain Montañez, to re-imagine and elevate the famed "Rant" campaign for the debut of their 2011 F150. This new model introduces the EcoBoost technology to their truck line, which was the genesis for the campaign's makeover...
Anticipating the continued evolution of the digital space, MaxMedia today announced the addition of another key team member intended to fulfill the company's vision of delivering integrated digital campaigns for a growing list of marquee clients.
Jeff Doud is a three-time EMMY winner and...
The ANA (Association of National Advertisers), the 4As and the American Advertising Federation (AAF), representing a broad group of marketing and media companies, have urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject the false premise that any animated characters originally tied to...
Four students - one from each major region of the world - have been named first-place winners in the 2010 edition of the annual Kodak Film School Competition. The contest is designed to recognize the creativity and talent of student cinematographers in the collaborative process of visual...
charlieuniformtango turns 15 this year and celebrated with an industry-wide party at their 10,000 square-foot-space at One Arts Plaza, 1722 Routh Street, Suite 204, Dallas, Texas 75201, the building is a centerpiece of the city's growing urban arts...
Christie®, the leader in digital cinema projection, has presented the world's first full feature screening in 4K resolution DLP Cinema® before members of the Hollywood community. Held at the famed Mann Chinese theater complex in Hollywood, California, the screening was presented for the annual...
Portland, OR-based physical therapist and shoe inventor Cheryl Sherwood Kosta neutralizes gravity in a new 1:20 web film, "Anti-Gravity," for Easy Spirit Shoes, NY, produced direct-to-client....
LOS ANGELES, CA – October 18, 2010 –B-Reel Films, in
collaboration with B-Reel, announced today the formation of
a new office in L.A. To helm B-Reel Films' operations there and in New
York, the company tapped Susan Rued Anderson as Executive Producer.
Relocating to L.A...
AFI FEST 2010 presented by Audi announced today the five feature films selected by its first-ever Guest Artistic Director, David Lynch, for his special sidebar program at the festival. As part of the program, the festival will screen Lynch's first feature film, ERASERHEAD, which was made while...
Hurrah! Marketing, a preeminent representation firm for creative companies, has signed the newly launched Broadcast Unit of renowned design/visual effects/post-production company Lair to its client roster. Carol Eisenrauch, President and Head of Global Business Development for Hurrah! Marketing...
James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, and Ashley Jensen, have joined the voice cast of the 3D, CG-animated family comedy, Arthur Christmas. The highly anticipated film, produced by Aardman Animations for Sony Pictures Animation, is slated for release November 23...