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Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018
ADC 98th Annual Awards Announces Jury Chairs For 10 Disciplines
A gender-balanced group of top creative leaders have been named to serve as jury chairs for 10 disciplines of the ADC 98th Annual Awards, one of the world’s longest-running and most prestigious global competitions celebrating excellence in...
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018
Audiomotion Uses Vicon’s Mocap to Create an Ice-Free Skating Rink for ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’
In Walt Disney Pictures’ latest holiday blockbuster, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, filmmakers create a stunningly beautiful and romanticized version of Victorian London, complete with 19th-century families celebrating the holiday season. One scene of Christmas revelry includes...
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018
Telestream Opens New East Coast Headquarters
Telestream, a leading provider of workflow automation, processing and quality monitoring and management solutions for the production and distribution of video, announced the opening of its new East Coast Headquarters in Westwood, Massachusetts. Located at 247 Station Drive, the 22,000 square...
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018
Producers Tim Headington And Theresa Steele Page Join Forces To Launch Production & Financing Company Ley Line Entertainment
Producers Tim Headington and Theresa Steele Page have teamed up to open Ley Line Entertainment, a content development, production, and financing company with projects spanning film, television, stage, and music.
Over the years, the duo has been involved in all facets of the entertainment...
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018
Creative Representation Firm Numodo Expands Client Base, Broadens Reach
As the creative services industry changes, so too are the companies charged with developing their business opportunities. Recognizing these two emerging trends, Numodo, the six-year-old creative representation firm led by production and business development...
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018
9 Scientific and Technical Achievements To Be Honored With Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that nine scientific and technical achievements represented by 27 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 9, 2019, at the Beverly Wilshire in
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Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018
Mode Project Teams Up With Laughlin Constable For Acuity Insurance
A series of videos created by Chicago design and animation studio Mode Project uses humor to connect Acuity Insurance with its customers. The results are drawing smiles from audiences—and the client—with more than a million views on the web. “Acuity Insurance was looking for a fresh way to share...
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018
Prime Focus Technologies Appoints Anjani B Kuumar as President, Aims at Strategic Growth
Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), the technology arm of Prime Focus, today announced that Anjani B Kuumar has joined the organization as President. Mr. Kuumar has over 23 years of experience in business, HR and media operations. In his new role, he will help further PFT’s growth initiatives, with...
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018
Nominations Announced for the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
Nominees for the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances in film and television of 2018, as well as the nominees for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were...
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018
The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Announces Its Award Winners and Top Ten Films of 2018
Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” was named the year’s Best Film today by the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), the world’s largest group of black film critics comprised of leading film critics from across the country. The groundbreaking blockbuster also won Best Director (Ryan...
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018
SAG-AFTRA Shuts Down Illegitimate Employer
SAG-AFTRA announced that it has shut down Executive Media Services Inc. (EMS) as part of its continuing efforts to crack down on “signatory service” companies to the Commercials Contracts that masquerade as the employers of talent.
Earlier this year, SAG-AFTRA launched an investigation...
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018
Amazon Prime Video Picks Up Season Three of Prime Original Series 'Goliath'
Amazon Prime Video announced it has picked up a third season of its popular original series Goliath, starring Golden Globe®-winner Billy Bob Thornton, to launch in 2019. A premiere date will be announced at a later time.
Joining Thornton for Season Three is an all-star...
Monday, Dec. 10, 2018
Art Directors Guild to Induct Legendary Production Designers Anthony Masters and Ben Carré Into the Hall of Fame
British Production Designer Anthony (Tony) Masters, nominated for an Academy Award® for the film "2001: A Space Odyssey," and Pioneer Production Designer Ben Carré, best known for his work onthe 1925 version of The Phantom of the Opera and The Wizard of Oz, will be inducted...
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018
2019 Writers Guild Awards: Television, New Media, News, Radio/Audio, and Promotional Writing Nominations Announced
The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing during 2018. Winners will be honored at the 2019 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday,...
Friday, Dec. 7, 2018
DGA Announces Special Award Winners for 71st Annual DGA Awards
Directors Guild of America President Thomas Schlamme announced the recipients of two special DGA Awards recognizing extraordinary contribution to the Guild: UPM Kathleen McGill and Associate Director Mimi (Marian) Deaton will be honored at the 71st Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 2, 2019...
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018
Netflix Enters Into Overall Deal With Chris Nee - Peabody, Humanitas and Emmy Award-Winning Children’s Television Creator
Netflix announced that it has entered into a multi-year overall deal with Chris Nee, the Peabody, Emmy, and Humanitas Prize-winning children’s television screenwriter and producer. Under the deal, Nee will write and...
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018
Spittn Image’s Shawnette Heard Tapped as Creative Director/Choreographer For Quavo’s “Huncho Reality” Launch & Teyana Taylor’s Tribute To Janet Jackson
Spittn Image Creative Director/Director Shawnette Heard has been trailblazing the choreography scene for some time, and continues to make her mark through recent collaborations with Quavo...
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018
Tim Damon Accessorizes It For Nissan
What makes a car cool? Making it your own. Director Tim Damon recently took to his proprietary stage20 car studio to show off the latest ways to accessorize your Altima for Nissan and agency Designory.
Accessorize It
According to Damon, today’s marketplace is filled...
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018
Annecy Becomes an Official Festival Partner With the Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood is honored to announce that Annecy International Animation Film Festival has officially become a festival partner with the Annie Awards™. Also joining the...
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018
SAG-AFTRA Taps Music Industry Veteran Rebecca Greenberg as New Executive Director of Music Department
SAG-AFTRA announced that veteran music industry executive Rebecca Greenberg has joined the union as the executive director of the Music Department, effective immediately. In her new role, Greenberg will oversee SAG-AFTRA’s activities in the music industry, including the negotiation and...
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