Cites need for additional member discussion as reason not to add award for most popular film at upcoming Oscars.
VES Hall of Fame honorees include L.B. Abbott, Richard “Doc” Baily, Saul Bass, Ray Harryhausen, Derek Meddings, Eileen Moran and Gene Roddenberry.
Formal VES statement mirrors sentiment of many artists unhappy with decision to cut categories from live Academy Awards broadcast.
Events includes presentations from restoration and preservation experts from Fotokem, MTI Film, Roundabout Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Academy governors Richard Edlund and Bill Kroyer weigh in on how to acknowledge and reward the growing number of stellar CG character performances.
Get a peek at the winners onstage and backstage at this year’s grand Visual Effects Society bash.
‘Game of Thrones’ wins five awards; ‘Coco,’ ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ win four awards each; Samsung sweeps all three commercials categories; and ‘Blade Runner 2049’ wins a pair.
Each year, the VES Awards recognizes and honors the most outstanding visual effects of the year as well as the creative professionals responsible for creating them.
Free course Jan. 20 at Gnomon School of VFX will cover building and optimizing CG worlds for real-time performance.
Adaptation of animated classic to play exclusive one-week engagement in New York and Los Angeles.
Director of the upcoming Disney feature ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ joins speaker lineup at ninth annual VES Summit to be held Saturday, October 28.
Toni Pace Carstensen named recipient of the 2017 VES Founders Award; visual effects producer and longstanding member of the VES Awards Committee Chuck Finance designated with Lifetime VES Membership; legendary VFX archivist and practitioner Bob Burns given Honorary VES Membership.
Deadline for submissions to the 16th Annual VES Awards is November 30, 2017.
Featured speakers at interactive forum to be held Saturday, October 28 include Hollywood data hack expert Hemanshu Nigam and IMAX home entertainment president Jason Brenek.
The Visual Effects Society to honor writer-producer-director Favreau for his boundary-breaking use of visual effects to create a seamless and invisible background for remarkable stories and vibrant characters to play across film and television.
Shail joins Spin VFX as Senior Visual Effects Producer after experiences as an artist, supervisor and show runner.
VES launches global VFX platform heralding Society’s 20th anniversary.
‘The Jungle Book’ named photoreal feature film winner with five awards; ‘Game of Thrones’ episode ‘Battle of the Bastards’ named best photoreal episode with five awards; John Lewis ‘Boxer the Buster’ wins top honors in the commercial field.
Mike Chambers re-elected as Board Chair of the visual effects industry’s global professional honorary society.
ILM chief creative officer and senior visual effects supervisor John Knoll -- nominated for an Oscar alongside VFX supervisor Mohen Leo, animation supervisor Hal Hickel, and special effects supervisor Neil Corbould -- details the challenges of bringing the continuing saga of the Skywalker family to the big screen.
‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ receives most feature film nominations; ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ is top animated film contender; ‘Game of Thrones’ leads the broadcast field and scores most nominations overall.
Visual Effects Society announces new print and digital publication as the leading global voice of VFX to herald its 20th anniversary; inaugural issue slated for April 2017.
Marvel Studios executive vice president of physical production Victoria Alonso named as the next recipient of the Visual Effects Society’s Visionary Award in recognition of her contributions to visual arts and filmed entertainment.
Five-time Academy Award recipient -- including a Special Achievement Oscar for the visual effects ‘Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi’ -- served as VFX supervisor on the revolutionary ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit.’
Forum to feature panels on cinematography and VFX and visual effects in the wild; industry leaders to host interactive business roundtables.
