‘The Matrix’ Sound Editor and Designer to Receive Career Achievement Award
Supervising sound editor and designer Dane A. Davis — who won an Oscar for 1999’s The Matrix — will receive Motion Picture Sound Editors’ Career Achievement Award during the org’s 71st annual Golden Reel Awards, which will be held March 3 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. “With his work on The Matrix, Dane Davis set […]
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VFX Veterans Mourn Death of Influential Softimage Founder Daniel Langlois
Veterans of the computer graphics industry are expressing shock and sadness over the death of Daniel Langlois, the influential founder of pioneering 3D computer graphics software developer Softimage, whose tools were used to create visual effects on countless notable films — among them, Jurassic Park, The Matrix, Men in Black, The Fifth Element and Titanic — during […]
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‘Rocky’ Makeup Artist Michael Westmore to Receive Guild’s Vanguard Award
Oscar- and Emmy-winning makeup artist Michael Westmore will receive the Vanguard Award for contributions to the makeup and hairstyling industry during the 11th annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) Awards. Westmore won an Oscar in 1986 for the film Mask and earned three additional nominations. He also has received a record 45 […]
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Publicists Awards: ‘Ahsoka,’ ‘Frasier’ Among TV Campaign Noms
The publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) have announced the nominees for its Maxwell Weinberg Award for Television Publicity Campaign. They are the teams behind Star Wars spinoff Ahsoka from Walt Disney Studios and Lucasfilm/Disney+; Frasier (CBS Studio/Paramount+); Star Trek: Picard (CBS Studios/Paramount+) and Welcome to Chippendales (20th Television/Hulu). “The teams of […]
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New A24 Movies to Stream Exclusively on Max in New Output Deal
Warner Bros. Discovery will be exclusive the home to A24’s upcoming slate. The conglomerate and the indie studio announced a multiyear pay-1 U.S. output deal that will bring the studio and distributor’s theatrical film slate exclusively to Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO and Cinemax, as well as streaming service Max. In addition to newer and upcoming […]
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Pixar’s Pandemic-Era Movies ‘Soul,’ ‘Turning Red’ and ‘Luca’ to Get 2024 Theatrical Releases
Pixar’s Soul, Luca and Turning Red — which bypassed the big screen and went straight to Disney+ because of the pandemic — will play in theaters for the first time, Disney announced Wednesday. Soul, Pete Docter’s Oscar-winning 2020 animated film about a middle-school band teacher who is transported to the “Great Before,” will be released […]
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Cartoon Heroes, Assemble! Here Are the Characters That Will Face Off in This Year’s Feature Animation Race
A broad range of titles, animation styles and plenty of music define this season’s animated feature race, with some expected contenders still to debut. For instance, as the studio celebrates its centennial, Walt Disney Animation Studios hopes to grab one of the five nomination slots with its Nov. 22 musical Wish, which tells the story of how Disney’s […]
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Making That ’70s Movie: ‘The Holdovers’ DP on Recreating the Era
When cinematographer Eigil Bryld paired with director Alexander Payne on Focus Features’ Nov. 10 release The Holdovers, which is set at a New England boarding school in 1970, one of the first things the Sideways helmer emphasized was that he didn’t want it to “just look like a movie set the ’70s.” The DP clarifies, “He […]
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Director Sam Green, Sound Designer Mark Mangini on the Power of Immersive Doc ‘32 Sounds’
One may think filmmaker Sam Green’s 32 Sounds is aimed at the sound community, but with his immersive exploration of the noises we hear, Green says he hopes to reach general audiences and inspire them to “hear the world in a different way.” Sound designer Mark Mangini feels the same way, pointing to the narrative […]
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‘Oppenheimer’ Tops HPA Awards
Christopher Nolan’s epic Oppenheimer topped the feature competition at the annual HPA Awards for postproduction, with Jennifer Lame winning the award for outstanding editing and Fotokem’s Kostas Theodosiou and Kristen Zimmerman claiming the prize for color grading. Tuesday at the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre, additional winners in the feature categories included John Wick: Chapter 4 […]
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Oscar Winners Robert Legato, Deborah Scott Among New Academy SciTech Council Members
Industry vets Dominic Glynn, Rob Legato, Nancy Richardson, Deborah Scott, Tom Sito and Sharon Smith Holley have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Visual effects supervisor and VFX branch member Legato won Oscars for Titanic, Hugo and The Jungle Book. His VFX credits also […]
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‘Forrest Gump’ DP Don Burgess to Receive ASC Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award
Don Burgess, whose work includes Academy Award-winning Best Picture Forrest Gump, will receive the American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award during the 38th annual ASC Awards. Also at the March 3 event at the Beverly Hilton, Steven Fierberg will be presented with the ASC Career Achievement in Television Award and Amy Vincent will be […]
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