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Three Renowned Artisans Made Their Feature Directing Debuts This Season

Rachel Morrison — the first woman to earn an Oscar nomination for cinematography — often picked up a camera and entered the ring to do handheld shots while making “The Fire...

‘Transformers One’ Gave Optimus Prime and Megatron a ‘Youthful Naivete’ in Their Origin Story

To make Paramount and Hasbro’s first fully CG-animated Transformers movie, Academy Award-winning director Josh Cooley (“Toy Story 4”) turned to Industrial Light & Magic, the visual effects studio behind the franchise’s...

‘Gladiator II’ Producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher to Receive Advanced Imaging Society Award (EXCLUSIVE)

“Gladiator II” producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher will be presented with the Advanced Imaging Society‘s Harold Lloyd Award, Feb. 7 during the AIS Lumiere Awards luncheon at the Beverly...

CinemaCon: Amazon MGM Joins Lineup, Sony Returns for 2025 Edition

Amazon MGM Studios will join the lineup of CinemaCon main stage studio presentations for the first time when the theater owners confab returns to Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace from March 31...

David Conley Named President of ‘Mufasa’ VFX House MPC

Following a string of changes in recent years as Technicolor Group restructured its business around visual effects, the company has appointed industry vet David Conley as the new president of its...

Academy Revamps SciTech Council With Universal’s Annie Chang As Chair (EXCLUSIVE)

Amid ongoing restructuring, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revamping its Science and Technology Council with a format described as “more agile and strategically focused,” led by newly-named...

Animation Guild, AMPTP Reach Tentative Contract Deal

The Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839) and AMPTP reached a tentative deal for a new three-year contact, the Guild has confirmed. TAG, which represents an estimated 5,000 artists, technicians,...

‘The Girl With the Needle’ Wins Camerimage’s Golden Frog

Cinematographer Michał Dymek’s stark black-and-white lensing of “The Girl With the Needle” won the EnergaCamerimage Golden Frog, with special mention going to director Magnus von Horn, at the cinematography festival’s closing...

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