Tag: Richard Williams
‘Puffin Rock Movie’ Takes Wing
As the acclaimed children’s preschool brand Puffin Rock enjoys continued success around the world, its co-owners -- Cartoon Saloon, Penguin Books and Dog Ears...
Hopster Launches Series & Game Pre-K Property ‘Saturday Club’
BAFTA-nominated preschool learning and entertainment platform Hopster has launched a new, original animated series Saturday Club as of April 1. Created and developed by...
Gary Kurtz, ‘Star Wars’ Producer, Dies Age 78
Producer Gary Kurtz, who helped shepherd George Lucas’s now iconic Star Wars to smash hit status, died of cancer on Sunday at age 78....
Gone, but Not Forgotten: An Animation Professor Revisits Rarely Seen Films
I had never been to San Francisco when I attended Richard Williams’ Animation Masterclass in 1997. All I knew was that he was the...
Animation’s A-List Heads to Annecy!
This year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival and MIFA market (June 11-16 & 12-15) will collect some of the brightest lights in the international...
Tom Sito Joins Academy Board; Edlund Returns to VFX Branch
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the new electees to its 2017-18 Board of Governors. Among these esteemed industry veterans,...
Animation Block Party Launches 2017 Program
The full film lineup for Brooklyn's Animation Block Party festival -- which will take over the borough for its 14th edition July 27-30 --...
Animator-Historian Tom Sito to Receive Dusty Alumni Award
School of Visual Arts BFA Film and BFA Animation chair Reeves Lehmann and Annie Flocco, producer-director of SVA’s 27th Dusty Awards, have announced this...
Annecy Full Program Revealed
Taking place June 13-18, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (accompanied by the MIFA market, June 15-17) will once again offer the very best...
ShortsHD Presents Oscar Nominees in Theaters & On Demand
For over 10 years, ShortsHD has been bringing the Oscar nominated short films in the Animation, Live Action and Documentary categories to audiences across...
Oscars Go Indie for Animated Feature Noms
The Academy decided to go indie this year, deviating from most of the season’s other awards choices and nominating only one major studio feature...
‘Inside Out,’ ‘Minions’ & ‘Shaun the Sheep’ Earn BAFTA Noms
The 2016 BAFTA nominations are in, and the top animation feature contenders this year will be Pete Docter’s heartstring-tugger Inside Out (Disney-Pixar), Pierre Coffin...
10 Animated Shorts Advance in Oscar Race
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named the 10 animated short films advancing to the next consideration stage for the 88th...
Richard Williams’ ‘Prologue’ Gets LA Screening
A new hand-animated short from award-winning director Richard Williams and producer Imogen Sutton will screen in Los Angeles, following its well received U.S. debut...
Disney Animation Historian John Culhane Dies
John Culhane, a Disney animation historian who penned numerous books, taught animation for many years and was caricaturized by animators in The Rescuers (Mr....
Annecy 2015
Toasting women in animation, Spanish flair and MIFA’s 30th anniversary.
This month, over 7,000 creatives, professionals and other luminaries of the global animation industry will...
Disney, UPA Animator Willis Pyle Celebrates his 100th Birthday
Celebrated Disney and UPA animator Willis Pyle's 100th birthday will be celebrated with a special private event Sept. 3 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel...
Oscar-Nominated Animator Michael Sporn Dies at 67
We are sad to report the passing of Oscar-nominated American animator Michael Sporn at the age of 67 from pancreatic cancer. The influential New...
Original Cut of ‘Thief and the Cobbler’ to Screen at Academy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen the rarely seen, director's cut of Richard Williams' The Thief and the Cobbler on...
Academy Events Spotlight Animator Richard Williams
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present This Amazing Medium, an animation master class and retrospective tour with Oscar-winning animator Richard...
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