Tag: Walt Disney Feature Animation
Former Disney Animation VP, Toonz & ASIFA-India Founder Bill Dennis Dies Age 80
William (Bill) Dennis, Sr., a gifted and dedicated animation executive for major studios who also helped lay the foundations of the animation industry in...
Rob Edwards Making Directorial Debut with ‘Sneaks’ from Lengi, Laurence Fishburne’s Cinema Gypsy
Television and feature film screenwriter and producer Rob Edwards has written the script and is making his directorial debut with indie animated feature Sneaks....
Sue Nichols, Influential Disney Story Artist, Dies Age 55
Influential animation visual development and story artist Sue Nichols Maciorowski died on September 1 in East Longmeadow, MA, at just 55 years old. A...
Katie Hooten Named Head of Technicolor’s LA Pre-Prod Studio
Technicolor has appointed Katie Hooten as Head of Studio at its Pre-Production Studio in Los Angeles. The outpost was launched last year as a...
World Animation & VFX Summit Announces 2019 Hall of Fame Honorees
Animation Magazine has unveiled its list of this year’s distinguished Animation Hall of Fame Game-Changers award recipients. The honorees will receive their awards at...
SPARK Animation to Honor Bonnie Arnold with Lifetime Achievement Award
The world’s leading lights in animation will present their expertise and award-winning films at the SPARK Animation 2019 Conference, Film Festival and Career Fair...
Zoic Studios Expands Production Team with Series Exec Hires
Emmy Award-winning entertainment company Zoic Studios has expanded its global production team, adding Daniel Cohen as Executive Producer, Series and Film in NYC, Lauren...
Kara Lord Piersimoni, Daniel Rattner Join Guru Studio Senior Leadership
Kids entertainment leader Guru Studio (True and the Rainbow Kingdom, PAW Patrol) announces two senior hires to its management team: Vice President of Production...
Kobe Bryant, Glen Keane Set for ‘Dear Basketball’ Panel at World Animation & VFX Summit
The World Animation and VFX Summit will have a little extra sparkle this year thanks to some star power from the sports world as...
Tangent Animation Teams with Peter Lepeniotis for 3-Picture Deal
Canada-based Tangent Animation has signed an exclusive deal with Peter Lepeniotis to write and develop three new animated feature films. Lepeniotis is best known...
Judge Dismisses Class-Action Wage Suit Against Animation Studios
A federal class-action lawsuit alleging top animation studios conspired to suppress wages has been dismissed.
In a ruling issued April 3, U.S. District Judge Lucy...
Ten Titles Make the Oscar Short List
Ten animated short films have advanced in the voting process for the 2014 Academy Awards, from the 56 films that originally qualified in the...
Cinesite Appoints Eamonn Butler Animation Director
Leading digital visual effects house Cinesite has announced it has appointed Eamonn Butler as animation director to head up its expanding animation division. Butler...
Into the Woods with Keane & Pocahontas
One often hears animators described as actors with pencils. You also hear Walt Disney Feature Animation legend Glen Keane described as “the Laurence Olivier...
Paramount Picks David Stainton As New Animation President
Former Disney Animation president David Stainton has been named the new president of Paramount’s Animation division. Paramount announced in July that it is launching...
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