For its contribution to shaping today’s filmmaking industry, Pixar’s Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) has been honoured by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with a prestigious Academy Scientific and Engineering Award. OpenUSD’s developers are F. Sebastian Grassia, Alex Mohr, Sunya Boonyatera, Brett Levin, and Jeremy Cowles. The Academy Awards for Scientific and Technical Achievements […]
It was particularly difficult 2023 for everybody working in and around the film industry. Thankfully, the worst appears to be behind us and many projects are being hurriedly finished ready for screening next year.. Amongst other things, the ending of the actors’ strike saved awards season at the eleventh hour. Ten Academy Awards shortlists have […]
Manchester Animation Festival, which was first established in 2015, has been granted Academy Award-winning status, meaning it’s the only dedicated event of its kind in the UK that allows winners to enter the Oscars’ Best Short Film stakes. “It’s an honour to represent both Manchester and the UK animation community by standing with some of […]
Below are the results of research carried out by Lisa McNamara of frame.io into the budgets, crew size and duration of both principal photography and post-production for each of the Best Picture nominees at the 2023 Academy Awards. Below that, we show the cameras and lenses used on the films nominated for Beat Picture and Best […]
Watching the announcements live on the BBC from Los Angeles.
While Avatar: The Way Of Water, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and a bunch of other sequels may have colonised (sorry) Variety’s list this year, there are a couple of surprise inclusions. Variety’s predictions Avatar: The Way Of Water Ryan Tudhope (visual effects supervisor) Scott R. Fisher (special effects coordinator) Seth Hill (visual […]