While HBO fans will have to wait even longer for a new season of “Euphoria,” another viral series will be back for its long-awaited third season: “Industry.”
The critically-acclaimed drama set in the world of finance will screen its Season 3 premiere episode at this year’s Atx TV Festival, taking place from May 30 to June 2. Creators/writers/directors/executive producers Mickey Down and Konrad Kay will be joined by cast members including Myha’la Herrold to discuss the making of the latest installment that captures the intensity of international banking.
Fellow upcoming HBO series “Fantasmas” hailing from creator/director/star Julio Torres is also debuting at the Austin-based Atx TV Festival, with Torres discussing his new series. The “Problemista” writer/director/star helms the anthology “Fantasmas” which is described as being “little films” following “eerie comedic stories” as Torres tries to find a missing golden oyster.
HBO and Max will additionally...
The critically-acclaimed drama set in the world of finance will screen its Season 3 premiere episode at this year’s Atx TV Festival, taking place from May 30 to June 2. Creators/writers/directors/executive producers Mickey Down and Konrad Kay will be joined by cast members including Myha’la Herrold to discuss the making of the latest installment that captures the intensity of international banking.
Fellow upcoming HBO series “Fantasmas” hailing from creator/director/star Julio Torres is also debuting at the Austin-based Atx TV Festival, with Torres discussing his new series. The “Problemista” writer/director/star helms the anthology “Fantasmas” which is described as being “little films” following “eerie comedic stories” as Torres tries to find a missing golden oyster.
HBO and Max will additionally...
- 3/27/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Atx TV Festival is expanding its 2024 programming.
The lineup will now feature several screenings and conversations from series including Industry Season 3, Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, and Fargo. Other events will incorporate shows like Girls5eva into the programming as well.
HBO and Max are planning several panels. Fantasmas, which premieres this summer, has set its world premiere at Atx, followed by a conversation with creator, star, and director Julio Torres.
Industry Season 3 will also debut at the festival, followed by a conversation with creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, as well as star Myha’la Herrold. Additional cast is likely to be announced soon. Season 3 is set to stream on Max in 2024, though a premiere date has not been set.
Finally, Max will also host a screening and Q&a for Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, which is a continuation of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. There will footage from a new episode,...
The lineup will now feature several screenings and conversations from series including Industry Season 3, Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, and Fargo. Other events will incorporate shows like Girls5eva into the programming as well.
HBO and Max are planning several panels. Fantasmas, which premieres this summer, has set its world premiere at Atx, followed by a conversation with creator, star, and director Julio Torres.
Industry Season 3 will also debut at the festival, followed by a conversation with creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, as well as star Myha’la Herrold. Additional cast is likely to be announced soon. Season 3 is set to stream on Max in 2024, though a premiere date has not been set.
Finally, Max will also host a screening and Q&a for Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, which is a continuation of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. There will footage from a new episode,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
‘LA LA’ Gets Re-re-re-release
Iconic Hollywood musical film “La La Land” is to re-release (again) in South Korean theaters from Wednesday. Distributed by Pancinema, it will play at the country’s Imax cinemas for a one-week limited run with tickets costing upwards of KRW15,000 ($11.25) for adults.
The film was directed by Damien Chazelle and stars Ryan Gosling (newly Oscar-nominated for his role as Ken in “Barbie”) and Emma Stone, and holds the box office record for movie musicals with global box office of $470 million.
It recently re-released in cinemas in China in time for the Christmas peak season. And, according to local sources, the latest outing in Korea will be its third re-release in the country, following a conventional release in December 2017, a re-release in March 2020 and yet another in September 2022.
In its initial run, the film sold 5.13 million tickets and earned KRW31.2 billion or $23.4 million at today’s exchange rates.
Iconic Hollywood musical film “La La Land” is to re-release (again) in South Korean theaters from Wednesday. Distributed by Pancinema, it will play at the country’s Imax cinemas for a one-week limited run with tickets costing upwards of KRW15,000 ($11.25) for adults.
The film was directed by Damien Chazelle and stars Ryan Gosling (newly Oscar-nominated for his role as Ken in “Barbie”) and Emma Stone, and holds the box office record for movie musicals with global box office of $470 million.
It recently re-released in cinemas in China in time for the Christmas peak season. And, according to local sources, the latest outing in Korea will be its third re-release in the country, following a conventional release in December 2017, a re-release in March 2020 and yet another in September 2022.
In its initial run, the film sold 5.13 million tickets and earned KRW31.2 billion or $23.4 million at today’s exchange rates.
- 1/24/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: LA VFX and animation studio Saffronic has named its first CEO.
Creative and design industry veteran Skyler Mattson has been unveiled in the role at Saffronic, which former Technicolor execs Tim Sarnoff and Vince Pizzica founded last year.
Mattson is the former President of WongDoody, a global creative and design agency, and has a background in design, branding, media strategy, Ux and Ui, and digital product services. At WongDoody she led the ads and branding business from an 80-staff operation to a company of more than 2,000 around the world.
At Saffronic, she’ll be responsible for solidifying the company’s vision in the media, entertainment, video games, advertising and creative sectors worldwide. Though headquartered in LA, Saffronic has a production facility in Chennai, India.
Mattson will also champion the company’s “by artists for artists” mantra and shape its organisational structure.
Mattson joins industry veterans Kumar Chandrasekaran and Prabhakar Sambandan...
Creative and design industry veteran Skyler Mattson has been unveiled in the role at Saffronic, which former Technicolor execs Tim Sarnoff and Vince Pizzica founded last year.
Mattson is the former President of WongDoody, a global creative and design agency, and has a background in design, branding, media strategy, Ux and Ui, and digital product services. At WongDoody she led the ads and branding business from an 80-staff operation to a company of more than 2,000 around the world.
At Saffronic, she’ll be responsible for solidifying the company’s vision in the media, entertainment, video games, advertising and creative sectors worldwide. Though headquartered in LA, Saffronic has a production facility in Chennai, India.
Mattson will also champion the company’s “by artists for artists” mantra and shape its organisational structure.
Mattson joins industry veterans Kumar Chandrasekaran and Prabhakar Sambandan...
- 7/19/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The attorneys and professionals in the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy case have received $26 million in fees thus far, considerably more than the $17.1 million that Harvey Weinstein’s victims will receive.
The legal bills are still coming in, and will likely exhaust the $3.3 million remaining in the company’s accounts, according to testimony from Robert Peck, the company’s former controller.
The fees represent a sizable chunk of the cost of resolving the case, but have received far less attention than the payouts to other stakeholders.
Last Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath approved a $35.2 million settlement, which includes the $17.1 million fund that will be paid out to more than 50 of Weinstein’s sexual misconduct accusers. The plan, which is funded by insurance policies, will also pay $9.7 million to cover defense costs for Weinstein Co. directors and officers, and $8.4 million to the company’s trade creditors, including law firms and other entertainment companies.
The legal bills are still coming in, and will likely exhaust the $3.3 million remaining in the company’s accounts, according to testimony from Robert Peck, the company’s former controller.
The fees represent a sizable chunk of the cost of resolving the case, but have received far less attention than the payouts to other stakeholders.
Last Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath approved a $35.2 million settlement, which includes the $17.1 million fund that will be paid out to more than 50 of Weinstein’s sexual misconduct accusers. The plan, which is funded by insurance policies, will also pay $9.7 million to cover defense costs for Weinstein Co. directors and officers, and $8.4 million to the company’s trade creditors, including law firms and other entertainment companies.
- 2/1/2021
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Almost two months after Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in a New York State prison, the disgraced movie mogul is still facing a host of legal problems both at home and abroad.
In the U.K., a previously unknown sexual assault complaint was revealed on Wednesday, when an appeals judge issued a public ruling in an employment tribunal.
The ruling did not offer much detail — only that an unidentified female claimant had accused Weinstein of harassment and assault in December 2017. The claimant also accused former Weinstein Co. president David Glasser and several Weinstein Co. board members — Bob Weinstein, Tim Sarnoff, Tarak Ben Ammar, Lance Maerov, and Richard Koenigsberg — of knowingly helping Weinstein to commit the offenses.
Employment tribunals in the U.K. are typically kept confidential in the preliminary stages. In this case, the respondents were ordered in July 2019 to turn over documents to the claimant.
Sarnoff, a senior executive at Technicolor,...
In the U.K., a previously unknown sexual assault complaint was revealed on Wednesday, when an appeals judge issued a public ruling in an employment tribunal.
The ruling did not offer much detail — only that an unidentified female claimant had accused Weinstein of harassment and assault in December 2017. The claimant also accused former Weinstein Co. president David Glasser and several Weinstein Co. board members — Bob Weinstein, Tim Sarnoff, Tarak Ben Ammar, Lance Maerov, and Richard Koenigsberg — of knowingly helping Weinstein to commit the offenses.
Employment tribunals in the U.K. are typically kept confidential in the preliminary stages. In this case, the respondents were ordered in July 2019 to turn over documents to the claimant.
Sarnoff, a senior executive at Technicolor,...
- 5/8/2020
- by Manori Ravindran and Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Now that Harvey Weinstein — a six-time Best Picture winner who spent two decades as one of the most powerful and feared Hollywood personalities — has been terminated as co-chairman of The Weinstein Company following sexual harassment allegations from at least 10 women, many unknowns remain about the studio’s future.
A rep for TWC said, “I can provide no further comment at this time.” Nevertheless, here are the three of the most pressing questions.
Read More: Harvey Weinstein: His Career Timeline of Sexual Harassment Allegations
Who will run The Weinstein Co.?
TWC’s board — down from seven to four as Marc Lasry, Tim Sarnoff and Dirk Ziff resigned in the wake of the Oct. 5 New York Times investigation detailing Weinstein’s impropriety —confirmed to Variety that for now, Weinstein’s brother and the company’s co-founder, Bob, will jointly helm TWC with chief operating officer David Glasser. This transition of power...
A rep for TWC said, “I can provide no further comment at this time.” Nevertheless, here are the three of the most pressing questions.
Read More: Harvey Weinstein: His Career Timeline of Sexual Harassment Allegations
Who will run The Weinstein Co.?
TWC’s board — down from seven to four as Marc Lasry, Tim Sarnoff and Dirk Ziff resigned in the wake of the Oct. 5 New York Times investigation detailing Weinstein’s impropriety —confirmed to Variety that for now, Weinstein’s brother and the company’s co-founder, Bob, will jointly helm TWC with chief operating officer David Glasser. This transition of power...
- 10/9/2017
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
In this week’s missile of a The New York Times story about the many alleged indiscretions of Harvey Weinstein, one of his past colleagues, former Miramax Los Angeles president Mark Gill, describes Weinstein’s professional climb from indie producer to Hollywood titan. “From the outside, it seemed golden — the Oscars, the success, the remarkable cultural impact.” Yet Gill said the persistent whispers that Weinstein was mistreating women were in fact “the biggest mess of all.”
While The Weinstein Co. co-founder publicly championed women’s rights, his accusers say that he was a hypocrite, secretly propositioning them for massages, kisses and more. One month after Weinstein distributed “The Hunting Ground,” a documentary about rapes on university campuses, he allegedly groped a college-aged woman in his office. Weinstein, 65, has a well-documented, on-the-record history of unflattering behavior, even against women (like in 2002, when he publicly berated director Julie Taymor at a screening of her film,...
While The Weinstein Co. co-founder publicly championed women’s rights, his accusers say that he was a hypocrite, secretly propositioning them for massages, kisses and more. One month after Weinstein distributed “The Hunting Ground,” a documentary about rapes on university campuses, he allegedly groped a college-aged woman in his office. Weinstein, 65, has a well-documented, on-the-record history of unflattering behavior, even against women (like in 2002, when he publicly berated director Julie Taymor at a screening of her film,...
- 10/7/2017
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
The dominoes continue to fall in the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment case. Deadline has confirmed that two more Weinstein Company board members — Tim Sarnoff and Marc Lasry — resigned today in the wake of Thursday’s devastating New York Times report that outlines a pattern of behavior stretching back at least two decades. Sarnoff’s day job is as Deputy CEO and President of Production at Technicolor. Lasry is a billionaire hedge fund manager, CEO of Avenue Capital Group…...
- 10/7/2017
- Deadline TV
The dominoes continue to fall in the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment case. Deadline has confirmed that two more Weinstein Company board members — Tim Sarnoff and Marc Lasry — resigned today in the wake of Thursday’s devastating New York Times report that outlines a pattern of behavior stretching back at least two decades. Sarnoff’s day job is as Deputy CEO and President of Production at Technicolor. Lasry is a billionaire hedge fund manager, CEO of Avenue Capital Group…...
- 10/7/2017
- Deadline
While Harvey Weinstein takes an "indefinite leave of absence" from The Weinstein Co., the board has hired an outside law firm to investigate sexual harassment accusations made against its co-chairman.
In Harvey Weinstein's absence, the company will be run by his brother and TWC co-chairman Bob Weinstein and COO David Glasser.
Additionally, three members of the nine-member, all-male board of The Weinstein Co. have now resigned. They include Dirk Ziff, Tim Sarnoff and Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry, who joined the board when former Cablevision CEO (and close friend of Harvey Weinstein) James Dolan vacated his seat in June 2016.
Following the...
In Harvey Weinstein's absence, the company will be run by his brother and TWC co-chairman Bob Weinstein and COO David Glasser.
Additionally, three members of the nine-member, all-male board of The Weinstein Co. have now resigned. They include Dirk Ziff, Tim Sarnoff and Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry, who joined the board when former Cablevision CEO (and close friend of Harvey Weinstein) James Dolan vacated his seat in June 2016.
Following the...
- 10/6/2017
- by Gregg Kilday ,Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tim Sarnoff Technicolor's President of Production, addresses attendees.
By Mark Cerulli
The energy was building, the drones were flying and the mood was celebratory as Technicolor officially opened its brand-new Culver City Tec Center dedicated to the brave new worlds of Vr (virtual reality), Ar (augmented reality) and other immersive media platforms.
The official name is “Technicolor Experience Center”, and it’s been having a “soft” opening for almost a year, but now the doors are really open... The facility is a collaborative lab and incubator to develop future content and delivery platforms in the Immersive media space. “The Tec is really a work in progress,” explains Marcie Jastrow, Technicolor’s Svp Immersive Media and the executive in charge of the Center. “It’s a safe place for people to come and learn. It’s part education, part production and part post-production.” Although Technicolor is the parent company of hot VFX shops The Mill,...
By Mark Cerulli
The energy was building, the drones were flying and the mood was celebratory as Technicolor officially opened its brand-new Culver City Tec Center dedicated to the brave new worlds of Vr (virtual reality), Ar (augmented reality) and other immersive media platforms.
The official name is “Technicolor Experience Center”, and it’s been having a “soft” opening for almost a year, but now the doors are really open... The facility is a collaborative lab and incubator to develop future content and delivery platforms in the Immersive media space. “The Tec is really a work in progress,” explains Marcie Jastrow, Technicolor’s Svp Immersive Media and the executive in charge of the Center. “It’s a safe place for people to come and learn. It’s part education, part production and part post-production.” Although Technicolor is the parent company of hot VFX shops The Mill,...
- 6/17/2017
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Top brass have announced the inaugural technology showcase State Of The Art - Innovation, Storytelling And Technology.
The three-day event will take place from November 10-12 and features presentations by Weta Digital and Technicolor.
Weta effects supervisor Dan Lemmon will preside over The Evolution Of Weta Digital on November 10. The session explores the company’s 20-year history and has as its centerpiece a case study on Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (pictured).
One day later How To Train Your Dragon 2 director Dean DeBlois and DreamWorks Animation chief technology officer Lincoln Wallen will showcase their new PrEMO tool built on the Apollo platform.
Sponsor Dolby will give the welcome address and Technicolor sponsors a keynote address by its production services president Tim Sarnoff.
The Dolby Institute is also behind a November 12 event entitled The Sound Of Imagined Worlds that looks at Dolby Atmos and features sound artists Erik Aadahl, Will Files and [link...
The three-day event will take place from November 10-12 and features presentations by Weta Digital and Technicolor.
Weta effects supervisor Dan Lemmon will preside over The Evolution Of Weta Digital on November 10. The session explores the company’s 20-year history and has as its centerpiece a case study on Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (pictured).
One day later How To Train Your Dragon 2 director Dean DeBlois and DreamWorks Animation chief technology officer Lincoln Wallen will showcase their new PrEMO tool built on the Apollo platform.
Sponsor Dolby will give the welcome address and Technicolor sponsors a keynote address by its production services president Tim Sarnoff.
The Dolby Institute is also behind a November 12 event entitled The Sound Of Imagined Worlds that looks at Dolby Atmos and features sound artists Erik Aadahl, Will Files and [link...
- 10/24/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Imageworks has been awarded a substantial amount of work on Roland Emmerich's "2012," SPI president Tim Sarnoff said Tuesday at Siggraph.
Sony's apocalyptic thriller recently started production in Vancouver and will include a large number of visual effects. A July 10 release is planned. The production has a contingency plan in case of an actors walkout or strike.
Sarnoff also said that SPI and Sony Pictures Animation's Ipax education program is launching an online mentoring program through a partnership with Animation Mentor.
The program, beginning in the winter, will pair students from 18 Ipax member schools worldwide with leading SPI and Spa artists. The program will use Animator Mentor's model and interactive online technology.
"The idea is to improve collaboration -- not school-to-school or business-to-business but one on one," Sarnoff said.
SPI's Barry Weiss, senior vp animation and artistic development, chairs the Ipax initiative, which was formed in 2004 to connect faculty from academic institutions with industry professionals.
Sony's apocalyptic thriller recently started production in Vancouver and will include a large number of visual effects. A July 10 release is planned. The production has a contingency plan in case of an actors walkout or strike.
Sarnoff also said that SPI and Sony Pictures Animation's Ipax education program is launching an online mentoring program through a partnership with Animation Mentor.
The program, beginning in the winter, will pair students from 18 Ipax member schools worldwide with leading SPI and Spa artists. The program will use Animator Mentor's model and interactive online technology.
"The idea is to improve collaboration -- not school-to-school or business-to-business but one on one," Sarnoff said.
SPI's Barry Weiss, senior vp animation and artistic development, chairs the Ipax initiative, which was formed in 2004 to connect faculty from academic institutions with industry professionals.
- 8/13/2008
- by By Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bob Osher will succeed Yair Landau as president of the Digital Production division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Additionally, Hannah Minghella was named president of production at Sony Pictures Animation.
Landau is leaving Sony in April to begin a new games and animation venture. Osher joined Sony Pictures in 2004, and has been serving as COO of the Columbia Pictures Motion Picture Group; he will continue to have oversight over his current areas of responsibility within that group.
The Digital Production division, formerly known as Sony Pictures Digital, comprises visual effects unit Imageworks and Sony Pictures Animation. Sony Online Entertainment is moving from Sony Pictures Digital to Sony Computer Entertainment.
In 2007, SPE generated attention when it retained an investment bank to place a value on Imageworks and Sony Pictures Animation. "There were discussions about selling Imageworks. Strategically, we made a decision to take that off the table," Osher said. "We think it is a terrific business to be in."
Imageworks president Tim Sarnoff and Minghella will report to Osher. Sandra Rabins, who had been in charge of Sony Pictures Animation as senior executive vp, will return to her roots as a producer and continue working with Sony Pictures Animation in that capacity.
Landau is leaving Sony in April to begin a new games and animation venture. Osher joined Sony Pictures in 2004, and has been serving as COO of the Columbia Pictures Motion Picture Group; he will continue to have oversight over his current areas of responsibility within that group.
The Digital Production division, formerly known as Sony Pictures Digital, comprises visual effects unit Imageworks and Sony Pictures Animation. Sony Online Entertainment is moving from Sony Pictures Digital to Sony Computer Entertainment.
In 2007, SPE generated attention when it retained an investment bank to place a value on Imageworks and Sony Pictures Animation. "There were discussions about selling Imageworks. Strategically, we made a decision to take that off the table," Osher said. "We think it is a terrific business to be in."
Imageworks president Tim Sarnoff and Minghella will report to Osher. Sandra Rabins, who had been in charge of Sony Pictures Animation as senior executive vp, will return to her roots as a producer and continue working with Sony Pictures Animation in that capacity.
- 3/15/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LAS VEGAS -- After 17 years at the studio and nearly a decade as president of its digital division, Yair Landau is preparing to leave Sony Pictures Entertainment in April.
Landau said he is planning a new games and animation venture to develop and produce content for use across all media. He will continue working with Sony Pictures as an executive producer on Sony Pictures Animation's "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," which is slated for a 2009 release.
Landau said he in negotiations on aspects of his new venture both in Los Angeles and elsewhere. "There is a lot of exciting creative and technology coming from other parts of the world," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "My life has been in global development.
"Online entertainment from all formats -- (be it) animation, live-action games on the PS3 -- is going to be relevant to what I do," he added.
Sony said a replacement for Landau would be named soon.
Sony Pictures Imageworks blossomed under Landau and president Tim Sarnoff. In 2003, its first animated short, "The Chubb Chubbs!" won an Academy Award for best animated short film.
Landau said he is planning a new games and animation venture to develop and produce content for use across all media. He will continue working with Sony Pictures as an executive producer on Sony Pictures Animation's "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," which is slated for a 2009 release.
Landau said he in negotiations on aspects of his new venture both in Los Angeles and elsewhere. "There is a lot of exciting creative and technology coming from other parts of the world," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "My life has been in global development.
"Online entertainment from all formats -- (be it) animation, live-action games on the PS3 -- is going to be relevant to what I do," he added.
Sony said a replacement for Landau would be named soon.
Sony Pictures Imageworks blossomed under Landau and president Tim Sarnoff. In 2003, its first animated short, "The Chubb Chubbs!" won an Academy Award for best animated short film.
- 3/13/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End -- the sequel to last year's visual effects Oscar winner Dead Man's Chest -- made the shortlist for this year's Academy Awards VFX category, while Spider-Man 3 -- the sequel to 2005 category winner Spider-Man 2 -- did not.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that seven films remain in contention for achievement in visual effects for the 80th Annual Academy Awards, down from a list of 15 released last month. Surprising some, the seven are The Bourne Ultimatum, Evan Almighty, The Golden Compass, I Am Legend, 300, Transformers and the aforementioned At World's End.
Spider-Man 3 failed to make the shortlist, as did the sequel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, though all four previous Potter films were shortlisted in past years.
The closely watched performance-capture-based Beowulf also was passed over this year.
"It was close this year, more than any other year, in terms of the quality," visual effects branch member Jeff Okun said.
Tim Sarnoff, president of Sony Pictures Imageworks -- lead VFX house on Spider-Man 3, I Am Legend and Beowulf -- said that the announcement "really seems to highlight that they are looking for innovation."...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that seven films remain in contention for achievement in visual effects for the 80th Annual Academy Awards, down from a list of 15 released last month. Surprising some, the seven are The Bourne Ultimatum, Evan Almighty, The Golden Compass, I Am Legend, 300, Transformers and the aforementioned At World's End.
Spider-Man 3 failed to make the shortlist, as did the sequel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, though all four previous Potter films were shortlisted in past years.
The closely watched performance-capture-based Beowulf also was passed over this year.
"It was close this year, more than any other year, in terms of the quality," visual effects branch member Jeff Okun said.
Tim Sarnoff, president of Sony Pictures Imageworks -- lead VFX house on Spider-Man 3, I Am Legend and Beowulf -- said that the announcement "really seems to highlight that they are looking for innovation."...
Sony Pictures Imageworks has established a program to educate faculty at leading academic institutions in an effort to develop talent who will contribute to the growth of the visual effects industry. Called the IPAX program, or Imageworks Professional Academic Excellence, the faculty of IPAX member schools will have the opportunity to attend in-house training programs and experience a working production environment on-site at Imageworks, and instructors can return valuable knowledge and skills to the classroom. "As a leader in this industry, we know that we have a responsibility to develop the next generation of talent," said Tim Sarnoff, president of visual effects and character animation company Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc.
- 6/29/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sony Pictures Imageworks has upped Debbie Denise to exec vp, production infrastructure, and exec producer. Denise most recently completed production on the CG feature The Polar Express, on which she was credited as associate producer. Polar was her sixth film with director Robert Zemeckis. "Debbie's extraordinary talent and filmmaker relationships combined with her exceptional experience as a visual effects producer have helped us build Imageworks into the company that it is today," said Tim Sarnoff, Imageworks president. "Our production management is second to none." With the promotion from senior vice president, Denise continues her role as an exec producer with additional oversight of Imageworks production infrastructure. Together with Jenny Fulle, the two executive vice presidents lead all aspects of Imageworks production, from client relations and bidding to production management and staffing.
- 12/3/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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