Writer-director-producer and CalArts alum Henry Selick (Film/Video MFA 77) returned to campus on Thursday morning for a visiting artist lecture before a crowd of rapt animation staff, faculty and students…
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24700 Interview: CalArts Faculty Morgan Kelly on How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon is the latest animated feature from DreamWorks Animation, which opened on Friday to great reviews. Directed by CalArts grad Chris Sanders (Film/Video BFA 84) and…
Continue reading »Structuring Strategies: The 11th Annual Animation Show of Shows
Ron Diamond, founder and Executive Producer of Acme Filmworks, Inc., and co-founder and President of Animation World Network, returns to CalArts tonight to present The 11th Annual Animation Show of…
Continue reading »Hats Off to Annie Award Winners!
The awards season cavalcade continued over the weekend with the presentation of the Annie Awards, the highest honors in animation. The winners included CalArts alumni Pete Docter (Film/Video BFA 90),…
Continue reading »CalArts Student Animator at Work on Disney’s Princess and the Frog
by Maija Burnett Associate Director, Character Animation Program at CalArts Disney’s The Princess and the Frog opens nationwide today (Dec. 11) and features the work of many CalArtians, including current…
Continue reading »CalArts Animator in Nickelodeon 2009 Animation Festival
Value Blind from Tahnee Gehm. Tahnee Gehm (Film/Video BFA 12), a CalArts character animation student, has a film currently being featured in the Nickelodeon Animation Festival 2009. Her black-and-white short,…
Continue reading »Character Animation Assistant Dean Leo Hobaica at Aniwow! 2009 in Beijing
Though he can usually be found in his office or lecturing in the Palace at CalArts, Character Animation Assistant Dean Leo Hobaica Jr. is currently halfway around the world at…
Continue reading »Visiting Artist Joe Ksander: On Animation and Filmmaking
Animator Joe Ksander has worked on a number of acclaimed feature films like Night at the Museum (2006) (animation supervisor); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the…
Continue reading »A Taste of CalArts Animation
This animated short film by student David Ochs (Film/Video BFA 12) won the Peer’s Pick award at the CalArts Character Animation Producer’s Show 2009. It’s a retelling of the Brothers…
Continue reading »Celebrating 10 Years in Bikini Bottom: SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants—America’s favorite sponge—recently celebrated 10 years on TV. This is no easy feat considering most new television shows these days last about as long as a 30-second commercial. The…
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