You’ve shot a pilot for a new Web series. Now what? Filmmaker Jon Reiss (who’s also Film Directing faculty at CalArts’ School of Film/Video) attempts to answer that question and…
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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
[nggallery id=20] 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…
Continue reading »Director, Animation Director from 9 at CalArts’ Bijou Theater Tomorrow
CalArts’ School of Film/Video Program in Character Animation is hosting a lecture tomorrow evening at CalArts with Shane Acker (director) and Joe Ksander (animation director) of the feature film 9….
Continue reading »Animator, Artist Sun Xun Screens Work at REDCAT and CalArts This Week
[nggallery id=19] Chinese animator and gallery installation artist Sun Xun, born in Fuxin Liaoning Province, China, in 1980, is making a name for himself within the genres of experimental animation…
Continue reading »Experimental Filmmaker Ken Jacobs at REDCAT, CalArts This Week
Experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs returns to Los Angeles this week for the program Ken Jacobs, Recent Youthful Indiscretions: A 5-Part Los Angeles Residency. Curated by Steve Anker, dean of the…
Continue reading »Pixar Featured in The New York Review of Books
The featured cover story in the Oct. 8 issue of The New York Review of Books, “The Pixar Magic” by Christian Caryl, focuses on the film WALL-E and three new…
Continue reading »Views from the Avant-Garde at NY Film Fest This Weekend
This weekend the 47th New York Film Festival (NYFF) turns its focus toward experimental film with its program 13th Annual Views from the Avant-Garde. Curated by Mark McElhatten and Gavin…
Continue reading »Rick and Steve’s CalArts Beginnings
Q. Allan Brocka’s (Film/Video MFA 01) stop-motion animated sitcom Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World is back on U.K. channel E4 for its second season….
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…
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