Gumdrop is the latest short film by CalArts alumni Kerry Conran (Film/Video 88), the writer and director of the 2004 film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and Stephen Lawes…
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CalArts Animation Summer Film Festival Lineup
JiSoo Kim’s ‘Thembi’s Diary’ screened at Animafest 2012 last month. In addition to a CalArts retrospective at the Annecy Film Festival and a selection in the Los Angeles Film Festival, many…
Continue reading »CalArts Student Launches Web Series on New YouTube Cartoon Channel
The comedy website SMOSH launched a new cartoon channel on YouTube this week with original programming from animation veterans including Cory Edwards (director of Hoodwinked!, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil),…
Continue reading »‘Sick and Twisted’ Animation Festival Returns to CalArts
***April 27: This event has been cancelled. We will try to reschedule for next semester.*** The 2011 Sick and Twisted Festival trailer. Craig ‘Spike’ Decker and Mike Gribble began their…
Continue reading »Alumnus Kyle Balda’s Co-directed Film The Lorax Opens Strong
CalArts alumni have dominated the box office news lately, including director Brad Bird’s (Film/Video BFA 76) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, which has earned more than $679 million worldwide since its…
Continue reading »Alumnus Minkyu Lee Wins Annie Award for Best Animated Short
The International Animated Film Society’s 39th Annual Annie Awards—the highest awards ceremony in the animation industry—was held last Saturday (Feb. 4) at Royce Hall at UCLA in Los Angeles. Animator and CalArts alumnus…
Continue reading »Hollywood ‘Star’ Power: More Accolades For Disney/Pixar’s John Lasseter
[nggallery id=213] John Lasseter, chief creative officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, is on a roll. Earlier this year, the CalArts alum (Film/Video BFA 79) was named one…
Continue reading »Triumph of the Wild: New Experimental Animation from Around the World
This Sunday (May 22), Los Angeles Filmforum presents Triumph of the Wild: New Experimental Animation from Around the World, an evening of recent animation made for “thinking adults.” The slate…
Continue reading »Something for the Kid in All of Us: REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival
For the next four weekends (from March 26-April 17), REDCAT will present its 6th annual International Children’s Film Festival. The festival will include a new mind-expanding collection of short film…
Continue reading »How to Train Your Dragon, Day and Night Among Annie Award Winners
The Annie Awards—the highest honor given for excellence in animation—were handed out in a ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Saturday evening (Feb. 5). The award’s 38th edition featured a…
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