Jonathan Erland, this year's recipient of the Academy's Gordon E. Sawyer Award, to be handed out at Saturday's Sci-Tech Awards, warns that “the commodification of VFX” can detract from storytelling.

Alice in Wonderland presented a high degree of difficulty for veteran VFX master Ken Ralston and director Tim Burton, who tends to prefer live action FX to digital ones. He clearly wrestled with the ...

He's back! Douglas Trumbull, visual effects master from the 70's who worked on 2001, Close Encounters, and directed a few films like Silent Running and Brainstorm, is planning to direct his first ...

Step into the mesmerizing world of Iain He, a visionary VFX compositor who weaves his magic into popular TV series and films like Tulsa King, The Equalizer, and Gossip Girl. With his unique set of ...

Stop-motion and VFX pioneer Ray Harryhausen passed away in London today at the age of 92, according to an announcement on the official Facebook page of The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation. The ...

Framestore’s Michael Ralla says fast and powerful computers are essential, though turning imagination into reality is more about how you use the tools. (And please don’t get him started on “man-years” ...

Vet VFX master Dennis Muren will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2nd Digital Creation Genie Awards, and part of the Paris Images Digital Summit. Kudo will be awarded at a Jan. 28 ceremony ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What director Chung envisioned for his update, which concerns the rivalry between tornado chasers Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and ...

Earlier this week, the family of Douglas Trumbull announced that he passed away from mesothelioma complications at the age of 79. And while Trumbull is not well known among the general public, he was ...