The Society of Camera Operators 2012 lifetime achievement awards, held Feb. 19 at the Leonard Goldenson Theater in Hollywood, began with an introduction from David Frederick on a topic near and dear to the hearts of SOC members, the support of the Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – not your usual introduction... »

The California Film Commission held a breakfast last week to give 22 of California's location offices an opportunity to pitch their services to producers and location scouts in a “speed-dating” round table format. »

The California Film Commission (CFC) will stage a location "speed dating" session during its annual Locations Breakfast April 1 at the Sofitel Los Angeles. The goal is to match feature film, television and commercial producers with representatives from many of the state's more than 50 local film offices. »

Trailblazing animation director Hal Hickel and visual effects supervisor John Knoll, both with Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), and production designer Crash McCreery will take audiences on a wild ride through the new frontier of animation and visual effects at the 2011 NAB Show in a session titled "Rango: The Next Step in CG... »

Kodak will host a free one-hour webinar April 6, at 11 a.m. (PDT)/2 p.m. (EDT) with Oscar-nominee Matthew Libatique, ASC talking about the format choices available to today's filmmakers. Participants will learn about options such as Super 16, 2-perf and 3-perf, as well as workflow choices from traditional photochemical to digital intermediate. Libatique will... »

SMPTE announced that the Oscar, Emmy, and BAFTA award winner Rob Legato will speak at DCS 2011 at NAB. A highly regarded visual effects supervisor, director, and director of photography – as well as an expert in virtual and 3D production – Legato will discuss his work on the highly anticipated 3D project from... »

Supervising sound editor/sound designer Martín Hernández, whose credits include Biutiful, Into the Wild and Babel, has joined Soundelux. One of the most accomplished sound editors in Latin America, and one of few to successfully cross over to mainstream films, Hernández will be based at Soundelux's facility in Hollywood. »

Createasphere’s Entertainment Technology Expo, March 3, at the Universal Hilton in Universal City, Calif. will present esteemed cinematographer Roger Deakins, ASC-BSC in a conversation with American Cinematographer’s Jon Witmer. Deakins is a 2011 Oscar nominee for True Grit and recipient of the American Society of Cinematographers 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award. »

ASIFA-Hollywood announced the selection of its new president, Frank Gladstone, at its February board meeting. Gladstone replaces Antran Manoogian who held the position for over 20 years.  Joining Gladstone as new board officers are Jerry Beck, vice president and Jeff Wike as treasurer. Bill Turner returns as secretary. “First and foremost, we owe Antran... »

Cine-tal Systems, a developer of image monitoring and color management systems and distributor VTP will be offering a two-day color management training class, April 5-6 at VTP’s Burbank headquarters. »