Events – Page 132 – Below the Line

Digital Video Expo Announces Free Special Events and Sessions

September 9, 2010 Staff 0

Digital Video Expo will offer a full complement of free daily educational events open to all attendees. The event is expected to draw thousands of creative professionals to the Pasadena Convention Center, Sept. 28-30, for three days of intensive education, training, exhibitions and networking events. “We have an exciting special event program available to all of our attendees, covering everything from technology to business to creativity, along with first looks […]

Costume Designers Guild draws the lines at Comic-Con

July 19, 2010 Staff 2

A sea of close to 150,000 Comic-Con attendees will swarm the San Diego Convention Center July 21-25, dressed in costumes they made impersonating their favorite idol, action hero or theme. Of course, most of these costumes were originally designed and illustrated by professional costume designers and costume illustrators for movies and television shows. In its sixth year at Comic-Con, the CDG continues to create an exciting Comic-con experience for costume […]

International 3D Society Launches 3D University

June 24, 2010 Staff 2

The International 3D Society will be presenting a “3D University” educational series for 3D professionals in association with the Entertainment Technology Center at USC. The first class is scheduled for July 17, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at The Walt Disney Studios and will focus on several 3D applications and processes. The July seminar will concentrate on 3D theory and applications related to basic capture and stereography concepts; shooting sporting and live […]

Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer to Produce 83rd Academy Awards Telecast

June 23, 2010 Staff 1

The awards season juggernaut raises its head for another year with the announcement by Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherek that Academy Award-winning producer Bruce Cohen and acclaimed television producer/director Don Mischer will produce the 83rd Academy Awards telecast. Mischer will also serve as the telecast’s director. This will be the first involvement with the Oscar telecast for both men, though the two worked together on […]

NATPE Innovator Award goes to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

June 17, 2010 Staff 0

NATPE’s Innovator Award will be accepted by a combined team from Endemol USA and ABC Entertainment for the unscripted reality series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition at the LATV Fest on July 13. Endemol USA’s Caroline Baumgard, SVP of development and Rob Smith, SVP of programming along with ABC Entertainment Group’s Vicki Dummer, SVP of alternative series, specials and late-night will accept the award at a cocktail reception that evening. NATPE’s […]

The Hollywood Post Alliance Call for Entries for Engineering Excellence Award

June 11, 2010 Staff 0

The HPA Awards Committee has issued a Call for Entries for the 2010 Engineering Excellence Award – the coveted honor which showcases inventors, manufacturers, vendors and/or peer postproduction companies for outstanding product or technology application offerings. Valid offerings may include products or processes, but must represent a step forward for the industry. The Engineering Excellence Award spotlights the companies and individuals who draw upon technical and creative ingenuity, and apply […]

State of the Industry Newsmaker Luncheon

June 8, 2010 Staff 1

The Hollywood Radio & Television Society (HRTS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will present “State of the Industry” Newsmaker Luncheon on June 23 at the Beverly Hilton (9876 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills). Panelists taking part in the discussion include Leigh Brecheen, partner, head of television, Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman, LLP; Paul Lee, president, ABC Family; Steve Mosko, president, Sony Pictures Television; Chris Silbermann, […]

NYC’s Hottest VFX Artists Show and Tell

June 1, 2010 Staff 0

Createasphere returns to New York for its third outing on Sept. 21-22, 2010, presenting two full days of panels, exhibitions and networking. On Sept. 21, the Createasphere Entertainment Technology Expo will present HOT VFX NYC, a panel discussion and screening with representatives from some of the most creative and successful visual effects companies and artists in New York. Moderated by Rob Morgenroth, business development director of the Visual Effects Society […]