Visual Effects Society Announces 2018 VES Fellows
Distinguished VFX Practitioners To Be Recognized At Exclusive Celebration
VES Society Names Barron, Cox, Curry, Debevec, Fink 2018 Fellows
The Visual Effects Society (VES) named a roster of VFX professionals to its latest class of VES Fellows.
Visual Effects Society Announces 2018 VES Fellows
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Saul Bass, Ray Harryhausen, Gene Roddenberry Among VES Hall of Fame Inductees
The Visual Effects Society (VES) has named the 2018 inductees into the VES Hall of Fame, the newest Lifetime and Honorary members and this year’s recipient of the VES Founders Award.
Visual Effects Society Announces Special 2018 Honorees
VES Hall of Fame honorees include L.B. Abbott, Richard “Doc” Baily, Saul Bass, Ray Harryhausen, Derek Meddings, Eileen Moran and Gene Roddenberry.
Visual Effects Society Unveils Award Winners, Hall of Fame Inductees
The VFX pioneers behind films such as Superman and Tora! Tora! Tora! are among the inductees.
Visual Effects Society Names Its 2018 Hall Of Famers & Other Career Honorees
Star Trek patriarch Gene Roddenberry, Dynamation VFX pioneer Ray Harryhausen and film poster/title sequence legend Saul Bass are among the Visual Effect Society’s 2018 Hall of Fame class
“We Are Definitely Upset”: Oscars Shake-Up Sparks Fear and Outrage Among Crafts Members
To tighten up the Oscars, the Academy is calling for “select” categories to be presented during commercial breaks.
SMPTE Hollywood Section and VES, Los Angeles, To Explore Restoration and Preservation at Joint July Meeting
The Hollywood Section of SMPTE®, the organization whose standards work has supported more than a century of advances in entertainment technology, and the Visual Effects Society (VES) of Los Angeles will explore the challenges of restoring and preserving entertainment...
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