"It was our biggest season to date in terms of VFX for sure, both in shot count and our budget," says "The Umbrella Academy" visual effects supervisor Everett Burrell about the third season of the ...

Best Visual Effects commentary (Updated Feb. 26, 2025): The best visual effects category has long been where the Academy honors the boundary-pushing work of digital artists, practical effects wizards, ...

LOS ANGELES—The Visual Effects Society (VES) has named Emmy Award-winning actor-producer Hiroyuki Sanada as the recipient of the VES Award for Creative Excellence and Academy Award-winning director ...

F0r almost as long as there have been movies in theaters, there’s been a need for special visual effects to bring them to life. However, it wasn’t until 1938 that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films have been selected as semifinalists for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 82nd Academy Awards. Expected frontrunners ...

Update (Dec. 11): Variety has been able to confirm through multiple sources that Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror film “The Substance,” starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, has made the internal top ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 81st Academy Awards. They are “Australia,” “The Curious ...

The team behind Avatar: The Way of Water‘s long-expected Oscar win for Visual Effects learned first-hand how committed Academy officials and show producers are to keeping things moving. Richard ...

His other credits include Marvel’s 'X-Men', Harrison Ford’s 'K-19: The Widowmaker,' Vin Diesel’s 'The Pacifier' and Michael Jackson's 'Smooth Criminal' music video. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau ...