I got a call from Mona Gurgley, a recruiter from Upstart Studios, feeling out my interest in working for The Next Really Big Deal in a...

Harry Potter Tour I recently took the Harry Potter Studio Tour at Leavesden, visiting the 80-hectare studio complex which was used for f...

Carolyn: "Here's a pic of me and BG painter, Cathy Patrick , 1973. on Emergency+4 .   Don Jurwich had taped a xerox of 'The ...

www.peopleperhour.com - insert your logo here Ten years ago, when I was working on Robots at Blue Sky Studios, animation boss and all-...

Yesterday's post on studio space seemed to resonate with readers.  FLIP heard from a couple of art department veterans.   Fred C...

On today's CBS Sunday Morning, Richard Schlesinger  did a segment on the Herman Miller Company , where the office cubicle was created de...

I got an e-mail from a student, asking me if there was any way to be seen as successful without working at a big studio. My answer: no. ...

Who wants to live in Greece? Nassos Vakalis is an animator, director and storyboard artist who has had a long and varied career in t...

These rules were originally tweeted by Pixar Story Artist Emma Coats .

The Princess and the Frog - Disney's last 2D feature According to an article in yesterday's Guardian , 2D animation is officiall...

It seems that Rhythm and Hues is going under. The pioneering VFX studio, responsible for some of the most ground-breaking visual effect...

In 2010 Magnus Moller and Peter smith set up their own animation company, Tumblehead Animation, in Viborg, Denmark . Neither had much exp...

Otto the Rhino breaks into the animated film market Erik Schmidt is an animator with a vast experience of working in Los Angeles for st...

Golden Street Productions was founded by Scott Petersen in 2009 Scott Petersen , founder of Golden Street Animation , talks to FLIP abo...

Hurricane Sandy landed on my town last night.   Port Norris, New Jersey sits at the Delaware Bay, on the southern edge of the state.  It wa...

"You're fired" According to the London Evening Standard , Double Negative , which did a lot of work for the latest Bond fi...

Chuck Williams and Aaron Blaise, fresh from the recent closure of Digital Domain, are fighting to save the feature film "The Legend ...

Digital Domain at Port St. Lucie in  Florida, founded in 2009, has closed its doors after a three year effort to produce a 3D animated film...

The problem with the Olympics is, if you look, you will be sucked in.  There's no escape.    You'll find youself watching sporti...

Ever since Kodak filed for bankruptcy in the US, a question mark has hung over its UK subsidiary Cinesite. Cinesite is an excellent visual e...