The Society of Camera Operators has announced that the Gordon Parks Foundation will be honored and recognized during its annual lifetime achievements award ceremonies at the Loews Hollywood Hotel on February 25. The Gordon Parks Foundation is celebrated for its work in supporting and producing artistic and educational initiatives that advance the legacy and vision of Gordon Parks for social justice.
Rising Sun Pictures, Brisbane, has appointed Egan Wesener as a teaching, learning and development associate. He will work closely with Anna Hodge, manager of education and training, to oversee the Brisbane studio’s visual effects training program, which recently expanded to Queensland.
Nagra has announced that its NexGuard forensic and watermarking services have completed the Amazon Web Services technical review. The company said this provides AWS customers with the peace of mind that the integration with AWS infrastructure is fully validated and utilizes AWS resources efficiently to deliver market-leading forensic watermarking for audio and video content.
Fancy House of Visual Effects has hired veteran VFX artist, designer, and creative director Tim Sepulveda as head of computer graphics and sales and marketing specialist Amy Jones as executive producer/head of sales. The studio, a sister company of Goldcrest Post, has also promoted Alex Tracy, adding executive producer to his title as head of production.
The Advanced Imaging Society has presented Adobe with the 2023 Century Award for its revolutionary role in innovating filmmaking technology.
Five-time Emmy Award-winning re-recording mixer Josh Morton has joined Levels Audio, the award-winning audio post-production and sound design studio.
The Oregon-based animation studio Laika has named longtime Netflix executive Matt Levin as president, live-action film and series. In addition to being in production on its sixth animated movie Wildwood, the studio is currently developing its first ever live-action project, a film based on acclaimed screenwriter John Brownlow’s (The Miniaturist, Sylvia) action thriller novel Seventeen.
The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy has announced that in related cases, a federal district court and a federal bankruptcy court, both in Florida, have ordered Hisham Manse Ibrahem and Nezar Saeed Hammo, U.S.-based sellers of the pirate service ATN, to pay $32,100,000 in combined damages for willful copyright infringement.
For the 19th year in a row, Cinionic is serving as the Official Projection Partner for the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale. Cinionic is providing all-laser Barco projection for the 2023 event, running February 16-26 at Berlinale Palast, the Verti Music Hall, and the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
SMPTE Hollywood will explore the evolution of high dynamic range cinema at its February meeting. The free event, hosted by Amazon Studios, will take place February 11 at The Culver Theatre in Culver City, the only theatre in the western United States equipped with Digital Cinema Initiative compliant, HDR direct view screening systems
