TV viewers are well familiar with “technical difficulties” as a euphemism for technical problems. But for visual effects supervisors on an f/x-heavy picture, technical difficulties are a routine part ...

Using Industrial Light & Magic in northern California, the most important task for Edwards and his team was to perfect the look of Alphie, who appears in 400 shots. By Aaron Couch Film Editor Many of ...

The high-profile advertisements shown within marquee-televised events such as the Super Bowl, the World Cup, Oscars, and this year’s impending Olympic Games have become almost as notorious as the ...

Wining the 2013 Oscar for best visual effects should have been a highlight of Bill Westenhofer’s career. Instead, the special effects supervisor for Life of Pi was infamously played off stage. His ...

More than 50 visual effect workers at Marvel Studios are looking to unionize. The group filed its desire in August, asking the National Labor Relations Board to schedule a formal election for as early ...