The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today that acclaimed filmmaker Peter Jackson, visual effects artist Joe Letteri and Weta Digital will receive the Producers Guild’s 2014 Vanguard Award. The award will be presented to Jackson, Letteri and Weta Digital at the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony on Sunday, January 19th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
Jackson and Letteri‘s Academy Award-winning visual effects powerhouse Weta Digital is a world leader in all areas of digital visual effects production, having created some of the most astounding effects ever seen onscreen. Their motion picture credits include such hits as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Avatar and King Kong, among many others.
The Producers Guild’s Vanguard Award recognizes achievements in new media and technology. Previous recipients include James Cameron, Stan Lee, George Lucas, John Lasseter, YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen,...
Jackson and Letteri‘s Academy Award-winning visual effects powerhouse Weta Digital is a world leader in all areas of digital visual effects production, having created some of the most astounding effects ever seen onscreen. Their motion picture credits include such hits as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Avatar and King Kong, among many others.
The Producers Guild’s Vanguard Award recognizes achievements in new media and technology. Previous recipients include James Cameron, Stan Lee, George Lucas, John Lasseter, YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen,...
- 11/11/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Past recipients include James Cameron, Stan Lee, George Lucas and John Lasseter.
The Producers Guild of America has has tapped Peter Jackson, visual effects artist Joe Letteri and Weta Digital for its 2014 Vanguard Award.
The award will be presented to the three honorees at the 25th annual PGA ceremony Jan. 19 at the Beverly Hilton.
Video: 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' Trailer 3
Jackson and Letteri's Academy Award-winning visual effects company Weta Digital is a trailblazer in all areas of digital visual effects production, having created some of the most celebrated effects ever seen onscreen. Their film credits include such hits as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Avatar and King Kong, among many others.
The Vanguard Award recognizes achievements in new media and technology. Previous recipients include James Cameron, Stan Lee, George Lucas, John Lasseter, YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen and...
The Producers Guild of America has has tapped Peter Jackson, visual effects artist Joe Letteri and Weta Digital for its 2014 Vanguard Award.
The award will be presented to the three honorees at the 25th annual PGA ceremony Jan. 19 at the Beverly Hilton.
Video: 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' Trailer 3
Jackson and Letteri's Academy Award-winning visual effects company Weta Digital is a trailblazer in all areas of digital visual effects production, having created some of the most celebrated effects ever seen onscreen. Their film credits include such hits as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Avatar and King Kong, among many others.
The Vanguard Award recognizes achievements in new media and technology. Previous recipients include James Cameron, Stan Lee, George Lucas, John Lasseter, YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen and...
- 11/11/2013
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The jury's still out on whether 3D is the industry savior that its biggest proponents envisioned, but the Producers Guild of America has cast a vote in favor: on Tuesday, the PGA announced that its 2011 Vanguard Award will go to the RealD company, a leader in global 3D technology. RealD's two co-founders, CEO Michael V. Lewis and president Joshua Greer, will accept the award at the 22nd annual PGA Awards ceremony on January 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. “A global leader in the 3D space, RealD has...
- 12/7/2010
- The Wrap
Stakeholders in the 3-D arena believe the upcoming concert films U2 3D and Disney's 3-D Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour signal that future content can be much more than theatrical features.
But all is not rosy in the 3-D universe: Some execs who attended a panel discussion about 3-D on Tuesday at Digital Hollywood at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel have concerns about production.
"I don't think anyone realizes yet what (the potential of 3-D concert films)," said Josh Greer, president of 3-D provider Real D, speaking of the Hannah Montana concert film and the frenzy behind the live performance ticket sales.
"The idea that you go from a venue where you have 5,000 or 7,000 seats to being able to offer 1 million tickets -- I think this is going to have a profound effect on the type of content in theaters. That will also relieve some of the pressure for 3-D content."
But a potential holdup to increased live-action 3-D production is the commercial availability of 3-D cameras, said Bob Mayson, Kodak's GM of digital motion imaging and vp entertainment imaging.
But all is not rosy in the 3-D universe: Some execs who attended a panel discussion about 3-D on Tuesday at Digital Hollywood at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel have concerns about production.
"I don't think anyone realizes yet what (the potential of 3-D concert films)," said Josh Greer, president of 3-D provider Real D, speaking of the Hannah Montana concert film and the frenzy behind the live performance ticket sales.
"The idea that you go from a venue where you have 5,000 or 7,000 seats to being able to offer 1 million tickets -- I think this is going to have a profound effect on the type of content in theaters. That will also relieve some of the pressure for 3-D content."
But a potential holdup to increased live-action 3-D production is the commercial availability of 3-D cameras, said Bob Mayson, Kodak's GM of digital motion imaging and vp entertainment imaging.
- 10/31/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Now that Chicken Little is a 3-D hit, could Peter Jackson's hairy ape be the next animated critter to take the big screen in 3-D? In-Three, an Agoura Hills, Calif.-based postproduction company that converts traditional live-action and animated movies into 3-D, already is at work applying its patented and trademarked "dimensionalization" process to King Kong for director Jackson (HR 1/14). Although there has been ongoing speculation that Kong eventually could reach out from the screen, that talk is taking on added urgency. In-Three offers 3-D shutter glasses, which exhibitors could use to show films without specially treated screens, though so far exhibitors have shown resistance to the idea of using the elaborate glasses, which are expensive to replace and require washing after every screening. In-Three's Michael Kaye declined comment. Real D, which joined with Industrial Light + Magic, Dolby and the Walt Disney Co. to turn Chicken into a 3-D event, could be another candidate to usher a 3-D Kong into theaters. Real D is promising that it will announce as early as next week the next film it will tackle. Asked whether that film was Kong, Real D CEO Josh Greer declined comment. Even if Real D were to take on the assignment, though, it doesn't look feasible that it would be part of Kong's initial Dec. 14 bow. (For one thing, the Real D-equipped theaters probably still will be showing Chicken.) But the betting is, whoever is involved, a 3-D Kong will appear in theaters several months into the movie's run. (Jackson, a natural showman, sold extra tickets to his first two Lord of the Rings movies when he augmented them with first-look trailers of their respective sequels.) A Universal spokesman denied that any plans are afoot to give Kong a 3-D boost during its run, saying, "No, ('King Kong') will not be shown in 3-D." But 3-D fans can still dream, can't they?...
- 11/9/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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