I am still trying to piece together updated lists here for Siggraph. If anyone has important information that i haven't listed here, please comment. I am only posting the really BIG events/highlights and recruiting opportunities here. Otherwise this post would go on for days.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Siggraph Parties:
Autodesk User Group and Party August 11, 2008, 6:30 PM to 11 PM (PST)
Venue: Shrine Auditorium
649 West Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Register for the user group and party now. Seating is limited.
Preview the stunning lineup of presentations.
If you're registered for the user group meeting, then you're invited to the party afterwards.
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Softimage SIGGRAPH 2008 NICE ICE event - Registration form Join us at L.A.’s premier nightclub for an exciting multimedia celebration of XSI 7 and the all new ICE visual programming platform, featuring music from live DJs and a surprise guest performer that you absolutely won’t want to miss!
To reserve you spot, fill out the registration form and stay tuned for details.
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And the Lighter darker party - which is more of an underground event, so you will have to ask your friends for details.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Recruiting at Siggraph:
It's always best to contact the folks you hope to interview with BEFORE Siggraph, so you don't fall into the vacuum of demo reels that are collected there. For the most part, artists who are not local to where the show is held will be interviewed first. So, if you are from LA, it's important to get your work in front of the right people now.Unfortunately, empty seats seem to be overseas. below is a list of those I have found are actively recruiting artists for specific shows at Siggraph in August. I put a ** next to the studios have an IMMEDIATE NEED and are specifically hiring animators. My best advice to to pay attention to the upcoming release dates of animated features.
If a movie is not due to release until 2010, it probably a sure bet the studio will not be needing animators until at least 2009, or later. Use your time wisely. Also, if the studio is not advertising a need for your skill set or position...don't bother them. They will have enough on their hands handling the candidates that are possibly a good fit for their needs.
Walt Disney Animation Studios combines the very best in artistry and storytelling with cutting-edge technology to bring wonderful new characters to the big screen for audiences around the world. Our next film, "Bolt," directed by Chris Williams and Byron Howard, comes to theaters November 26th. Also in production, "Rapunzel," directed by Glen Keane and Dean Wellins and "King of the Elves," directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker and our return to traditional animation, "The Princess and the Frog," directed by Ron Clements and John Musker.
Join us at Siggraph 2008|Los Angeles Booth 1047 to meet Disney Artists and Engineers, experience technology demonstrations, hear about our student programs and see the latest from our upcoming projects!
Walt Disney Animation Studios | SIGGRAPH 2008
Los Angeles Convention Center | Main Floor Booth 1047
August 12 – 14, 2008
Portfolio & Reel reviews will be offered on Tuesday, August 12 and Wednesday, August 13 where individual critiques can offer insight and guidance. Limited tickets will be handed out at the booth each morning starting at 10am.
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Reel & Portfolio Reviews
Los Angeles Convention Center
Tuesday 8/12 & Wednesday 8/13
1:00pm to 5:00pm
Main Floor Booth 1047
Academy Award® winning Blue Sky Studios is a Feature CGI Animation Studio, wholly-owned by 20th Century Fox, located just 30 miles north of New York City.
Throughout our history, we have maintained a single-minded focus on creating high quality imagery, while upholding the highest production standards.
Not only do we boast some of the industry's most creative animation talent, our proprietary software, CGI Studio™, is considered the best renderer in the business. We are the makers of ICE AGE, ROBOTS, ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN, HORTON HEARS A WHO and ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS to be released July 2009. Come visit us at Siggraph 2008!
Sony Pictures Imageworks produces visual effects and digital characters for live action films, all-CG animation, motion capture based production, and 3-D Stereoscopic production, animation, as well as interactive marketing materials for film and television. Sony Pictures Animation develops and produces all-CG animated feature films for theatrical and home entertainment. SURF’S UP, its most recent film, was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature in 2007.
Sony Pictures Animation is currently in production on "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" and recently set its director for "Hotel Transylvania". Imageworks is now in production on "Hancock", "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs", "G-Force", "Body of Lies", "Valkyrie" and "Watchmen" among others.
Throughout our history, we have maintained a single-minded focus on creating high quality imagery, while upholding the highest production standards.
Not only do we boast some of the industry's most creative animation talent, our proprietary software, CGI Studio™, is considered the best renderer in the business. We are the makers of ICE AGE, ROBOTS, ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN, HORTON HEARS A WHO and ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS to be released July 2009. Come visit us at Siggraph 2008!
Sony Pictures Imageworks produces visual effects and digital characters for live action films, all-CG animation, motion capture based production, and 3-D Stereoscopic production, animation, as well as interactive marketing materials for film and television. Sony Pictures Animation develops and produces all-CG animated feature films for theatrical and home entertainment. SURF’S UP, its most recent film, was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature in 2007.
Sony Pictures Animation is currently in production on "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" and recently set its director for "Hotel Transylvania". Imageworks is now in production on "Hancock", "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs", "G-Force", "Body of Lies", "Valkyrie" and "Watchmen" among others.
We will be conducting interviews during the course of Siggraph. If you would like to be considered for an interview please fill out our online application form via our website www.animallogic.com specifying in the 'Extra Information' section that you are interested in meeting with us at Siggraph.
ImageMovers Digital is Hiring! ImageMovers Digital is a production studio based in Marin County, CA, devoted to the performance-capture films directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis. A collaboration between Zemeckis and Disney, we are seeking experienced and talented TDs and R&D experts to help us build this unique environment.
We will be conducting interviews at Siggraph and will be located at the Siggraph Job Fair, Booth #50. To be considered for an interview, please submit your resume to: jobs@imagemoversdigital.com
Please note that due to the volume of resumes we receive, we cannot personally respond to all inquiries…we will be in touch if your skills fit our needs. Thanks for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you!
Happy, talented people wanted.....
Double Negative is a VFX facility for the US and UK film industry.We employ the best creative talent in London who bring a wealth of experience in all fields.
- Requirements: Vic Rodgers - HR Manager, Hannah Acock - Recruitment Manager and Chris Burn – Head of 2D will be at the Recruitment Fair at Siggraph, so please pop along with your CV and reel to chat to us!
With the recent launch of our comprehensive online career center, we encourage you to register and create a profile today. Our recruiting team will review your information and pre-arrange interviews for qualified candidates for current and future openings.
To create, access and update your profile, 24/7, visit the LAIKA Career Center.
Be sure to stop by our booth at SIGGRAPH and meet some of LAIKA's evolutionary artistic talent. Learn more about what we are up to and what Portland has to offer. And when you drop off a reel, you may get a limited-edition gift that celebrates Portland's 3D heritage.
Visit us at Booth 237 - Hall H
The Mill is a world-leading visual effects company with offices in the three most important global advertising centres; London, New York and LA. Since opening in 1990, The Mill has been providing pioneering effects solutions to the advertising, music and entertainment industries and has consistently topped readers' surveys and peer group polls.
The Mill has built relationships with the industry's finest directors including Chris Cunningham, Frank Budgen, Fredrik Bond, Ringan Ledwidge and Michel Gondry. Our collaboration with these directors ensures that we are able to continue to push the boundaries of possibility within commercials production. The Mill have recently completed worked on Audi 'Construction', Guinness 'Tipping Point', Honda 'Problem Playground' Nike 'The Next Level' and the Coke Super Bowl spot 'It's mine'.
The Moving Picture Company (MPC) creates world leading digital visual effects and computer animation for feature films, advertising, music videos and television. Based in Soho, London, MPC is a purpose-built facility boasting a dedicated digital infrastructure to ensure the most efficient VFX pipeline is utilized by 550 of the most talented visual effects artists and production staff.
2008 has so far seen the release of “10.000 BC” (Roland Emmerich) and “The Other Boleyn Girl” (Justin Chadwick). During 2007, the team executed VFX for high profile projects such as “Sweeney Todd; The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (Tim Burton) “The Golden Age” (Shekhar Kapur), “Fred Claus” (David Dobkin) and it’s fifth movie in the Harry Potter franchise “The Order of the Phoenix” (David Yates). MPC has secured lead vendor status for "Narnia; Prince Caspian" (Andrew Adamson). They will also handle the VFX shots for the forthcoming film “Watchmen” (Zack Snyder) scheduled to be released in 2009.
Few entertainment companies embrace the future of filmmaking more passionately than The Orphanage. Founded in 1999 by three visual effects veterans of George Lucas’ Industrial Light + Magic (Scott Stewart, Jonathan Rothbart and Stu Maschwitz), the company based in Los Angeles and San Francisco has become a leading force in high-end visual effects and animation services, motion picture and broadcast production, and filmmaking technology development and licensing.
In its brief history, The Orphanage has become internationally recognized for visual effects innovation and celebrated for elevating filmmaking technology.
Since its founding in 1993 by film industry pioneers, Digital Domain has been a force and a change agent in the world of creative content. Multiple Academy Awards and nominations – for both visual effects and technology, and many other accolades speak to Digital Domain’s impact on the film industry. Titanic, I, Robot, The Day After Tomorrow, and Flags of Our Fathers are just a few of its 60+ film credits which introduced movie viewers to never-before-seen feats of digital wizardry.
Digital Domain is also a pioneer in the commercial realm, earning scores of Clio, AICP, Cannes Lion, Grammy, and MTV honors, and working with the industry’s top commercial directors on some of the world’s most memorable spots. Music videos for the Rolling Stones, Faith Hill, Nine Inch Nails, and many more artists feature Digital Domain’s work.
Newly infused from its purchase by an investment firm whose principals include director Michael Bay, and inspired by new leaders and talent, Digital Domain continues to push into new territory. Driving both the technology and technique of visual effects, the company is being recognized for its pioneering work in computer-generated digital humans and characters. Building on the success of projects that bring the converging world of entertainment, advertising, gaming, and the web closer together, Digital Domain is focusing its future on creating original content for screens of all sizes.
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