Digital Artists Worldwide Relied on Autodesk Media & Entertainment
Software to Create the Best Movies of the Year
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2013--
Autodesk,
Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) media
and entertainment technology has played a pivotal role in the
creation of some of the most iconic and breathtaking movie imagery over
the past two decades. From large post-production studios to small
boutique houses, talented artists across the globe — from North America
and Europe to Asia and Australia/New Zealand — combined digital
artistry, Autodesk software and great storytelling to make the most
celebrated films of this past year.
“When I realized all five Academy Award nominated films for best visual
effects and all five nominees for best animation used Autodesk Maya, I
felt like the father of the bride,” said Chris Bradshaw, Autodesk senior
vice president. “Digital artists pushed technology in exciting new
directions last year — whether blending hand-drawing and computer
graphics, combining traditional stop-motion animation with visual
effects or bringing beloved books and superheroes to life, it’s their
innovation that inspires Autodesk to continually make our software
better.”
In the Best Visual Effects category, all five film nominees — “The
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “Life of Pi," “Marvel’s The Avengers,”
“Prometheus,” and “Snow White and the Huntsman” — used Autodesk
software. This will be the 18th consecutive year Autodesk has
had that distinction. The five nominated movies contained a combined
7,754 visual effects shots and involved the work of 30 visual effects
studios using Autodesk software (many of whom worked on multiple films)
in more than 10 countries.
This year, a record-setting 21 animated films were eligible for
nomination in the Best Animated Feature category. The five nominees all
used Autodesk
Maya 3D animation and visual effects software. The nominees include
two 3D animated features “Brave” and “Wreck-It Ralph” and three
stop-motion movies: “Frankenweenie,” “ParaNorman,” and “The Pirates!
Band of Misfits.”
Autodesk software also played a role in the creation of a number of
other movies nominated this year including “Amour,” “Argo,” “Buzkashi
Boys,” “Flight,” “Les Misérables,” “Lincoln,” “Paperman,” “Silver
Linings Playbook,” “Skyfall,” “Ted” and “Zero Dark Thirty.”
Autodesk congratulates the following studios for using Autodesk software
to contribute movie magic into this year’s Academy Award-nominated
films: Aardman Animation, Argon, Atomic Fiction (video
interview), Baseblack, BlueBolt, Buf Campagnie, Christov Effects and
Design, Cinesite, Digital Domain, DIVE, Double Negative, Evil Eye
Pictures, fluent/image, Framestore, Fuel VFX, Halon, Hammerhead
Productions, Hydraulx, Identity FX, Industrial Light & Magic, Iloura,
Image Engine, LAIKA, Legacy Effects, Lola VFX, LOOK Effects, Luma
Pictures, Method Studios, Mikros Image, The Mill, Modus FX, MPC, New
Deal Studios, Nvizage, Nvizible, Pixar, Pixomondo, Prologue, REDLAB
Digital, Reliance Mediaworks, Rhythm & Hues (video
presentation), Rising Sun Pictures, Rushes, Scanline VFX, Shade VFX,
Technicolor, The Third Floor, Tim Burton Productions, Tippett Studio,
Trixter, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Weta Digital, Whiskytree, yU+co
and Zero VFX.
To watch trailers and breakdown reels from many of these nominees,
please visit the Autodesk YouTube channel Academy
Award playlist.
About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc. is a leader in 3D
design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers across the
manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and
entertainment industries — including the last 17 Academy Award winners
for Best Visual Effects — use Autodesk software to design, visualize and
simulate their ideas. Since its introduction of AutoCAD
software in 1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio
of state-of-the-art software for global markets. For additional
information about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com.
Autodesk, AutoCAD and Maya are registered trademarks or trademarks of
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