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Editor in Chief of SFXNews.com located in Los Angeles, CA

A Moment of Silence – J.T. Cummins

J.T. Cummins Passed away December 1, 2010 Fangoria.com is reporting that filmmaker, author and special makeup FX artist J.T. (James) Cummins passed away in his sleep on December 1 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 51 years old. Our hearts go out to his family in what must be a very difficult time. SFXNews [...]

7Dec2010 | Editor | 3 comments | Continued

Visualize “Star Trek” at The Academy

Beverly Hills, CA – The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present “Visualize This: Previs in the Making of ‘Star Trek,’” a program exploring the previsualization (previs) process in the digital age, on Thursday, November 18, at 8 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. [...]

13Nov2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued

Review: The Walking Dead

When I heard that AMC was going to make a television series based on Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn’s series of character driven graphic novels, I literally felt ill. Mainly because I have seen hollywood destroy so much of my childhood with crappy adaptations. I thought, “Here we go again…something amazing ran through [...]

6Nov2010 | Editor | 1 comment | Continued

Academy Does the Monster Mash

Beverly Hills, CA – The evolution of creature technology and the fundamental role technology plays in shaping monster movies will be explored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in “Monsters in the Movies” on Thursday, October 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The evening, presented [...]

11Oct2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued

Some Foam Fabrication Goodness

haloelitecostume-thumb-550xauto-42045 Check out this making of video from PeteManderFX. They have made some really cool suits and prosthetics, but their latest work of art will have Halo Elite gamers the world over screaming in joy and Spartans screaming in terror. Really interesting look at how someone who knows their way around foam fabrication can make just [...]

9Oct2010 | Editor | 1 comment | Continued

Creature Designer, Jordu Schell offering fall classes

Schell Sculpture Studio Jordu Schell, known in the biz as a top tier character designer, has announced via Facebook and his website that he will be hold ing a class for his out of town students. ATTENTION OUT-OF-TOWN STUDENTS: Many individuals have expressed an interest in our classes, but cannot manage five weeks. In the [...]

24Aug2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued

SFXNews Asks: What’s in Your Set Case?

Every makeup artist has one, and they are usually unique, fascinating and full of surprises. Some have two or more! I am of course talking about set cases. The myriad of tools that makeup artists carry often reflect the years of experience that they have gained in applications. This uniqueness often has a story behind it. So SFXNews [...]

31Jul2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued

The Man Behind the (Star Trek) Makeup: Barney Burman

StarTrek.com – Barney Burman won an Oscar, his first, as part of the makeup team that brought to life the creatures in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek feature. But that film wasn’t his first foray into the Star Trek universe; far from it in fact. Makeup F/X runs in his blood and several family members are not only [...]

23Jul2010 | Editor | 2 comments | Continued

Ray Harryhausen 90th Birthday BAFTA & BFI Gala Celebration

By Mintyblonde (Minty’s Menagerie) It’s beginning to look like a vintage year in terms of NFT activity, as well as a few very exciting events and seasons coming up over the next few months I attended a very special gala celebration yesterday evening, a BAFTA sponsored tribute to one of the few remaining bona-fide legends, a technician without [...]

2Jul2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued

Editorial (update) An Apology. Sort of.

Quite a few people have had some choice things to say about my last editorial entitled “Digital effects are not killing the business, just about everything else is.“ The comments that got to me the most came from a Facebook Post by a new student. The following is an open letter to all students of [...]

21Jun2010 | Editor | 1 comment | Continued