School of Film/Video

CalArts School of Film/Video holds a virtual conference, Approaching the Near Distance, during the Institute’s Wintersession term from Jan. 11 to 22. The sessions are open to the broader CalArts community, including all current students, alums, and prospective students. The conference...

School of Film/Video faculty Brigette Barrager‘s (Film/Video BFA 07) latest children’s book Welcome Flower Child: The Magic of Your Birth Flower was recently published by Random House Books for Young Readers. Welcome Flower Child, which was written and illustrated by Barrager, shares the...

Last month, the inaugural Black in Animation Awards (BIA) show took place virtually, to honor and celebrate Black artists who have made significant contributions to the animation industry. Co-sponsored by Black Women Animate (BWA Studios) and Cartoon Network Studios, the first-ever awards show...

Storyboard artist Bryan Andrews (Film/Video BFA 93) is set to direct What If…?, the first animated original series from Marvel Studios.  First announced during The Walt Disney Company’s Investor Day presentation on Dec. 10, 2020, What If…? draws its title from Marvel’s comic series of the...

CalArtian and Academy Award-winning director Pete Docter (Film/Video BFA 90) casts Pixar’s signature cinematic flair on some of life’s biggest questions with Soul, the studio’s 23rd animated feature. Praised by Variety as a “whimsical, musical and boldly metaphysical dramedy about what...

Pixar story artists Carrie Hobson (Film/Video BFA 10) and Michael Yates team up on Pixar Animation’s first original longform series Win or Lose, which was presented alongside other Pixar feature announcements during Disney’s 2020 Investor Day webcast (watch below). Written and directed by...

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