School of Film/Video

During Shion Takeuchi’s undergrad days at CalArts, the young animator stumbled upon the late-night AM radio show Coast to Coast AM, and was introduced to the “shadow government” conspiracy theory. Takeuchi (Film/Video BFA 10) took this initial spark and years later transformed it into her first...

CalArtian Lee Witz (Film/Video BFA 21) has been named the winner of the Animation Award at the 22nd annual FINE CUT Festival of Films for his animated short “Frankie The Hot Dog: Gymnastics Star.”  On Sept. 28, Witz and four other regional student filmmakers were honored at an in-person...

On Oct. 9, the body is a blade (that sharpens by cutting), an exhibition curated by CalArts alums Vinhay Keo (Art MFA 20) and Evelyn Hang Yin (Art MFA 20), opens at Fellows of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.  The exhibition title is a quote from the poem “Headfirst” by acclaimed author...

The Addams Family 2, a kookier and spookier follow up to the 2019 animated hit from MGM, Bron Creative, and Cinesite Animation arrives in theaters on Friday, Oct. 1. The film is co-directed by CalArts alum Conrad Vernon (Film/Video 92) and Greg Tiernan. The sequel thrusts the Addams family...

Pixar’s SparkShort series continues with storyboard artist Aphton Corbin‘s (Film/Video BFA 16) “Twenty Something,” the ninth short selected since the program’s launch in 2019. Corbin recently spoke with Ramin Zahed of Animation Magazine about the process and inspiration behind the...

CalArts alum Sujin Kim (Film/Video MFA 20) has been named a finalist for the 2021 Student Academy Awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  Kim is up for a Student Oscar medal in the Animation (Domestic Film Schools) category for her short CG documentary film...

As the three ceremonies for the 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards drew to a close over the weekend, CalArtians Genndy Tartakovsky (Film/Video 92), Hal Hickel (Film/Video 83), David Krentz (Film/Video BFA 93), and Scott Ulrich (Art BFA 94) took home awards in both regular and juried categories.