Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a recent Vanity Fair video, Industrial Light & Magic's compositing supervisor, Todd Vaziri, breaks down his often unnoticed art ...

Tim McGovern, the visual effects artist and Oscar winner for his work on the 1990 film Total Recall, has died. He was 68. McGovern’s wife, Reena NeGandhi, shared news of her husband on social media.

The Visual Effects Society has pulled back the curtain on it 2026 VES Honors recipients, who the group says have profoundly impacted the craft and technology of visual effects and continue to inspire ...

Matt Sweeney, a pioneering special effects artist who was Oscar-nominated for his work on Ron Howard’s 1995 space epic Apollo 13, died February 19 of lung cancer at Burbank’s Providence Saint Joseph ...

In his 3D work, Kendall Dirks ’25 (3D digital design) maintains a photorealistic style that reflects side-by-side interests in visual effects and photography. His zeal for photography dates back to ...

Though blockbusters are synonymous with computer imagery, dramas and art-house films rely extensively on tech magic, too. Don’t be fooled by the naturalism. By Calum Marsh See more of our coverage in ...

In subreddits and X threads, commenters seem to be railing more and more against terrible visual effects and wondering why modern films and TV shows look so bad. But is that actually true? Let’s flip ...

The world of visual effects (VFX) has undergone a remarkable transformation with the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. These innovative solutions have democratized the creation of ...

We tend to watch a lot of sci-fi movies, traditionally the nerdiest of the nerdy cinematic pursuits. Almost across the board, these movies will have enormous computer-generated spaceships, monsters, ...

He also worked on 'Lethal Weapon' and 'Fast & Furious' films and won three Technical Achievement Awards, one for an invention called the ‘Sweeney Gun.’ By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Matt Sweeney, the ...

ILM’s head of compositing discusses adding all the tiny little VFX elements to already elaborate visual effects to make it all work. We tend to watch a lot of sci-fi movies, traditionally the nerdiest ...