CONGRATS TO ACME alumnus Mike Roush on iTunes release of The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl! ACME CSFU Alumnus Mike Roush wrote & directed the award-winning short The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl.  Mike joined Hollywood animation house Titmouse (Disney’s Motorcity, Adu

,h2>ACME welcomes Pro Artist Nicole Herr to ACME’s community! A Senior Animator, Senior Character Animator and a Digital Character Animator, her work includes such films as the Green Lantern, Legend of the Guardians, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Iron Man 2  (2011 VFX Oscar Nomin

Join ACME’s next telecast 2/6/13 from 11:00am-1:00pm on Facebook or Twitter.  We’ll be broadcasting from Sony Pictures Entertainment, with Supervising Character Animator and artist Bill Haller viewing and mentoring student animations and artwork. Bill Haller, who most rece

When Chad Hellmuth, Associate Department Manager, Artist Management at Sony Pictures Imageworks, sits down to explain why he schedules time for Sony artist mentoring on ACME, we’re all ears. Chad’s resume sparkles with digital production management and visual effects credits that incl

“The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “101 dalmations,”  “Kung Fu Panda 2;” just to name a few are Layout and Character Designer, Lorenzo Bambino’s favorite animated films. As a child Lorenzo would watch every cartoon that was on television, as long as

Sometimes things don’t always turn out the way one plans- they turn out even better.   As ACME pro and surfacing artist on “Kung Fu Panda 2,” Cesar Montero can attest to; “Don’t let anybody define who you are. Just do what you love.” He was going to be an engineer, but instead allowed

Ricardo Nadu recently lead ACME’s last telecast video conference session, speaking to rigging. Recently, Ricardo worked on “Arthur Christmas” as Character Technical Director, Cloth and Hair. He enjoys martial arts and told us a bit about himself. Q.  What is your favorite

ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the selection of its new President, Frank Gladstone, at its February board meeting. Gladstone replaces Antran Manoogian who held the position for over 20 years. Longtime ASIFA Hollywood vp Tom Sito chose not to run for re-election; taking his place is Jer