Global attractions design-production studio Super 78 has hired veteran executive and entrepreneur Jay Williams for the newly created position of executive producer/head of growth.
The hiring was jointly announced Thursday by CEO Dina Benadon and president and creative director Brent Young. Williams, who was a longtime senior Disney exec, will report directly to Benadon and Young, oversee the day-to-day growth and operations and manage overall branding and positioning of Super 78.
Williams will also focus on the company’s “live” animation production tool, Geppetto; its collaboration platform tool, Mushroom Vr; High Capacity Vr Attraction “Reef Rescue”; and the product growth and distribution for O-zell Soda, a beverage created a century ago by Walt Disney’s father Elias Disney which Benadon and Young have resurrected.
Williams will also work alongside Benadon and Young to further develop the non-profit initiative Cecci: The Center for Early Childhood Creativity and Innovation located at the...
The hiring was jointly announced Thursday by CEO Dina Benadon and president and creative director Brent Young. Williams, who was a longtime senior Disney exec, will report directly to Benadon and Young, oversee the day-to-day growth and operations and manage overall branding and positioning of Super 78.
Williams will also focus on the company’s “live” animation production tool, Geppetto; its collaboration platform tool, Mushroom Vr; High Capacity Vr Attraction “Reef Rescue”; and the product growth and distribution for O-zell Soda, a beverage created a century ago by Walt Disney’s father Elias Disney which Benadon and Young have resurrected.
Williams will also work alongside Benadon and Young to further develop the non-profit initiative Cecci: The Center for Early Childhood Creativity and Innovation located at the...
- 9/6/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The small Chicago house where Walt Disney was born is to be turned into a museum, with a Kickstarter campaign to support renovations
• Read the Guardian's review of Saving Mr Banks, the story of Walt Disney and Mary Poppins
Walt Disney's birthplace is like something from the start of one of his films: a wooden house in Chicago that was the first humble chapter in an extraordinarily successful life. Now, as the Walt Disney Company celebrates its 90th anniversary, plans are being launched to turn the house into a museum.
The project is being proposed by Dina Benadon and Brent Young, a married couple whose company Super 78 Studios designs theme park attractions for the likes of SeaWorld and Universal Studios. They bought the house, built by Walt's father in 1893, for $173,000 earlier this year, and plan to recreate it as it was when Disney lived in it.
"We don't want...
• Read the Guardian's review of Saving Mr Banks, the story of Walt Disney and Mary Poppins
Walt Disney's birthplace is like something from the start of one of his films: a wooden house in Chicago that was the first humble chapter in an extraordinarily successful life. Now, as the Walt Disney Company celebrates its 90th anniversary, plans are being launched to turn the house into a museum.
The project is being proposed by Dina Benadon and Brent Young, a married couple whose company Super 78 Studios designs theme park attractions for the likes of SeaWorld and Universal Studios. They bought the house, built by Walt's father in 1893, for $173,000 earlier this year, and plan to recreate it as it was when Disney lived in it.
"We don't want...
- 12/4/2013
- by Ben Beaumont-Thomas
- The Guardian - Film News
Walt Disney's childhood Chicago home is being turned into a museum honoring the legendary mogul. The home is owned by Brent Young and Dina Benadon. The restoration and preservation of the house in which Walt and his brother, Roy, were born, which was built by their father, Elias Disney, in 1893 and designed by their mother, Flora, will kick off Thursday. After the house is restored, it will serve as a historic site, museum and community resource designed to enhance and explore childhood creativity. The ground breaking, which is set to take place on Disney's birthday, will be a media
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- 12/3/2013
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Producers Guild of America announced today the honorees for the inaugural Digital V.I.P. initiative and awards gala. Nine Visionaries, Innovators, and Producers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of digital entertainment and storytelling during the past year will be honored on April 11 in Los Angeles. Honorees for the first-ever Digital V.I.P. are: Visionaries – those who have brought forth new ideas about the creative application of technology to advance storytelling across all media. Ø John Raatz (Founder, Board Chairman, CEO), Eckhart Tolle (Honorary Founder) and Jim Carrey (Honorary Founder) of The Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment (Gate) Ø Bruce Sterling, multi award-winning science fiction author for his influence upon technology as it relates to storytelling and in co-founding the cyberpunk movement Innovators – those who have developed new methods or technology that enables the production of storytelling. Ø Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Co-Founders of Instagram Ø Bill Westenhofer,...
- 12/12/2012
- by aablog@hollywoodnews.com (Josh Abraham)
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Visual Effects Society (Ves) has announced the nominees for the 9th Annual Ves Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in 24 categories of film, animation, television,
commercials and video games.
Christopher Nolan's "Inception" dominated the nominations receiving four nods. Nolan will also be honored at the event with the inaugural Ves Visionary Award. Ray Harryhausen will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Ves Awards will take place on Tuesday, February 1 and will air exclusively on Reelzchannel Saturday, February 19 at 10p Et/Pt with encore presentations throughout February.
Here's the complete list of nominees for the 9th Annual Ves Awards:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual-Effects Driven Feature Motion
Picture
Inception
Paul Franklin Visual Effects Supervisor
Chris Corbould Special Effects Supervisor
Mike Chambers Visual Effects Producer
Matthew Plummer Visual Effects Producer
Iron Man 2
Ben Snow VFX Supervisor
Ged Wright VFX Supervisor
Janek Sirrs VFX Supervisor
Susan Pickett VFX...
commercials and video games.
Christopher Nolan's "Inception" dominated the nominations receiving four nods. Nolan will also be honored at the event with the inaugural Ves Visionary Award. Ray Harryhausen will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Ves Awards will take place on Tuesday, February 1 and will air exclusively on Reelzchannel Saturday, February 19 at 10p Et/Pt with encore presentations throughout February.
Here's the complete list of nominees for the 9th Annual Ves Awards:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual-Effects Driven Feature Motion
Picture
Inception
Paul Franklin Visual Effects Supervisor
Chris Corbould Special Effects Supervisor
Mike Chambers Visual Effects Producer
Matthew Plummer Visual Effects Producer
Iron Man 2
Ben Snow VFX Supervisor
Ged Wright VFX Supervisor
Janek Sirrs VFX Supervisor
Susan Pickett VFX...
- 1/10/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
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