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Pedal to the medal: BYU animated short film races to Student Academy Award

October 23, 2024 12:13 PM
BYU animation students ranked third in the world with recent Student Academy Award.
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BYU animation, AdLab students win Student Emmys

April 18, 2024 09:43 AM
BYU continues to be well-represented at the College Television Awards.
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BYU professor and alumni shine with Oscar-nominated animated film

March 07, 2024 10:24 AM
An animated short film co-produced by BYU animation professor Kelly Loosli was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Short category. The Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, March 10, on ABC.
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BYU students shine at 42nd College Television Awards with multiple top accolades

April 05, 2023 03:02 PM
The Television Academy Foundation announced the winners of the 42nd College Television Awards or “Student Emmy’s” earlier this week and BYU students once again claimed the top spot in the best animation series and the best commercial.
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BYU student created video game wins international award

December 01, 2022 08:41 AM
A new video game created and produced by BYU students recently received the “Highly Commended” award from the Rookie Awards – an international board that evaluates and ranks top video game design schools around the world. The award earned BYU the number five school in the world for game design and development.
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BYU animation, AdLab students win Student Emmy awards

March 31, 2022 01:59 PM
The Television Academy announced the winners of the 41st College Television Awards or “Student Emmy’s” last week and BYU students claimed the top spot in the best animation series and the best commercial.
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Former BYU animation students now with Pixar discuss the innovations behind Disney’s ‘Soul’

In Disney and Pixar’s “Soul,” a middle-school band teacher named Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx) makes one small misstep which takes him from the streets of New York City to The Great Before — a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities, quirks and interests before they go to Earth and where he meets a precocious soul, 22 (voice of Tina Fey).
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BYU student film featured at the world’s largest children’s film festival

November 16, 2021 07:36 AM
The film depicts a mother and daughter in the African country of Senegal who work hard to harvest salt by day and enjoy music by night. The short film masterfully highlights the importance of family and joy without the use of dialogue between characters.
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Playing the cards right: New game aims to help youth improve mental health

September 21, 2021 09:07 PM
Data from the National Alliance on Mental Illness found that one in six U.S. youth aged 6–17 experience a mental health disorder each year, and nearly half of all mental illness begins by age 14. BYU clinical psychologist Jon Cox hopes to reverse these alarming trends.
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Swashbuckling student-made video game takes home 2 first-place awards

May 14, 2020 01:32 PM
Each year for the past five years, students at BYU’s Center for Animation have been tasked with creating an entire video game from concept to finished product. This spring, the latest team made history by creating the first game to win first place in two different categories at the Intel University Games Showcase.
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Water animation gets easier thanks to BYU professors

December 04, 2019 01:51 PM
Computer science professors at BYU developed a method to quickly resize 4D animations of fluids without having to completely re-simulate the entire sequence.
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BYU Center for Animation claims sixth Student Academy Award

By Sara Jane Aubrey
October 17, 2019 10:02 PM
BYU’s highly esteemed Center for Animation became even more reputable when the short film “Grendel,” directed and produced by BYU animation students, recently won the Center its sixth Student Academy Award.
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From Brazil to California: One Animator's Path to Pixar

October 17, 2019 06:37 PM
In Pixar Animation Studios’ 2017 blockbuster Coco, one of the characters sums up his path to musical stardom: “No one was going to hand me my future. It was up to me to reach for my dream, grab it tight, and make it come true.”
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Animation nabs top ranking

October 03, 2018 10:00 PM
It’s a good year for BYU’s Center for Animation: in May BYU animation students won E3’s College Game Competition, and now BYU tops the Animation Career Review’s ranking of animation schools with Bachelor of Science programs.
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BYU students win E3 game competition

June 14, 2018 10:00 PM
With their genre-bending "Beat Boxers," BYU animation students take the top prize at E3's College Game Competition.  

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BYU back to E3 with Nokbak

June 19, 2017 10:00 PM
Nokbak is the third BYU-created video game in five years to be nominated as a finalist in E3’s College Game Competition.

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Another student Emmy nom — this time with accompanying wedding bells

May 17, 2017 10:00 PM
Taijitu, BYU's newest animation short, recently received a student Emmy nomination — the animation program's 19th since 2004.

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Animation students create quick, easy-to-learn video game and find mainstream success

November 30, 2016 10:00 PM
Along with their longheld success with animated shorts, BYU animation students continue to venture more into the world of video games and found some mass appeal with their latest project.

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BYU Animated Short Wins Student Emmy, Makes Shortlist for BAFTA Award

June 09, 2016 10:00 PM
The BYU Center for Animation has a history of earning accolades for its student-created animated short films each year. 2016 has been no different.

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Cinematic version of Charlie Brown shaped by BYU prof, alums' pens

November 03, 2015 10:00 PM
Transforming the iconic two-dimensional work of Charles Schulz to a three dimensional feature-length film is no easy feat, but that was the challenge for a BYU professor and six alumni who contributed to "The Peanuts Movie."

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BYU animators try new genre, win another Student Emmy

April 26, 2015 10:00 PM
Another year, another Student Emmy for the BYU Center for Animation. This year's film, Ram's Horn, explored a new animation style with a Wile E. Coyote feel.

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Frozen co-director encourages BYU animators to provide hope

November 11, 2014 10:00 PM
Chris Buck, director of Frozen, spent some time on campus addressing BYU animation students and "handing the torch over."

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BYU wins Student Academy Award to go with Student Emmy for Owned

April 24, 2014 10:00 PM
BYU Center for Animation has “owned” the animation category the “student Emmys” for over 10 years. The tradition continued as BYU won its 13th and 14th student Emmys in 11 years. Fittingly, this year’s winner is Owned.

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The Killers, Owen Wilson make new music video with BYU students

December 01, 2013 10:00 PM
Killers frontman Brandon Flowers went to BYU alum Jared Hess to produce a Christmas music video to go with a new Christmas song. Hess pointed him to BYU, suggesting students could create it.

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BYU animators take home first-place ‘student Emmy’ for Estefan

April 25, 2013 10:00 PM
The BYU Center for Animation has produced another 'student Emmy' winner. Take a look at Estefan, the world's greatest hairdresser, and the students who brought him to life.

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BYU’s award-winning Center for Animation is on the move

January 30, 2012 10:00 PM
President Cecil O. Samuelson has approved the move of the Center for Animation from the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology to the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

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BYU Center for Animation’s new film a double 'student Emmy' winner

April 10, 2011 10:00 PM
BYU Center for Animation film DreamGiver won an animation "student Emmy" over the weekend. DreamGiver tells a story that seamlessly incorporates computer animation and traditional animation.

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Dance and animation collaboration produces stirring viral video

December 13, 2010 10:00 PM
A two-and-a-half minute animation by BYU visual arts professor Ryan Woodward has gone viral, logging more than 1 million page views between Vimeo and YouTube. The piece was created in collaboration with dance instructor Kori Wakamatsu.

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BYU student film takes home two ‘student Emmys’

April 11, 2010 10:00 PM
BYU student film Inspector 42 won two "student Emmys" over the weekend, taking home best drama and the "Directing Award" for best overall director.

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Two newest BYU student animated films win 'Student Emmys'

March 16, 2009 10:00 PM
The Brigham Young University Center for Animation extended its award-winning tradition by earning two "Student Emmys" this year.

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BYU animated short wins Nicktoons’ Viewers’ Choice and Producers’ awards

October 30, 2008 10:00 PM
Fans of BYU's Center for Animation voted its latest short film to victory in the Viewers' Choice category of Nicktoons Network's annual animation festival. Festival judges also awarded "Pajama Gladiator" their Producers' Award.

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Pixar president praises BYU animation program at premiere of latest short film

March 26, 2008 10:00 PM
The president of Pixar lauded Brigham Young University's animation program after he delivered a speech at the university Thursday.

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Newest BYU animated film wins a ‘student Emmy’

March 12, 2007 10:00 PM
The latest animated short film from Brigham Young University’s animation program will be awarded a College Television Award (also known as a “student Emmy”) later in March at the Academy of Television Arts Sciences Foundation gala in Los Angeles.

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Animation at BYU subject of Lee Library lecture Nov. 3

October 30, 2005 10:00 PM
R. Brent Adams, industrial design and animation professor at Brigham Young University, will discuss “What’s BYU Doing Making Cartoons?” at a Harold B. Lee Library’s House of Learning Lecture Thursday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. in the library auditorium on the first level.

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BYU animated films win two College Television Awards

February 16, 2005 10:00 PM
For the second year in a row, Brigham Young University's animation program has won a "student Emmy"-- two, in fact. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation, the non-profit, educational arm of the organization that awards the Emmy, announced BYU's student-produced short films "Faux Paw: Adventures in the Internet" and "PetShop" as winners in separate animation categories.

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BYU students complete new computer-animated short film "PetShop"

December 12, 2004 10:00 PM
Students from Brigham Young University's award-winning animation department have finished their new computer-animated short film "PetShop." Plans are underway to submit the film to animation festivals around the world, and some students involved in its creation have already received jobs as a result of their work.

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BYU digitally animated film wins College Television Award

March 24, 2004 10:00 PM
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation, the non-profit, educational arm of the organization that awards the Emmy, will present Brigham Young University with a first-place College Television Award for "Lemmings," a digitally animated short film produced by students.

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BYU animated short recognized at film festivals

January 05, 2004 10:00 PM
A digitally animated short film produced by a group of Brigham Young University students is receiving recognition at film festivals around the world.

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