Eli Noyes, the Oscar-nominated animator who revolutionized stop-motion filmmaking with his innovative use of clay and sand, has died. He was 81.
Noyes died Saturday of complications from prostate cancer at his home in San Francisco, Toy Story producer Ralph Guggenheim told The Hollywood Reporter. The two formed Alligator Planet in 2003 to create film, print and media works.
As an undergraduate student at Harvard University, Noyes received his Oscar nomination for his 8-minute animated film Clay or the Origin of Species (1965), which established clay stop animation as a genre and would influence the work of Wallace and Gromit creators Peter Lord and David Sproxton.
For two other short films, he employed sand animation for Sandman (1973) and pixelated stop motion for Peanut Butter and Jelly (1976).
Noyes later shaped the look and spirit of children’s programming in the early days of cable TV, especially for Nickelodeon. The rebranded network’s first show,...
Noyes died Saturday of complications from prostate cancer at his home in San Francisco, Toy Story producer Ralph Guggenheim told The Hollywood Reporter. The two formed Alligator Planet in 2003 to create film, print and media works.
As an undergraduate student at Harvard University, Noyes received his Oscar nomination for his 8-minute animated film Clay or the Origin of Species (1965), which established clay stop animation as a genre and would influence the work of Wallace and Gromit creators Peter Lord and David Sproxton.
For two other short films, he employed sand animation for Sandman (1973) and pixelated stop motion for Peanut Butter and Jelly (1976).
Noyes later shaped the look and spirit of children’s programming in the early days of cable TV, especially for Nickelodeon. The rebranded network’s first show,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toy Story 3D Blu-Ray Combo Pack Walt Disney Home Entertainment 1995 & 2009/Rated G/Running Time 81 Mins List Price: $49.99 – Available November 1, 2011 Back during the Fall of 1995, I had absolutely no interest in seeing Toy Story. Disney had enjoyed tremendous success and a resurgence of quality film-making that began with the 1989 release of The Little Mermaid. Classic Disney quality films were back and the subsequent releases of Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King, secured their new foothold in the industry and at the box-office. Yet the studio was also in danger of becoming a cold corporate entity. For every Beauty and the Beast, their live action division was turning out crappy soulless films like The Three Musketeers or the Pauley Shore vehicle In The Army Now.As the first full length computer animated feature Toy Story had a cold, soulless look to it upon first glance. As impressive as CGI was,...
- 11/8/2011
- LRMonline.com
Chicago – This 11-image slideshow contains official press images and schedule information for the recently announced slate of films to be released by Walt Disney Pictures in 2009 including new films starring Isla Fisher, Bruce Willis, Robin Williams, John Travolta, Ryan Reynolds, Josh Duhamel, and the newest Pixar film.
These 2009 Walt Disney Pictures include “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” “Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience,” “Race to Witch Mountain,” “Hannah Montana The Movie,” “earth,” “Up,” “The Proposal,” “G-Force,” “When in Rome,” “Surrogates,” “Toy Story in Disney Digital 3-D,” “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” “Old Dogs,” and “The Princess and the Frog”. Not all films have images released, but release details and dates were announced for the entire 2009 slate.
The release dates, cast lists, and filmmaker information for these Walt Disney Pictures films can be found below in chronological order, followed by a slideshow of available images.
“Confessions of a Shopaholic”
Cast: Isla Fisher,...
These 2009 Walt Disney Pictures include “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” “Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience,” “Race to Witch Mountain,” “Hannah Montana The Movie,” “earth,” “Up,” “The Proposal,” “G-Force,” “When in Rome,” “Surrogates,” “Toy Story in Disney Digital 3-D,” “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” “Old Dogs,” and “The Princess and the Frog”. Not all films have images released, but release details and dates were announced for the entire 2009 slate.
The release dates, cast lists, and filmmaker information for these Walt Disney Pictures films can be found below in chronological order, followed by a slideshow of available images.
“Confessions of a Shopaholic”
Cast: Isla Fisher,...
- 12/22/2008
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Kristine Kreska and Iggy Kos have partnered to form Collaboration Entertainment, an international sales and producer's rep company specializing in independent films.
Kreska will serve as CEO of the Beverly Hills-based company, which secures global distribution deals, facilitates production and co-financing and provides all marketing services.
Kos is an international investment banker based in Sydney who will work in arranging financing and production partners.
Collaboration is bringing several projects to AFM including the fully-funded, $54 million action-adventure "Lost Gold of Khan", with Mark Roemmich directing and producing. "Lost Gold" is set to begin production in February in India, Kazakhstan, Singapore and the U.S.
Another fully-funded project is the animated feature "Children of Runes: The Chronicles of Shi," which is set to begin production late this year. Willi Patterson Films and Noble House Entertainment Pictures are producing.
Other projects include comedies "The Truth About Film School" and "The Pickler;" the animated Christmas special "Santa's Map" from "Toy Story" producer Ralph Guggenheim and "Broken Soldiers", a visual special effects feature.
Also on its slate are the fantasy action-adventure "Snow Princess" and the psychological supernatural thriller "Shadow Dweller".
Collaborative also represents newly launched Choose Interactive's first two films, "The Weathered Underground: Eric" and "The Weathered Underground: Liz". The two projects allow viewers to interact with the films with the option of creating 33 different movies.
Kreska will serve as CEO of the Beverly Hills-based company, which secures global distribution deals, facilitates production and co-financing and provides all marketing services.
Kos is an international investment banker based in Sydney who will work in arranging financing and production partners.
Collaboration is bringing several projects to AFM including the fully-funded, $54 million action-adventure "Lost Gold of Khan", with Mark Roemmich directing and producing. "Lost Gold" is set to begin production in February in India, Kazakhstan, Singapore and the U.S.
Another fully-funded project is the animated feature "Children of Runes: The Chronicles of Shi," which is set to begin production late this year. Willi Patterson Films and Noble House Entertainment Pictures are producing.
Other projects include comedies "The Truth About Film School" and "The Pickler;" the animated Christmas special "Santa's Map" from "Toy Story" producer Ralph Guggenheim and "Broken Soldiers", a visual special effects feature.
Also on its slate are the fantasy action-adventure "Snow Princess" and the psychological supernatural thriller "Shadow Dweller".
Collaborative also represents newly launched Choose Interactive's first two films, "The Weathered Underground: Eric" and "The Weathered Underground: Liz". The two projects allow viewers to interact with the films with the option of creating 33 different movies.
- 10/31/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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