Brad Bird and George R.R. Martin to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honors at Infinity Festival's Monolith Awards
On November 13, the Infinity Festival in Los Angeles announced this year's Monolith Award honorees, with filmmaker Brad Bird and author George R.R. Martin both set to receive Lifetime Achievement honors.
The Monolith Awards honor story advanced by technology. Brad Bird is an Academy Award-winning director whose films include The Incredibles and Ratatouille. George R.R. Martin is the author of the A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novels, which were adapted into HBO's Game of Thrones.
The Monolith Award for Outstanding Virtual Production will go to ACME AI & FX, part of Ryan Kavanaugh's ACME Media, recognizing its Grey Box production methodology, which integrates live-action performance, virtual environments and generative visual effects in a single workflow.
According to the festival, ACME used the method on the film Bitcoin, capturing live performances over 20 days and building some 200 story locations around them, taking virtual production beyond the stage and into the whole of filmmaking.
The festival runs November 12-15 at the Audrey Irmas Pavilion in Los Angeles. The program includes a screening of Heirs of the Perisphere, a science-fiction short film produced by George R.R. Martin.
On November 14-15, the festival presents a two-day ASIFA-Showcase organized with ASIFA-Hollywood, bringing together creators from studios including Sony Pictures Animation, Pixar, DreamWorks and LAIKA.
Related: Infinity Festival Opens November 12 in Los Angeles: Brad Bird to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Source: Infinity Festival
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Photo: 图：本届 Infinity Festival 会场 Los Angeles 的 Audrey Irmas Pavilion。作者：Downtowngal，CC BY-SA 4.0，维基共享资源。 / Photo: The Audrey Irmas Pavilion in Los Angeles, venue of this year's Infinity Festival. Credit: Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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