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Intellect

BYU professor and alumni shine with Oscar-nominated animated film

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
March 07, 2024
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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Intellect

BYU students shine at 42nd College Television Awards with multiple top accolades

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
April 05, 2023
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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Intellect

BYU student created video game wins international award

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
December 01, 2022
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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Intellect

BYU animation, AdLab students win Student Emmy awards

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
March 31, 2022
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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Intellect

BYU student film featured at the world’s largest children’s film festival

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
November 16, 2021
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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Intellect

Playing the cards right: New game aims to help youth improve mental health

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
September 21, 2021
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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Intellect

Water animation gets easier thanks to BYU professors

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
December 04, 2019
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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Intellect

BYU Center for Animation claims sixth Student Academy Award

By Sara Jane Aubrey
October 17, 2019
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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Intellect

Animation nabs top ranking

By Whitney Steele
October 03, 2018
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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Intellect

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

By Brooke Adams
November 30, 2016
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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Intellect

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

Natalie Ipson
By Natalie Ipson
June 09, 2016
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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Intellect

BYU animators try new genre, win another Student Emmy

April 26, 2015
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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Faith

Frozen co-director encourages BYU animators to provide hope

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

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Announcements

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

April 25, 2013
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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Intellect

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

January 30, 2012
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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Announcements

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

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
April 10, 2011
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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Intellect

Dance and animation collaboration produces stirring viral video

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
December 13, 2010
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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Announcements

Two newest BYU student animated films win 'Student Emmys'

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

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