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    Walter Schulz joins Cuebric as VFX director

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    Visual effects supervisor Walter Schulz will join creative-led artificial intelligence production software company Cuebric as its new VFX director. 

    Prior to joining Cuebric, Schulz served as on set VFX supervisor for Emma Stone’s upcoming episodic show, The Curse. He was also the crowd department supervisor on projects including Godzilla vs. Kong, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Game of Thrones’ final season for which his work won an Emmy.

    He additionally served as the on set VFX supervisor for Roland Emmerich’s Midway (2019), and has worked on more than 30 major feature films and television projects throughout his career. 

    Schulz has been working with AI and virtual production tools since 2007, by replicating human behavior applied to digital crowds and groundbreaking work for projects such as Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter (Oscar nomination for Best VFX 2010); he also created all AI driven digital crowds for Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese (Best VFX Oscar winner 2011). Over his extensive career, Schulz has held titles such as creature developer while working at ILM (San Francisco) on projects including The Avengers and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. His work involved rigid dynamics, high-end character rigging and technical animation for digital muscle systems and advanced cloth simulation, as well as other deep technical developments. 

    Over the years, Schulz has also been active in well established Hollywood organizations as a member of the Business, Labor and Law Committee within the Visual Effects Society, and a judge for the VES Awards. He is a current member of the Television Academy, the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) and ACM/SIGGRAPH for which he holds a status as “Pioneer” in the film visual effects industry, having a proven track record over 25 years. 

    “The age of AI is here to stay, embracing the possibilities that it brings is liberating us from rigid workflows and tedious processes,” said Schulz. “Cuebric allows artists and studios of all levels to achieve their vision in faster and affordable ways.”

    “Walter Schulz has an incredibly rich background in revolutionizing artificial intelligence in virtual production,” shared Cuebric co-founders Pinar Demirdag and Gary Koepke in a joint statement. “His expertise and experience will prove to be invaluable as Cuebric continues to make strides in developing AI for virtual filmmaking that centers on the humanity and creativity of artists.”

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    “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo named Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

    Tuesday, January 21, 2025
    Cynthia Erivo attends the National Board of Review Awards gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

    Cynthia Erivo, who is starring in the hit musical "Wicked," was named Tuesday as the 2025 Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

    The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world's third-oldest still operating, said Erivo will receive her Pudding Pot award at a celebratory roast Feb. 5. Afterward, she will attend a performance of Hasty Pudding Theatricals' 176th production, "101 Damnations." Actor Jon Hamm, who came to fame starring as ad executive Don Draper on the AMC series "Mad Men," is the 2025 Man of the Year. He will receive his Pudding Pot Jan. 31.

    "We are holding space for Cynthia Erivo's arrival," Man and Woman of the Year Events Coordinator Hannah Frazer said in a statement. "We're sweeping out our broomstick closets and prepping some wicked smart humor as we eagerly await her in February. Before she flies off with her Pudding Pot, she'll have to work a little magic to earn it."

    Along with starirng in the smash hit musical, the British entertainer is a two-time Oscar nominee and an Emmy Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award winner.

    Erivo burst onto the scene with her brilliant performance in the Broadway revival of "The Color Purple." winning her the 2016 Tony for best actress in a musical. She performed songs from the play on the "Today" show, earning the Daytime Emmy for outstanding music performance in a daytime program. And the show's soundtrack won best musical theater album at the 2017 Grammys.

    Last year, Erivo starred in and produced "Drift," which follows a young Liberian refugee who has escaped her war-torn country to a Greek island. In 2021, Erivo was nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin in the National Geographic series "Genius:... Read More

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