Congratulations to Our 48 Escapees at The Oscars

48 Escapees worked on Oscar-nominated films

The 2026 Oscars have announced their nominations, and we couldn't be prouder of the 48 Escapees worked on Oscar-nominated films, including all four films film nominated for Best Visual Effects. 

Nominated for Best Visual Effects are Avatar: Fire and Ash, Jurassic World Rebirth, The Lost Bus, F1 and Sinners.  No less than 48 Escapees worked on these five VFX films. 

We would also like to congratulate our industry partners Industrial Light & Magic, Cinesite, DNEG, RISE FX, The Third Floor, Outpost VFX, One of Us and Framestore on their amazing work. 

In addition, Six Escapees worked on the films nominated for Best Picture and one Escapee worked on K Pop Demon Hunters, nominated for Best Animated Film.  

Escapees at the 2024 Oscars

48 Escapees at the 2024 Academy Awards

Escape Studios is delighted to congratulate the 48 Escapees who contributed to Oscar-nominated movies this year, including Poor Things, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Zone of Interest. 

Congratulations to all our Escapees whose work contributed so much to the success of these amazing films - we are proud of you all. 

63 Escapees at The 2023 Oscars

Escapees at the 2023 Academy Awards

Escape Studios is delighted to congratulate the 63 Escapees who contributed to Oscar-nominated movies this year, including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Batman (2022) and Elvis.

Congratulations to all our Escapees whose work contributed so much to the success of these amazing films - we are proud of you all. 

71 Escapees on Oscar-Nominated Films

Escapees at The 2022 Academy Awards

No less than 71 of our Escapees worked on this year's Oscar-nominated films. 

Take a look at the infographic on the left to see which films our Escapees worked on.

For example, 36 Escapees worked on the latest intallment of the Bond series - No Time To Die

Simone Giampaolo Oscar Shortlist Q&A

Escape Studios' tutor Simone Giampaolo is hosting a free Q&Q tomorrow Friday 28 January at 7pm GMT about his Oscar-Shortlisted short film "Only a Child", a "visual poem" created by over 20 animation directors.

"Only a Child" is a short film based on the words spoken by the then 12 year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, in which she made a plea in verse to world leaders for better environmental protection. 

Tom Sito to visit Escape Studios Tuesday 3 Oct

Tom Sito

We're excited to welcome animator, director, and animation historian Tom Sito to Escape Studios next week, to talk to our students. Tom has had a stellar career in Hollywood animation, and is now a member of the Academy Board of Governors (that's the Oscars to you).

In 1998 Tom was included by Animation Magazine in their list of the One Hundred Most Important People in Animation, and he continues to be a major influence on our industry, teaching animation at the University of Southern California, writing books and lecturing.

We're lucky to have him come and visit, and sprinkle some Hollywood pixie dust on our studios.

Disney Supervising Animator Nancy Beiman "No Longer Proud" to be an Academy Member

Nancy Beiman: Gary Krueger.

Nancy Beiman, former supervising animator at Disney, and now a Professor at Sheridan College in Canada, has given an interview at the Hollywood Reporter, in which she told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that she is "No Longer Proud to Be a Member of This Organization". 

Nancy announced her intention to resign her membership following the new, restrictive voting rules, which have been hastily introduced after accusations of racism in the voting for this year's Oscar nominees.

BFI To Host Special Screening of Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films on 5 Feb

The British Film Institute on London's South Bank is hosting a special screening of the animated short films which have been nominated for an Oscar this year.  

You can see the films on just one night: Friday 5 February 2016 at 7pm. 

The evening is a chance to see some of the best work in our industry, mostly by independent film-makers, and also to hear a Q&A with Richatd Williams, author of The Animator's Survival Kit, who is one of this year's nominees.

Oscars 2016 - Who Will Win Best Animated Feature?

Who will win the Oscar this year for Best Animated Feature Film?

This year there are five nominees: Anomalisa, Boy and The World, Inside Out, When Marnie Was There, and Shaun The Sheep, by Aardman Animation in Bristol.

Animation has surely come of age. Just a few years ago there were three nominees in the category, and the category itself is only 15 years old,  having been first created in 2001. Prior to that, there were so few animated films every year that it would have been a one-horse race, with Disney winning every time.