Bill Desowitz
Bill Desowitz, the Awards Editor, Craft & Animation at IndieWire, specializes in below-the-line, tech, and animation coverage, with a special emphasis on Oscar and Emmy Awards season predictions and analysis. Aside from in-depth making of features and influential state of the race perspectives, have additionally contributed to the site's "Influencers" and "25th anniversary" series. These include profiles of "Wolfwalkers" co-directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, and VFX guru Rob Legato on the future of the industry. Additionally oversaw the launch of the site's "Sketch to Screen" behind-the-scenes animation series with "The Mitchells vs. the Machines” . Honors include sharing third-place prize with IndieWire colleagues for the Influencers TV series Multimedia Package, awarded by the Los Angeles Press Club at the 63rd annual Southern California Journalism Awards in 2021.Prior to joining IndieWire, the Los Angeles native was founder of the "Immersed in Movies" blog devoted to crafts and animation coverage. Career highlights include serving as editor of Animation World Network (www.AWN.com) and sister site VFXWorld (www.VFXWorld.com), assignment editor at Below the Line (www.btlnews.com), and staff reporter for The Hollywood Reporter. Have contributed film features to The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Popular Mechanics, and Premiere Magazine. Author of "James Bond Unmasked" (Spies LLC), chronicling the 50-year evolution of the franchise's superspy, and featuring exclusive interviews with all six Bond actors: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig. Have moderated numerous craft and tech-oriented Q&A discussions, including the ADG Previs Summit and several at the RealTime and FMX Stuttgart conferences. Received a BA in Journalism from California State University, Northridge, and an MA in Film and TV Studies from UCLA.Can be found on Twitter (@BillDesowitz) and Facebook.
Latest by Bill Desowitz
The Circle of Life
MPC's Adam Valdez explains how the new Quad Cap mo-cap process added more humanlike qualities to an intimate Barry Jenkins film.
Getting Animated
Other 2025 highlights include "The Bad Guys 2," "Dog Man," "The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Square Pants," "The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol," "The Twits," and possibly "Wildwood."
Like a Rolling Stone
Production Designer François Audouy adopted a Dylan mantra for authentically recreating the Greenwich Village experience: "How does it feel?"
Function Over Form
Production designer Judy Becker channeled Adrien Brody's Brutalist architect to create a towering building symbolizing his lived history and struggle.
Monkey Business
ILM's Pablo Helman tells IndieWire about crafting the painful transformation of Chistery and the rest of the monkeys in the Emerald City.
Monkey Business
Wētā FX VFX supervisor Luke Millar describes finding the right balance to represent Williams as a CG chimp and how it all came together for the spectacular "Rock DJ" musical sequence.
Awards Predictions
The shortlist offers more 2D and stop-motion than CG and no projects from American studios.
Awards Predictions
DreamWorks' "The Wild Robot" has Oscar momentum with its 10 Annie nominations. But it's a very competitive race with "Inside Out 2" and "Flow."
Getting Animated
Jenkins tells IndieWire about tackling his first virtual production. Plus, watch a new featurette about the tech process.
Awards Predictions
Shortlist entries include "Blitz," "Challengers," "Emilia Pérez, and "The Wild Robot."
Awards Predictions
The shortlist includes "The Substance," Wicked," and a Sebastian Stan face-off between "The Apprentice" and "A Different Man."
Awards Predictions
Musicals "Wicked," "A Complete Unknown," and "Emilia Pérez" are among the shortlist entries.
