Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Netflix’s Wednesday Season 2 — once again featuring the direction of Tim Burton — has ...

While there are plenty of filmmakers creating animated films, few take on the involved process of stop-motion animation, but Henry Selick does. In fact, that is where he has spent most of his career.

Laika Studios has used all kinds of innovative approaches.

The 2025 Academy Awards could shape up to be a big one for stop-motion animation. Australian director Adam Eliott’s Memoir of a Snail (2024) has raked in a nomination for Best Animated Feature Film, ...

Director Travis Knight reveals how the puppet masters at Laika combine CGI, 3D printing and other high-tech techniques with time-honoured stop-motion storytelling.

Stop motion animation (also called stop frame animation) is a cinematic and creative technique that breathes life into physical objects through sequential photography. Objects are manipulated in tiny ...

There’s a special spooky treat for stop-motion animation fans embedded within season two of Wednesday: a short that’s another visual dazzler from the mind of Tim Burton. When Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) ...

Stop-motion animation is seemingly as popular as ever. But in Los Angeles, despite the consistency in productions, stop-motion artists are mostly left to fend for themselves when it comes to ...