Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences

The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and advocacy of the machinima industry. Founded in March 2002 by ILL Clan co-founder Paul Marino and other machinima producers,Marino.] the AMAS holds film festivals for machinima. As part of these festivals, exemplary machinima productions are recognized through awards nicknamed the Mackies.

2002 Machinima Film Festival

On July 17, 2002, the first Machinima Film Festival, sponsored by NVIDIA, was held as part of QuakeCon 2002. However, according to David Stellmack of "TG Daily", the larger QuakeCon event seemed to overshadow the festival, which was "not very well attended".Stellmack.]

2006 Machinima Festival

Notes

References

*cite web|url=http://festival.machinima.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=5|title=2005 Award Nominations and Selections|work=2005 Machinima Film Festival|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060427054638/http://festival.machinima.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=5|archivedate=2006-04-27|accessdate=2006-11-14
*cite web|date=November 5, 2006|url=http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=455|title=2006 Machinima Film Festival: WINNERS & Nominees|work=Machinima.com|publisher=Machinima, Inc|accessdate=2006-11-12
*cite web|date=October 26, 2003|url=http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=379|title=Machinima Awards 2003 Results|work=Machinima.com|publisher=Machinima, Inc|accessdate=2006-04-15
*cite web|date=August 19, 2002|url=http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=303|title=Machinima Film Festival 2002 - results|work=Machinima.com|publisher=Machinima, Inc|accessdate=2006-04-15
*cite web|last=Maragos|first=Nick|date=November 14, 2005|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=7179|title=2005 Machinima Film Festival Awards Announced|work=Gamasutra|publisher=CMP United Business Media|accessdate=2006-09-26
*cite web|last=Marino|first=Paul|authorlink=Paul Marino|date=October 6, 2004|url=http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/features/49874/The_Wonderful_World_of_Machinima.html|title=The Wonderful World of Machinima|publisher=G4 Media, Inc|accessdate=2006-06-25
*cite web|last=Stellmack|first=David|date=July 23, 2002|url=http://www.tgdaily.com/2002/08/23/quakecon_2002_day_3/index.html|title=Quakecon 2002 Day 3: Wrap Up - What A Great Event It Was!|work=TG Daily|publisher=Tom's Guide Publishing|accessdate=2006-04-15]

External links

* [http://www.machinima.org/ Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences official website]