One of the more memorable years for movie releases, 2012 kept us coming back to theaters with a string of high profile book adaptations, 续集, 重塑, franchise reboots, franchise finales. Here at 满帆 the long list of big name projects was also notable for the number of graduates we saw working on many of the most successful films of the past 12 months.

Spring brought the release of The Hunger 游戏, the first major blockbuster of the year. Fans flocked to this big screen translation of Suzanne Collins’ popular books series, helping realize that world were 电影 graduates 莎拉·杜里, Chrys Blackstone, 杰夫•华莱士 who assisted the production during its shoot in North Carolina.

The summer movie season ramped up just over a month later with the May 4 release of 复仇者, which brought together icons like Iron Man, Thor, Captain America. This comic book epic would go on to become the highest grossing movie of 2012, we were proud to have an astonishing 56 graduates work on it in different roles – from set assistants to visual effects artists.

Following that massive hit, our grads were attached to blockbusters on almost a weekly basis from May to August – including 战舰, Men in Black III, Snow White 和 the Huntsman, 普罗米修斯, 时代的岩石, The Amazing Spider-Man, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, ParaNorman.

It was also great to see a pair of 满帆 名人堂 inductees on major summer releases, like Kristifer克莱因, who was environment lead on Pixar’s latest animated feature 勇敢的. In addition, Oscar-winner 加里·里索 returned as sound mixer for The Dark Knight Rises – having previously held the same role on the first two entries in director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.

Fall 和 winter closed out the strong year for our alumni involved with the film industry. The final chapter of The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn, Part II – was released on November 16 和 saw contributions from 11 grads, including 2010 名人堂 inductee 史蒂夫Cainas. Other late-2012 highlights featuring grad contributions included 阿尔戈 和 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Many of these films are now on home video in case you want to catch up on some great entertainment you may have missed over the past year. The sooner the better too, as we’re already eyeballing some of 2013’s anticipated releases like 独行侠, Oz: The Great 和 Powerful, 钢铁侠3 – all of which happen to feature credits from more 满帆 alumni.