Welcome to 2024

Happy New Year! I'm starting 2024 with a full desk and a busy slate. Top of the list is my current work-in-progress. What can I tell you about it? Well, it's a new novel, completely unrelated to anything else I've written, and I'm about halfway through the first draft. Apart from that, sorry, my lips … Continue reading Welcome to 2024

The Animation Time Machine

Interested in the history of animation? Check out my new column for Animation Magazine, in which I send a time machine 100 years into the past, then report back with news from all the movie journals of the day. Here's an extract from The Animation Time Machine, bringing news from November 1923: The Machine’s first … Continue reading The Animation Time Machine

VIEW Conference 2021

If you're interested in animation, visual effects, computer graphics, digital cinema, VR or gaming, then VIEW Conference is the place for you. Beginning with a rolling programme of free online PreVIEW events, VIEW 2021 culminates in October in a week-long conference featuring inspirational keynote speeches, illuminating panels and presentations, in-depth masterclasses, lectures, screenings, and much … Continue reading VIEW Conference 2021

VIEW 2021 – Pixar SparkShorts Directors Discuss Creativity, Storytelling and Representation

VIEW Conference is holding a live PreVIEW event focusing on Pixar’s SparkShorts programme. The free online session, which takes place on February 26, 2021 at 10:00 PST / 6:00pm UK / 19:00 CET, brings together the directors of five films from Pixar Animation Studios’ programme for a lively discussion about their work. Dan Sarto, editor … Continue reading VIEW 2021 – Pixar SparkShorts Directors Discuss Creativity, Storytelling and Representation

VIEW 2021 – Baobab Studios, “Bombay Rose” and the 93rd Academy Awards

VIEW Conference just unveiled its latest round of PreVIEW events for 2021. Each online session is free to attend, and features conversation with a team of animation professionals as they debate the hottest topics and share insights about their latest projects. “In the middle of January, we held our first PreVIEW session of 2021. We … Continue reading VIEW 2021 – Baobab Studios, “Bombay Rose” and the 93rd Academy Awards

VIEW Conference 2020 – Free Access to all Sessions Online

VIEW Conference 2020 takes place from October 18 to 23. Italy’s premiere digital media conference unites 160 world-class filmmakers, producers, studio executives, animators, artists, game developers, musicians, journalists and educators for a lively week of 125 talks, workshops, masterclasses and panels. Traditionally held in Torino, Italy, this year’s conference will be an entirely virtual event, with … Continue reading VIEW Conference 2020 – Free Access to all Sessions Online

VIEW 2020 Goes Virtual with an Incredible Streaming Lineup

The creative powerhouse that is VIEW Conference 2020 takes place October 18-23rd, and this year all 90+ sessions are streaming online to a global audience. So you can choose to enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Turin, Italy, or immerse yourself in the incredible lineup from the comfort of your armchair! Industry titans from the animation, visual effects, … Continue reading VIEW 2020 Goes Virtual with an Incredible Streaming Lineup

VIEW 2020 Full Program Now Available

Yes, the full program of events for VIEW Conference 2020 is now available. So stop reading this, and head over to the VIEW 2020 website to prepare your schedule for the week. Check out the VIEW 2020 Program The 21st International VIEW Conference takes place 18-23 October 2020 in Turin, Italy. Visit the VIEW Conference … Continue reading VIEW 2020 Full Program Now Available

From “Moana” to “Raya and the Last Dragon”

Here's a great opportunity to hear from Osnat Shurer, the Academy Award®-nominated producer of Disney's mega-hit Moana. In a special virtual session at VIEW Conference 2020, Shurer will share insights from her career as a filmmaker and documentarian and talk about her latest project, Disney's upcoming animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon, set to … Continue reading From “Moana” to “Raya and the Last Dragon”

Cinefex 153 – High Octane Aliens

Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror flick Alien is probably my favourite film of all time. So imagine how thrilled I was to get the gig covering Alien: Covenant for the new issue of Cinefex. Since the average Cinefex article runs to about 26 pages (yes, we really do dig deep with our stories), that's a big gig. As … Continue reading Cinefex 153 – High Octane Aliens