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VIEW Conference Unveils 2014 Lineup

Highlights of the 2014 VIEW Conference include presentations of the Disney short ‘Feast’ by director Patrick Osborne, Sony Pictures Animation’s ‘The Smurfs’ by art director Marcelo Vignali, and ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ by VFX supervisor Stefen Fangmeier.

TURIN, Italy -- Organizers of Italy’s VIEW Conference have announced the full lineup for the 2014 edition. The largest computer graphics conference in Italy, The VEW Conference will be held this year October 14-17.

Highlights of the 2014 VIEW Conference include presentations of the Disney short Feast by director Patrick Osborne, Sony Pictures Animation’s The Smurfs by art director Marcelo Vignali, and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For by VFX supervisor Stefen Fangmeier.

In addition, the 2014 VIEW Conference will include the world premiere of Disney’s Big Hero 6 presented by Disney Animation Studios’ Alessandro Jacomini.

Other highlights include presentations from Framestore VFX supervisor Kyle McCulloch on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, ILM VFX supervisor Scott Farrar on Transformers: Age of Extinction, and ILM animation supervisor Tim Harrington on Paramount and Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

See the full list of scheduled events below, with additional sessions and speakers to be announced within the coming weeks:

  • World Premiere Presentation of Big Hero 6 by Alessandro Jacomini, Disney Animation Studios.
  • Italian Premiere Presentation of Feast by Patrick Osborne, Director, Disney Animation Studios.
  • Alessandro Carloni, Head of Story, How to Train your Dragon 2. Co-Director Kung Fu Panda 3 (2015), DreamWorks Animation.
  • Rob Coleman, Head of Animation, The LEGO Movie, Animal Logic.
  • Stefen Fangmeier, VFX Supervisor, Sin City: A Dame to Kill for, Independent.
  • Merzin Tavaria, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Director, Prime Focus.
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  • Kyle McCulloch, VFX Supervisor, Guardians of the Galaxy, Framestore.
  • Scott Farrar, VFX Supervisor, Transformers: Age of Extinction, ILM.
  • Tim Harrington, Animation Supervisor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ILM.
  • David Schaub, Director of Animation, The Amazing Spider-man 2, Sony Pictures Imageworks.
  • ‎Lucia Modesto, Ingredients of Time Travel: Art, Models, Rigs, and FX, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Dreamworks Animation.
  • Marcelo Vignali, Art Director, The Smurfs (2016), Sony Pictures Animation.
  • Noelle Tria‎ureau, Production Designer, The Smurfs (2016), Sony Pictures Animation.
  • Parag Havaldar, R and D Lead, Blizzard Entertainment. 
  • Kim Baumann Larsen, The DARK Adventure - Innovating Architectural Immersive VR using Storytelling and Gameplay.
  • Philip Stevju Løken, Interactive 3D Designer, The DARK Adventure - Innovating Architectural Immersive VR using Storytelling and Gameplay, Placebo Effects.
  • Pierre-Alain Gagne, co-founder, DOWiNO
  • European Premiere Presentation of SIGGRAPH's 2014 Computer Animation Festival presented by Jerome Solomon, Director, CAF 2014.
  • David Putrino, Not Impossible Labs, Weill-Cornell Medical College. 
  • Brenda Bakker Harger, Theatre Director, Improviser, Professor at Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Nelson Lowry, Supervising Production Designer, The Boxtrolls, LAIKA.

Source: VIEW Conference

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Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.