LEAF Falls On Phantom Menace
By rdemott2
Created 12/17/1999 - 01:00
files/pictures/picture-35.jpgOn November 18, 1999, LEAF, the London Effects & Animation Festival,
bestowed their award for best effects in a feature film on STAR WARS:
PHANTOM MENACE. Over 700 industry personalities watched LEAF's finale, an
hour long visual effects smorgasbord from around the world. Rob Coleman was
on hand to except the award for Industrial Light & Magic's work on the
PHANTOM MENACE. Other winners included: AKA Pizazz's "Megalomaniac" for
best commercial animation; Jason Shulman's HOLLOW for best student film;
Benjamin Smith for Stormfront Digital Pictures' THE MILLENNIUM BUG for best
simulation; The Mill's Lincoln ad entitled "Surprising Journey" for best
live-action commercial; Framestore's "Walking with Dinosaurs" for best
educational and training film; Glasswork's video for Bjork's "All is Full
of Love;" Blue Sky Studios' BUNNY for best short film; and Jim Henson's
Creature Shop's "Toyota Goldfish" for best titles, indents and stings.
