Italy’s premiere animation event adds the famed director to its packed program of industry speakers, including ILM’s Rob Bredow, Paramount’s Ramsey Naito, and Sony Pictures Animation’s Kristine Belson; the event runs October 16-21 in Torino, Italy.
VIEW Conference 2022 has announced that director Robert Zemeckis will join Kevin Baillie in a virtual discussion of the making of his latest film, Disney’s Pinocchio. The upcoming 23rd edition of Italy’s premiere animation, VFX, games, and computer graphics conference runs October 16-21 in Torino, Italy.
The VIEW Conference 2022 Program is available to browse by topic or speaker.
Here are some presentation highlights:
Industry leaders discuss the future of storytelling and other cutting-edge topics:
- James Knight, AMD's Global Director of Media & Entertainment/Visual Effects
- Faik Karaoglu, Wacom's Executive VP of Branded Business
- Marc Petit, VP, and GM at Epic Games Unreal Engine
- Steve May, Pixar's Chief Technology Officer
- Rob Bredow, CCO at Industrial Light & Magic
- Ramsey Naito, President of Nickelodeon/Paramount
- Kristine Belson, President of Sony Pictures Animation
- Peter Ramsey, Director at Netflix Animation (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse / Lost Ollie)
- Rob Hoffmann, Lenovo’s Manager of Worldwide Media & Entertainment
- Cathal Loughnane, Head of Aston Martin Partnerships at Aston Martin Lagonda
Exciting panels exploring virtual production, featuring:
- Steve Griffith, Executive Producer of Virtual Production at DNEG
- Paul Debevec, Director of Research at Netflix
- Janet Muswell Hamilton, Senior VP of VFX at HBO
- Roslyn Aronowitz, Senior Producer for Virtual Production at ILM
- Christina Heller, CEO of Metastage
In-depth presentations on the latest creative triumphs, including:
- Love, Death + Robots: Night of the Mini Dead with BUCK Creative Directors Robert Bisi and Andy Lyon
- The Sandman – with Raphaël Letertre, Rodeo FX CG Supervisor
- Returnal – Housemarque’s Sharman Jagadeesan and Risto Jankkila
- Entergalactic – DNEG’s David Prescott, Archie Donato & Kapil Sharma
The complete list of speakers is available here.
Plus, looks at Jurassic World Dominion; Thor: Love and Thunder; Westworld; Lightyear; Turning Red; The Sea Beast; and My Father’s Dragon.
The VIEW Conference invites students and professionals to the recruitment fair - an opportunity to pitch talents to major game and movie studios, share reels and meet mentors. Recruiters include Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, Alps Studios, Trixter, Axis Studios, El Ranchito, and Rotomaker.
Get your tickets here.
Source: VIEW 2022
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
