VIEW 2024 Reveals Expansive Full Conference Lineup

VIEW Conference, Italy’s premier animation and visual effects event, unveiled its impressive 25^th anniversary edition program lineup. The English-speaking event takes place October 14-19 in the beautiful baroque city of Turin, Italy, and brings together industry professionals, students, and enthusiasts in a celebration of the latest achievements in animation, VFX, and games.

This year’s conference promises attendees an unforgettable line-up of award-winning speakers, a curated live program of keynotes, talks, panels, in-depth workshops, and masterclasses.

Check out the full program here and register for VIIEW Conference 2024 here.

“I am incredibly proud of the program we have created for VIEW Conference 2024,” said Conference director Dr. Maria Elena Gutierrez. “We are honored to have so many talented individuals attending our 25th anniversary event, to share their wisdom and experience with passion and style. Above all, VIEW Conference is about people, and I cannot wait to receive everyone into our warm, inclusive atmosphere. Welcome to Italy, everyone – let’s take the roof off and celebrate in style!”

Here are some highlights:

This year’s keynote speakers:

• Oscar-nominated writer, producer and director Jonathan Nolan, currently executive producer of Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films’ Emmy Award-nominated Fallout.
• Fede Alvarez, director, co-writer, and executive producer of the sci-fi/horror-thriller Alien: Romulus.

Award-winning directors, delivering presentations on their latest films:

• Fede Alvarez, director of Alien: Romulus
• Kelsey Mann, director of Pixar and Disney’s Inside Out 2
• Chris Sanders, director DreamWorks Animation/Universal Pictures’ The Wild Robot
• Shannon Tindle, director Netflix’s Ultraman: Rising
• Josh Cooley, director Paramount Animation’s Transformers One

Premiere events:

• Amy Smeed, VES Award-nominated head of animation at Walt Disney Animation Studios, presents a unique look inside Disney Animation’s next theatrical feature Moana 2.
• Simon Otto, director of Netflix’s and Locksmith Animation’s That Christmas premieres footage from the upcoming seasonal feature.
• Will Becher presents a first look at Aardman’s latest stop-motion animated feature Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.

VFX, Animation & Production Design professionals presenting on their latest films:

• Paul Lambert, overall VFX supervisor Dune: Part Two
• Jay Worth, overall VFX supervisor Fallout.
• Swen Gillberg, Deadpool and Wolverine
• Stefen Fangmeier,  3 Body Problem
• Florian Witzel, Twisters
• Jason Greenblum, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Visionary Thinkers & Provocative Panels

• Ramsey Naito, president of Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation, is live on stage to receive this year’s VIEW Visionary Award.
• Richard Kerris, VP/GM Media & Entertainment at Nvidia, presents “How AI Has Already Become a Valuable Tool Throughout Production.”
• Martin Nebelong, freelance artist, and VR pioneer, leads a workshop called “Human Creativity in an Age of Generative AI.”
• Jake Maymudes, founder, and CEO of Wylie Co. VFX, presents “Cinema's Technology Revolution: How Wylie Co. VFX Adopted Machine Learning to Empower Artists on Blockbusters.”
• Panel highlights:
  
  • “The New Age of Creativity and Technology Convergence”
  • “WIA – Women in Animation”
  • “Young Voices in VIEW”
• Speaker highlights
  
  • Rob Bredow, SVP/CCO at Industrial Light & Magic
  • Rochele Gloor, Assistant Director for Innovation Technologies MFA Computer Arts, School of Visual Arts 
  • Heidi Wang, Senior VP, Wacom Ink Division, B2B EMEA
  • Amie Loyd and Michel Bellini from the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning in Illinois, who present a talk entitled “Enhancing Instructor Development in Higher Ed: Power of Storytelling, Immersive Tech, and AI.”

Creative Workshops highlights:

• Josh Cooley, director of Transformers One; presents “Make Me Care" About STORY!”
• Andreas Maaninka, VFX supervisor, presents “AI Tools for Film Production”
• Dylan Sisson, artist, and designer, presents “Unleash Your Creative Potential: A Workshop for Pixar’s RenderMan Art Challenge.”
• Pascal Campion, artist and production designer, presents “Visual Storytelling.”
• Megan Brain, Walt Disney Imagineering, presents “Mixed Media.”
• Michael Coldewey, Professor of Concept Art, Drawing & Design, Media Design University of Applied Sciences in Munich, presents, “Storyboarding: Draw Yourself into the Movies!”
• Scott Eaton, artist and designer, presents “Dynamic Anatomy & Figure Drawing.”

Animated shorts:

• Joseph Wallace, director of award-winning stop-motion animated films including “Salvation Has No Name
• Amanda Strong, director of Inkwo for When the Starving Return
• Laura Goncalves, co-director of Percebes;
• Diego Alonso Sanchez de la Barquera and Christian Arredondo Narvaez, co-directors of Nube
• Eloi Champagne, NFB head of technical direction and production technology, presents Maybe Elephants
• Loïc Espuche, director of Yuck!

Additional program highlights:

• Award-winning creatives and leaders from some of the world’s biggest games companies.
• Educational features - five dedicated portfolio review sessions
• Presentations focused on various educational topics.
• “Let’s Talk Business,” a panel exclusively made up from company CEOs and co-founders

“VIEW Conference 2024 is only a few weeks away,” added Gutierrez. “I want to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful conference partners and sponsors for their support. Without their important contributions, we wouldn’t be able to deliver VIEW Conference. I also want to give heartfelt thanks to all our speakers for attending, and for making our 25th anniversary conference truly special. In the words of Maui in Moana’: ‘You’re welcome!’”

With too many details to include here, please visit the VIEW Conference 2024 website for full rundown of speakers, events, panels, workshops, and everything else!

Source: VIEW Conference 2024

Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.