VIEW Conference Full Program Gems include VFX Supervisors, Directors, Cinematographers and will be virtual as well as In-Person in ITALY.
The 22nd Edition of the VIEW Conference 2021 is fast approaching. The full program is now available to check out at the site set up for the event, which this year will be a mix of presentations, Q&As, videos and panels, both online and face-to-face from the OGR venue in Turin ITALY. VIEW is set to take place October 17 to 22.
Sir Roger Deakins, Oscar-winning cinematographer of films including The Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, A Beautiful Mind, Skyfall, Sicario, Blade Runner 2049 and 1917, will receive this year’s coveted VIEW Visionary Award. Sir Roger Deakins CBE is an English cinematographer, best known for collaborating with directors Denis Villeneuve, Sam Mendes, and the Coen brothers. Deakins is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers, and has received five BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography. Nominated fifteen times for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, he has won that award twice for Blade Runner 2049, and 1917.
For the VIEW Conference, Sir Roger will be presenting and will be interviewed by Dean DeBlois. Directed of Lilo & Stitch, and How to Train Your Dragon.
“Roger Deakins is one of the true living legends of filmmaking,” says Conference Director Dr. Maria Elena Gutierrez. “Throughout his career, he has captured some of the most iconic and memorable images ever committed to the screen, from Tim Robbins exulting in the rain in The Shawshank Redemption, to Ryan Gosling exploring a dust-shrouded Las Vegas in Blade Runner 2049. Roger’s unique vision is unparalleled, and it is a privilege to honour his achievements at VIEW Conference 2021 by presenting him with this year’s VIEW Visionary Award.”
Also, SideFX with announce the official reveal of the VFX software Houdini 19 at VIEW, including a curated set of Houdini HIVE presentations. There will also be a suite of talks by interactive entertainment and 3D engine pioneers Epic Games. Presentation topics include animation and rigging techniques in Unreal Engine and getting to grips with MetaHuman Creator, plus a demonstrations of Unreal Engine 5 and Megascans.
Along with Sir Roger, the names below hint at the massive power of talent brought together for the event. Not to be missed.
- Tom McGrath, Director, Boss Baby: Family Business, Dreamworks Animation (Keynote)
- Jorge R. Gutierrez, Director, Maya and the Three, Netflix (Keynote)
- Tomm Moore, Co-Founder & Creative Director, Cartoon Saloon (Keynote)
- Rob Bredow, Chief Creative Officer, Industrial Light & Magic
- Christopher Townsend, Sr. VFX Supervisor, Shang-Chi & the Legend of the 10 Rings
- Rob Legato, Award-Winning VFX Supervisor & Second Unit Director, Lion King, Avatar, The Departed
- Roger Guyett, Award-Winning VFX Supervisor & Second Unit Director, Star Wars, Ready Player One, Star Trek
- Paul Franklin, Creative Director, DNEG
- Andrew Jackson, VFX Supervisor, Tenet, DNEG
- Peter Lord, Creative Director & Co-Founder, Aardman Animations
- Dean DeBlois, Director, How to Train Your Dragon Trilogy, Lilo & Stitch
- Michael Giacchino, Composer
- Chris Miller, Writer/Producer/Director, Sony Pictures Animation
- Phil Lord, Writer/Producer/Director, Sony Pictures Animation
- Conrad Vernon, Director, The Addams Family 2
- Mark Osborne, Director, Netflix
- Tim Miller, Director, Love, Death + Robots
- Kirk DeMicco, Director/Co-Writer, VIVO, Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix
- Enrico Casarosa, Director, LUCA, Pixar Animation Studios
- Elaine Bogan, Director, Spirit Untamed, Dreamworks
- Marc Petit, VP, General Manager, Unreal Engine, Epic Games
- Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Supervising Director, Love Death & Robots, Netflix
- Peter Ramsey, Director, We the People (Episode), Netflix
- Phil Tippett, Director/Visual Effects Supervisor
- Carlos López Estrada, Director, Raya & the Last Dragon, Disney
- Michael Rianda, Director, Co-Writer, The Mitchells vs The Machines
- Shannon Tindle, Writer/Director, Netflix Animation
- Brad Lewis, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Spire Animation Studios
- Kris Pearn, Director, Sony Pictures Animation
- Sebastien Deguy, VP of 3D & Immersive, Adobe
- Paul Debevec, Director of Research, Netflix
- Nick Cannon, Chief Technology Officer, Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Steve May, Chief Technology Officer, Pixar
- Richard Kerris, VP Omniverse Platform, GM of Media & Entertainment, NVIDIA
- Mike Ford, Chief Technology Officer, Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Alvy Ray Smith, CG Pioneer & Co-Founder, Pixar
- Raphael Lacoste, Art Director, Illustrator
- Daniel Ojari, Writer/Director, Robin Robin, Aardman / Netflix
- Mikey Please, Writer/Director, Robin Robin, Aardman / Netflix
- Hal Hickel, Animation Director, ILM. Academy Award & Bafta winner
- Karen Dufilho, Executive Producer, Epic Games
- Robin McNicholas, Co-founder / Director, Marshmallow Laser Feast
- Robert Valley, Director, Ice (Love, Death + Robots)
- Kevin Van Der Meiren, Director, Igorrr: Very Noise (Love, Death + Robots)
- Everett Downing Jr., Director, We the People (Episode), Netflix
- Anthony Giacchino, Filmmaker, COLETTE
- Sarah Cox, Executive Producer, Robin Robin, Aardman / Netflix
- Osnat Shurer, Producer, Moana & Raya and the Last Dragon, Disney
- Kendal Cronkhite, Production Designer, Trolls World Tour
- Celine Desrumaux, Production Designer, The Witch Boy, Netflix
- Lindsey Olivares, Production Designer, The Mitchells vs The Machines
- Shannon Jeffries, Production Designer, Under the Boardwalk, Paramount Animation
- Carlos Zaragoza, Production Designer, VIVO, Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix
- Oliver Scholl, Production Designer
- Patrick Tatopoulos, Production Designer and Alien Creature Effects Designer
- Dan Romer, Composer, LUCA
- Jesse Andrews, Writer, LUCA, Pixar Animation Studios
- Guy Williams, VFX Supervisor, The Suicide Squad
- Kyle Odermatt, VFX Supervisor, Raya & The Last Dragon, Disney
- Sean Walker, Visual Effects Supervisor for Shang-Chi: the Legend of the Ten Rings, Weta
- Marlon West, Visual Effects Supervisor, Iwaju, Disney Animation Studios
- Karl Herbst, Visual Effects Supervisor, VIVO, Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix
- Mike Lasker, VFX Supervisor, The Mitchells vs The Machines, Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix
- Volker Engel, Head of VFX & Animation, Uncharted Territory
- Luke Millar, Visual Effects Supervisor, Jungle Cruise, Weta
- Doug Smith, Visual Effects Supervisor
- Scott Squires, Visual Effects Supervisor
- Juri Stanossek, VFX Supervisor – Mackevision
- Colin Urquhart, Co-Founder & CEO of DI4D
- Douglas Green, Co-Founder & COO of DI4D
- David Bianchi, Director of Photography, LUCA, Pixar Animation Studios
- Kim White, Director of Photography & Lighting, LUCA, Pixar Animation Studios
- Rob Coleman, Head of Animation, Animal Logic
- Deanna Marsigliese, Character Art Director, LUCA, Pixar Animation Studios
- Kevin Webb, Head of Character Animation, VIVO, Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix
- Guillermo Martinez, Head of Story, The Mitchells vs The Machines, Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix
- Mark Flanagan, Education Partner Manager, Epic Games
- Alan Hawkins, Head of Character Animation, The Mitchells vs The Machines, Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix
- Kurt Albrecht, Producer, The Mitchells vs The Machines, Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix
- Peter Hirschmann, Director, Respawn Entertainment
- Catherine Apple, Editor, LUCA, Pixar Animation Studios
- Vicki Dobbs Beck, VP, Immersive Content Innovation & Executive in Charge, ILMxLAB
- Joanna Popper, Global Head of VR for Go-to-Market and Location Based Entertainment, HP
- Pearly Chen, VP Business Development & Content Partnerships, HTC
- Kimberlee Archer, Head of Global Marketing, Snap, Inc.
- Amy Seidenwurm, Executive Producer for VR for Good, Oculus / Facebook
- Jenny Ely, Project Manager, ILMxLAB
- Glenn Entis, Academy Award Winner, Co-Founder PDI (later Dreamworks)
- Nikola Damjanov, Lead Game Artist, Nordeus
- Heiko Burkardsmaier, VFX Exec Producer, Head of Business/Legal Affairs, Mackevision
- Dylan Sisson, RenderMan – Pixar
- Hugo Guerra, Director and VFX Supervisor, Founder of Hugo’s Desk
- Eloi Champagne, Technical Director, National Film Board of Canada, VR
- Daniel Shutt, 3D Tutor, Escape Studios
- Rafi Nizam, Creative Consultant & Media Executive, Rafianimates
- Elizabeth Ito, Director, City of Ghosts, Netflix
- Ronnie del Carmen, Director, Netflix
- Brad Winderbaum, Executive Producer, What If, Marvel Studios
- Brian Andrews, Director, What If, Marvel Studios
- AC Bradley, Head Writer, What If, Marvel Studios
- Stephan Franck, Animation Supervisor, What If, Marvel Studios
- Ryan Meinerding, Head of Visual Development and Character Design, What If, Marvel Studios
- Simone Giampaolo, Animation Director – Aardman
- David de Rooij, Storyboard Artist, Director, Animator
- Jacob Norris, Lead Environment Artist, NVIDIA
- Sebastien Hue, Concept Artist & Illustrator
- Alex Beddows, Senior Environment Artist, Microsoft The Initiative
- Allegra LeGrande, Physical Research Scientist for Climate Systems, NASA Goddard Institute & Columbia University
- Tim Versnel, Behavior Designer, SUE
- Helge Maus, Senior VFX Trainer, Houdini FX Generalist, Nuke Compositor
- Javier Pérez, Senior Material Artist, PlayStation
- Josh Holmes, CEO & Co-Founder Midwinter Entertainment
- Hayden Duvall, Founder & Creative Director of Bad Blood Studios
- Terrence Masson, MFA Computer Arts Chair, School of Visual Arts, NYC
- Angie Wojak, Director of Career Development, School of Visual Arts NYC
- India Barnardo, Director, Cat and Moth
- Adrien Merigeau, Director, Genius Loci
- Frank Gladstone, Executive Director, ASIFA Hollywood
- Paolo Emilio Selva, Principal Engineer, Rendering, WETA Digital
- Guido Quaroni, Senior Director 3D & Immersive, Adobe
- Henry LaBounta, Senior Art Director / VFX Supervisor, EA
- Maureen Fan, CEO & Co-Founder, Baobab Studios
- Eric Darnell, Chief Creative Director, Baobab Studios
- Erick Oh, Director, Baobab Studios
- Larry Cutler, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Baobab Studios
- Kane Lee, Producer and Head of Story, Baobab
- Stephanie Stine, Director, Dreamworks
- Ruth Hutton, Creative Specialist, Foundry
- Annalise Davis, Producer, DNEG
- Natasha Price, Producer, Wylder, Engine House Animation Studios
- Jason Bickerstaff, Character Sculptor, Kitestring Online
- Peter Aversten, Lead Texture Artist, Foundry
- Edwin Quintero, CEO & Creative Director of Mold3D Studio
- Julien Héry, VFX Supervisor, WandaVision, Rodeo FX
- Don Greenberg, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Graphics, Cornell University
- Rob Cook, Computer Graphics Researcher & Co-Creator of RenderMan
- Turner Whitted, Computer Scientist & CG Pioneer
- Jim Blinn, Computer Scientist & CG Pioneer
- Habib Zargarpour, Head of Film Development, Unity Technologies
- Setareh Samandari, Visual Effects Artist, Unity Technologies
- Jan-Bart Van Beek, Studio Art Director – Guerrilla Games
- Wieke Schrakamp, Research Manager Health & Behavior, IJsfontein
- Erik Smitt, Director of Creative Production, Skydance Animation
- Jason Chen, Exec. VP of Digital, Bron Studios
- Spike Brandt, Director, Space Jam 2
- Robert Kondo, Co-Founder, Tonkohouse
- Daniela Strijleva, Production Designer, LUCA, Pixar
- Saint John Walker, Deputy Dean, Escape Studios
- Rebecca Clay, VFX Lead Artist, Untold Studios
- Elliot Grove, Founder, Raindance Film Festival
- Ben Fischler, Industry Strategy Manager, Autodesk
- Jeremiah Grant, Technical Product Manager for Animating in Engine, Epic Games
- Ray Arnett, Autodesk
- Anika Nagpal, Creative Development Supervisor at Baobab Studios
- Richard Fournier, Animation Supervisor, Skydance Animation
- Dominick Bedasse, 2D Animator & Storyteller, Titmouse NYC
- Lynn Wang, Director, Netflix Animation
- Stuart Bayley, Director, REALTIME
- Nicolas Seck, Animation Director, REALTIME
- Jordan Thistlewood, Product Management Director, Virtual Production
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