VIEW Conference 2013 with John Knoll
Posted: August 21, 2013
Post subject: VIEW Conference 2013 with John Knoll
Post subject: VIEW Conference 2013 with John Knoll
The VIEW Conference, Italy�s largest computer graphics conference, has announced that Industrial Light & Magic�s new Chief Creative Officer John Knoll is slated to be the keynote speaker at this year�s event, taking place October 15-18 in Turin, Italy. John Knoll will present ILM�s work on Guillermo del Toro�s amazing film Pacific Rim and share his knowledge with VIEW attendees.
At ILM, Knoll led the award-winning studio�s work on LucasFilm�s Star Wars Episodes I, II, and III, and Disney�s first two Pirates of the Caribbean films. He was a computer graphics designer on director Jim Cameron�s 1989 film The Abyss and more recently, visual effects supervisor at ILM for the Oscar-winning films Hugo (Martin Scorsese), Rango (Gore Verbinski), and Avatar (Jim Cameron), three of the 35 films for which he�s credited.
In 2007, Knoll received an Oscar and a BAFTA film award for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest. In addition, Knoll has received five Oscar nominations, four BAFTA nominations, nine VES nominations, and two VES awards for visual effects. The ILM veteran and long-time member of the ILM brain trust became the studio�s first chief creative officer in 2013.
VIEW Conference will also host CG master like Roger Guyett (ILM's VFX Supervisor for Star Trek - Into Darkness), Erik Nash (VFX Supervisor for Iron Man 3, Sandra Karpman (Camera Motion for Pixar's Monster University) and many others..
The complete programm will be online soon at http://www.viewconference.it
Have a look to the VIEW contest here: www.viewconference.it/view-awards-2013
...Stay tuned!
At ILM, Knoll led the award-winning studio�s work on LucasFilm�s Star Wars Episodes I, II, and III, and Disney�s first two Pirates of the Caribbean films. He was a computer graphics designer on director Jim Cameron�s 1989 film The Abyss and more recently, visual effects supervisor at ILM for the Oscar-winning films Hugo (Martin Scorsese), Rango (Gore Verbinski), and Avatar (Jim Cameron), three of the 35 films for which he�s credited.
In 2007, Knoll received an Oscar and a BAFTA film award for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest. In addition, Knoll has received five Oscar nominations, four BAFTA nominations, nine VES nominations, and two VES awards for visual effects. The ILM veteran and long-time member of the ILM brain trust became the studio�s first chief creative officer in 2013.
VIEW Conference will also host CG master like Roger Guyett (ILM's VFX Supervisor for Star Trek - Into Darkness), Erik Nash (VFX Supervisor for Iron Man 3, Sandra Karpman (Camera Motion for Pixar's Monster University) and many others..
The complete programm will be online soon at http://www.viewconference.it
Have a look to the VIEW contest here: www.viewconference.it/view-awards-2013
...Stay tuned!