Richard Edlund, Roberta Friedman at Adam Beckett Tribute
The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented "Infinite Animation: The Work of Adam Beckett" on Monday, August 17, 2009, at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
Pictured above preceding the event: (front row left to right) filmmaker Roberta Friedman, biographer/co-host Pamela Turner, filmmaker Beth Block, (back row left to right) Oscar-winning visual effects artist Richard Edlund, filmmaker Pat O’Neill, visual effects artist/co-host Richard Winn Taylor, animator Chris Casady, producer David Wilson and Oscar-winning visual effects artist David Berry.
Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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by Deborah Arthur | August 27, 2009
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Adam Beckett Salute
Animator and visual effects artist Adam Beckett will be celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with the special program “Infinite Animation: The Work of Adam Beckett” on Monday, August 17, at 8 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The evening will include a screening of Life in the Atom, a short film that Beckett left unfinished when, at the age of 29, he died in a fire in 1979.
Presented by the Academy’s Science and Technology Council in conjunction with the iotaCenter, and hosted by visual effects artist Richard Winn Taylor and Beckett biographer Pamela Turner, “Infinite Animation: The Work of Adam Beckett” will [...]
by Andre Soares | July 28, 2009
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Tags: Adam Beckett, Animation, Dear Janice, Evolution of the Red Star, Flesh Flows, Los Angeles Screenings, Science and Technology Council, Shorts
