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New SDGI Podcast: Navigating a New Era of Visual Effects and Animation Supervision

July 12, 2022

As VFX dominates every screen today, our speakers discussed how to lead projects with VFX from story to technique. In this session recorded at the Galway Film Fleadh, VFX and Animation Supervisor Richie Baneham and Animation Director Darragh O’Connell unpacked Richie’s films, including Avatar and the more recent Alita: Battle Angel. Richie and Darragh explained how to unlock creativity in VFX, discussed the future of VFX and animation, and much more.

Listen to the podcast here.

Richie Baneham

Richard Baneham is an Academy Award and BAFTA winner for Best Visual Effects for his work on Avatar. He has also won awards for his work as an Animation Supervisor on Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Richie hails from a traditional Animation background. He made the transition to CG while working on The Iron Giant, one of Richie’s favorite projects. His other credits include The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Cats and Dogs. He recently completed work on Alita: Battle Angel and is currently VFX Supervisor and Co-Producer on the up-and-coming Avatar sequels.

 

Darragh O’Connell

Darragh O’Connell co-founded Brown Bag Films with Cathal Gaffney in 1994. Darragh produced the short film Give Up Yer Aul Sins, which was nominated for an Oscar® at the 74th Academy Awards® in 2002. He subsequently directed the TV series which went on to become one of the best-selling Irish DVD releases of all time. In 2010, Darragh was nominated for a second Academy Award® as a producer of the short film Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty and was invited to join the Academy for Motion Pictures, Arts & Sciences. Darragh’s director screen credits also include the TV series I’m An Animal (RTE), Olivia (Nickelodeon), and Octonauts (BBC). Darragh’s latest director screen credit is Chico Bon Bon which recently aired on Netflix. Darragh is Group Creative Director at Brown Bag Films and 9 Story Media Group and is responsible for the group’s creative content.

 

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