Visiting Filmmaker: Kevin Schreck, February 14, 6pm

Striving to make the best animated film of all time, visionary animator Richard Williams (Oscar-winning animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit) toiled for nearly three decades on his masterpiece, The Thief and the Cobbler -- only to have it torn from his hands.  Filmmaker Kevin Schreck has woven together mind-blowing animation, rare archival footage, and exclusive interviews with key animators and artists who worked with Williams on his ill-fated magnum opus to bring this legendary, forgotten chapter of cinema history to the screen for the very first time.

PERSISTENCE OF VISION 
with Kevin Schreck in person!
Friday, Feb, 14th
6 p.m.
The CDM Theater
14 E. Jackson, LL

This event is FREE but seating is limited so come early!

PERSISTENCE OF VISION - Trailer from Kevin Schreck on Vimeo.

2012 Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation, Oct. 27-28

The 2012 Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation will be held Oct. 27-28. The opening program is at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., at 2 PM on Saturday Oct. 27. Festival guest Nancy Andrews will present her films at the 7 PM program on Saturday at DePaul in the Daley Building theater, 247 S. State St, and there will be two programs on Sunday at 1 PM and 4 PM at DePaul.

Eyeworks is a festival focusing on abstract animation and unconventional character animation. Festival programs showcase outstanding experimental animation of all sorts: classic films, new works and rare masterpieces. We have collected some really amazing short films this year, including some classic abstract films, some rarely-seen treasures, and some of the best new experimental work being made by animators today. We're especially excited about our festival guest, Nancy Andrews, who will be showing three of her beautiful puppet films on Saturday evening. And, DePaul's very own Jo Dery will have a piece showing on loop in the theater lobby throughout the weekend.

The full details on the festival, including showtimes, lineup of work, and tickets, are on the festival website: www.eyeworksfestival.com.

We would be thrilled if you would join us for the festival! No matter what kind of animation you like, I guarantee that you will see something unexpected, inspiring, hilarious, and amazing at Eyeworks.

Double Fine Art Director Scott Campbell visits Oct. 19

The CIM Visiting Artists Series is proud to present:

Scott Campbell

Painter, illustrator, comic artist, and Art Director at Double Fine Games

The DePaul School of Cinema & Interactive Media Visiting Artist Series is excited to announce our second guest for the Fall 2012 quarter, Scott Campbell. On Friday, October 19th, Campbell will present a program of his work, followed by a moderated conversation and question and answer session.  During the day he will conduct a participatory workshop in character design, so bring your sketchbooks.

Scott Campbell (Scott C)  is a maker of paintings, illustrations, comics, kid’s books and video games. He studied illustration at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, focusing on comic and children’s book illustration.  Soon after graduating, he began at Lucas Learning as concept artist on children’s video games.  Four years later, he joined Double Fine productions as Art Director on such games as the critically acclaimed Psychonauts and Brutal Legend.  Alongside this career in games, he has published numerous comics and created paintings that have appeared in galleries and publications around the world. Some of his most notable projects include theGREAT SHOWDOWNS series, “Igloo Head and Tree Head” series, Double Fine Action Comics, Hickee Comics, the children’s book’s Zombie In Love and East Dragon, West Dragon, and Psychonauts and Brutal Legend with Double Fine Productions. The book Amazing Everything: The Art of Scott Ccollects many of his paintings over the past few years. Scott lives in New York City.

You can find out more about Scott Campbell’s work on his website http://www.pyramidcar.com/

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Visiting Artist Talk

6pm Friday, Oct. 19th

DePaul CDM Theatre

14 E. Jackson - LL105

Open to the public

Character Design Workshop

2pm Friday, Oct. 19th - 243 S. Wabash - CDM 924

DePaul students and faculty only

Amy Lockhart visits DePaul Animation

Canadian artist and animator Amy Lockhart will screen works and give an artist talk today, Thursday, September 13, at 6:30pm in room 708 of the CDM building. Join us!

From Amy's film "Walk for Walk"

Visiting Artist Lecture: Animator J.J. Sedelmaier

The CIM Visiting Artist Series Presents:

ANIMATION GURU

J.J. Sedelmaier

Founder, Producer and Animation Director of J. J. Sedelmaier Productions

The Ambiguously Gay Duo

Beavis and Butthead

Schoolhouse Rock

Founded in 1990, JJSP has received over 700 Awards of Recognition from various film and print competitions, with screenings in over 100 festivals in 25 diff‑erent countries. The studio has worked with clients such as Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, MTV, and Cartoon Network. Come learn all about the studio behind The Ambiguously Gay Duo, Beavis and Butthead, and Schoolhouse Rock!

J. J. will be here to share his extensive knowledge of the industry, as well as his expertise in the areas of animation, comics, print art and illustration. A moderated Q and A will follow the screening.
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6pm Friday, October 28

CDM Theater, Loop Campus

14 E. Jackson, LL105

This event is FREE!  limited seating

Chuck Viane, President of Global Distribution, Disney Studios

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A DePaul Commerce graduate and Chicago native, Chuck Viane is just completing a 25-year career at Disney in which he worked his way up to the top position in global theatrical distribution. This included worldwide distribution for all Disney motion pictures including its subsidiaries and partners such as Touchstone and Pixar. With Disney setting numerous box office records over the past decade, Viane is easily considered one of the most knowledgeable and influential people in the in global theatrical motion picture distribution in the world.

Viane will participate in an interactive onstage conversation, moderated by CIM faculty member JoAnne Zielinski, on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 2:00pm in the CDM Theatre on the lower level of The Daley Building at 14 East Jackson. Viane will present a brief excerpt reel of the many projects he has been involved with during his time at Disney and then move into an extended Q&A discussion with DePaul students and faculty moderated by Professor Zielinski. For cinema and media students and anyone interested in the past, present, and future of cinema distribution in the new media landscape, this is an rare opportunity to hear from a top executive from a top major Hollywood studio.

The CIM Visiting Artists Series presents Viane in partnership with the College of Commerce.

DePaul University's CDM Theater, lower level, Daley Building
247 S. State Street.
Chicago, IL
Friday, September 23 · 2:00pm - 4:00pm