Tag "Mary and Max"

Ottawa Fest. to Offer Adam Elliot Retrospective

January 24, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The awesome team at the Ottawa 2013 International Animation Festival, which takes place September 18-22 this year, has revealed a few tidbits about the new edition of the world-class event: First up, Oscar-winning Australian stop-motion animator Adam Elliot (Harvey Krumpet, Mary and Max) will offer a special master class and [...]

Barry Purves Ascends With ‘Plume’

December 19, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

British writer/director/animator Barry C. Purves has been making outstanding stop-motion shorts and directing children’s series such as Postman Pat and Fifi and the Flowertots since he burst onto the scene in 1989 with Next, his amazing take on Shakespeare’s works. This past year, his latest projects Tchaikovsky and Plume continued [...]

Rising Stars of Animation: 2011

October 7, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

We searched high and low to find some of the brightest, bravest and most talented up-and-coming over-achievers in the toon scene. Zack Keller & Ed Skudder Co-Creators, Dick Figures [6 Point Media] Work goes faster when you have a good buddy helping you out—or hurling insults at you, or postulating [...]

Screen Australia Funds Adam Elliot’s ‘Ernee’

August 1, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Adam Elliot, the acclaimed director of the 2010 stop-motion animated feature Mary and Max and the Oscar-winning 2003 short Harvie Krumpet will be receiving funding from Screen Australia to write and direct his next project, titled Ernee. Described as an animated adventure romance, the feature has received single-draft development funding [...]