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I'm thinking I'll probably go to this. Anyone want to come? Jon?

AN EVENING WITH ANIMATION LEGEND

RICHARD WILLIAMS

WINNER OF THREE OSCARS

AUTHOR OF “THE ANIMATOR’S SURVIVAL KIT”

ANIMATION DIRECTOR OF “WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?”

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 7 PM

BALBOA THEATRE, 3630 Balboa (at 37th Ave in SF), $9. (seniors/kis $6.50)

A BENEFIT FOR ASIFA-SF, the Bay Area’s Animation Association

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Williams has been in the animation business for over 50 years. He
created the Oscar winning A Christmas Carol, directed the animation in
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (two more Oscars), created memorable opening
titles for features (The Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther
Strikes Again, What’s New Pussycat, Casino Royale, The Charge of the
Light Brigade), award winning TV commercials, and other projects
including the feature Raggedy Ann and Andy.

As the head of an award-winning studio producing animated commercials
for many years he constantly strove to improve the quality of his art.
This resulted in his hiring retired Hollywood animators to teach a new
generation of artists the craft at his studio. For years copies of
lecture notes from these classes were passed around from animator to
animator. Then in the 1990s he toured the world presenting The Richard
Williams’ Masterclasses. That resulted in his best selling book The
Animator’s Survival Kit (2001) that is a standard reference for any
animator today. Now a 16 disc DVD boxed set of his classes taped as he
presented his lectures to employees at Blue Sky Studios in NY is about
to be released. It includes 412 new animated clips by Williams and other
features.

Tonight Richard Williams will be talking about the principles of
animation and illustrating them with excerpts from his new DVD set The
Animator's Survival Kit – Animated. His wife Imogen Sutton writes, “We
have had terrific reactions to this program at Blue Sky Studios (all
animators) and at Pordenone where there was a general film audience of
historians, archivists, academics etc. Dick usually tries to demonstrate
by acting things out where necessary - he doesn't like to just stay
seated. We expect the show to run between 90 minutes to 2 hours
including lots of Q and A.” Everyone will get a complementary DVD about
Williams’ new work. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime presentation.

Karl Cohen, author, SF State instructor and president of ASIFA-SF, will
moderate the program. This program is a benefit for ASIFA-San Francisco,
a member of the Association Internationale du Film d’Animation with
almost 40 chapters around the world. We are a volunteer run group that
presents monthly events (special screenings, lectures, networking
parties, etc.) and publish a large informative monthly newsletter. For
more information about us visit us at www.asifa-sf-org