A fresh batch of venerable speakers from across the global entertainment industry have been announced for VIEW 2019 — Italy’s premiere event for computer graphics, interactive and immersive storytelling, animation, visual effects, games, and VR, AR, and mixed reality. The conference and film festival will be held October 21-25 in Torino.
These newcomers join previously announced keynote speakers Brad Bird, Michael Giacchino, Ralph Eggleston, Dean DeBlois and CH Kim, and speakers including Oscar winning director Peter Ramsey, Rob Bredow, Sergio Pablos and more.
Bios for all speakers are available at www.viewconference.it/speakers/.
Cinzia Angelini, Writer/Director/Story Artist (Mila)
Theo Bialek, Digital FX Supervisor, Sony Pictures Imageworks (Spider-Man: Far from Home)
Daniele Bigi, VFX Supervisor, ILM (Aladdin)
Heiko Burkardsmaier, VFX Exec Producer, Head of Business/Legal Affairs, Mackevision
Eloi Champagne, Technical Director, National Film Board of Canada (VR)
Trent Claus, VFX Supervisor, Lola (Avengers: Endgame)
Janelle Croshaw Ralla, VFX Supervisor (Captain Marvel)
Nikola Damjanov, Lead Game Artist, Nordeus
Paul Debevec, Senior Engineer, Google VR
Danny Dimian, VFX Supervisor, Sony Pictures Imageworks (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)
Dadi Einarsson, Co-Founder, RVX (1238 VR)
Glenn Entis, Oscar winner and Co-Founder of PDI
Maureen Fan, CEO & Co-Founder, Baobab Studios (Invasion!, Asteroids!, Crow: The Legend)
Tiffany Feeney, Founder, Talent Outpost
Michael Fukushima, Studio Head, National Film Board of Canada
Jack M. Gilson, Studio Art Director, Rovio
Hal Hickel, Animation Supervisor, ILM (Rogue One, Pacific Rim)
Milan Jovovic, Co-Founder, Partner & Chief Creative Officer, Nordeus
Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Animation Supervisor, Weta Digital (Avengers: Endgame)
Henry LaBounta, Senior Art Director/VFX Supervisor, EA – Ghost Games
Terrence Masson, Chair of MFA Computer Arts, School of Visual Arts NYC
David Misch, Screenwriter/Author/Teacher (The Muppets Take Manhattan)
Ian Palmer, Director, Escape Studios
William T. Reeves, Supervising Technical Director, Pixar (Toy Story 4)
Wieke Schrakamp, Research Manager – Health & Behavior, IJsfontein
Prof. Juri Stanossek, VFX Supervisor, Mackevision (Lost in Space)
Sebastian Sylwan, CTO & Creative Partner, Felix & Paul Studios
Jan-Bart Van Beek, Studio Art Director, Guerilla Games (Horizon Zero Dawn)
Conrad Vernon, co-director, The Addams Family (MGM, 2019)
Guy Williams, VFX Supervisor at Weta Digital (Ang Lee’s Gemini Man, 2019)
Angie Wojak, Director of Career Development, School of Visual Arts NYC
Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President, Weizmann Institute of Science
To register or get more information, visit www.viewconference.it or follow @viewconference on Facebook and Twitter.
