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At SIGGRAPH Asia 2023, we sat down with Rob Coleman, Creative Director at Industrial Light & Magic (Sydney) and two-time Oscar nominee for his work on Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.
We discussed his background, how he fell in love with CG, his experience with Softimage (a now defunct digital content creation tool used on Jurassic Park and other major projects), his work on Star Wars & Men In Black.
He also told us why some old CGI characters still hold up today why other don’t, and his involvement in SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 (Electronic Theater & the Character Animation panel).
As usual with our interviews, subtitles are available if needed (both in French & English)
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00:00 – Introduction
00:10 – Background, Softimage, Tony de Peltrie
01:25 – Jurassic Park, ILM
01:53 – Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
03:10 – Men In Black
07:16 – Why some VFX age better than other
08:41 – SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 – Electronic Theater
10:51 – French animation @ SIGGRAPH Asia 2023
12:20 – Character animation panel at SIGGRAPH Asia
Huge thanks to Rob Coleman and the SIGGRAPH Asia team as a whole.
For more information
- SIGGRAPH Asia
- SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 – Computer Animation Festival trailer
- Watch Thaba Ye from Gobelins
