Animator and filmmaker Alexs Stadermann will direct 3D Australian-German film Maya the Bee.
He will work with producer Barbara Stephen and line producer Alexia Gates-Foale, reforming the core team which worked on The Woodlies television series and The Woodlies Movie special feature-length episode.
.Alexs Stadermann, Barbara Stephen and Alexia Gates-Foale have an enviable work chemistry and energy," Flying Bark Productions managing director Jim Ballantine said in a statement announcing the appointments. "Their collaboration on The Woodlies is testament to their creativity. In addition to their powerhouse dynamic, they will bring their own individual career experience and passion to Maya the Bee ensuring this movie will be a local and global success..
Stadermann has previously worked as unit director on Disney's Bambi II and Tarzan II and supervising animator on Lion King 1½ (also known as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata). He also directed two seasons of Aardman Animation's Planet Sketch,...
He will work with producer Barbara Stephen and line producer Alexia Gates-Foale, reforming the core team which worked on The Woodlies television series and The Woodlies Movie special feature-length episode.
.Alexs Stadermann, Barbara Stephen and Alexia Gates-Foale have an enviable work chemistry and energy," Flying Bark Productions managing director Jim Ballantine said in a statement announcing the appointments. "Their collaboration on The Woodlies is testament to their creativity. In addition to their powerhouse dynamic, they will bring their own individual career experience and passion to Maya the Bee ensuring this movie will be a local and global success..
Stadermann has previously worked as unit director on Disney's Bambi II and Tarzan II and supervising animator on Lion King 1½ (also known as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata). He also directed two seasons of Aardman Animation's Planet Sketch,...
- 2/19/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
This article first appeared in If magazine issue #149
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Creator Luke Jurevicius says "trust" was the key to handing over his CGI-animated goth child Figaro to an all-Australian team for a $6 million TV series.
"I had to learn that you couldn't do it all yourself,. he says. .If you were super controlling and untrusting, production would grind to a halt. Once you've boarded the train, there ain't no hopping off so you've got to have trust and faith. That faith is built on evidence. I saw animation director David [Webster]'s TV series Erky Perky and thought 'wow, this is high end'. I also thought we could do better."
The Adventures of Figaro Pho, which screens on ABC3 in October, was based on Jurevicius' one-minute shorts in 2008 which won two AFI awards and was voted best animation series in the world at the 2009 Kidscreen awards.
The extended seven-minute episodes (39 in total), produced...
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Creator Luke Jurevicius says "trust" was the key to handing over his CGI-animated goth child Figaro to an all-Australian team for a $6 million TV series.
"I had to learn that you couldn't do it all yourself,. he says. .If you were super controlling and untrusting, production would grind to a halt. Once you've boarded the train, there ain't no hopping off so you've got to have trust and faith. That faith is built on evidence. I saw animation director David [Webster]'s TV series Erky Perky and thought 'wow, this is high end'. I also thought we could do better."
The Adventures of Figaro Pho, which screens on ABC3 in October, was based on Jurevicius' one-minute shorts in 2008 which won two AFI awards and was voted best animation series in the world at the 2009 Kidscreen awards.
The extended seven-minute episodes (39 in total), produced...
- 1/31/2013
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Animal Kingdom received 18 nominations for this year’s Australian Film Institute Awards, followed by Beneath Hill 60 (12), Bright Star (11), Tomorrow, When the War Began (8), The Tree, Bran Nue Dae (7 each) and The Boys Are Back (4)
The Best Film category will see Animal Kingdom competing against Beneath Hill 60, Bright Star, Bran Nue Dae, The Tree and Tomorrow, When the War Began.
Australia’s top rated drama productions – Packed to the Rafters and Underbellly: The Golden Mile – were both absent from the main Television categories (except for Underbelly‘s two acting nods).
The winners will be revealed on December 10 (Industry Awards) and 11 (main Awards Ceremony) in Melbourne.
This is the full list of nominees:
AFI Members’ Choice Award
Animal Kingdom. Liz Watts. Beneath Hill 60. Bill Leimbach. Bran Nue Dae. Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac. Bright Star. Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt. The Boys Are Back. Greg Brenman, Tim White. Tomorrow When The War Began.
The Best Film category will see Animal Kingdom competing against Beneath Hill 60, Bright Star, Bran Nue Dae, The Tree and Tomorrow, When the War Began.
Australia’s top rated drama productions – Packed to the Rafters and Underbellly: The Golden Mile – were both absent from the main Television categories (except for Underbelly‘s two acting nods).
The winners will be revealed on December 10 (Industry Awards) and 11 (main Awards Ceremony) in Melbourne.
This is the full list of nominees:
AFI Members’ Choice Award
Animal Kingdom. Liz Watts. Beneath Hill 60. Bill Leimbach. Bran Nue Dae. Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac. Bright Star. Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt. The Boys Are Back. Greg Brenman, Tim White. Tomorrow When The War Began.
- 10/27/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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