VFXRio Live: September 4th with Hal Hickel, supervisor of "The Mandalorian"
VFXRIO LIVE PRESENTS
"CREATURE, DROIDS AND SPACESHIP: THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 2"
HAL HICKEL, ANIMATION SUPERVISOR AT INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
Find out how it was created Baby Yoda. VFXRIO extension offers another unmissable keynote and this time completely live. If you loved droids, creatures and spaceships of The Mandalorian, register on www.vfxrio.com.br to attend the keynote of Hal Hickel, Industrial Light & Magic animation supervisor on The Mandalorian il September 4th at 19pm (Italian time).
Hal Hickel is the animation supervisor of The Mandalorian. In the talk he will reveal how the visual effects of the second season of The Mandalorian and will talk about the making-of of some of the most iconic characters in the series such as Baby Yoda (Grogu) and the Krayt Dragon.
The keynote of Hal Hickel will not be recorded, at the request of the artist. The event is live on VFXRIO extension, a unique opportunity to attend the masterclass of one of the great names in action animation.
Matthew Moriconi, Director of VFXRIO extension, said: “George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic was the first production company to create large-scale visual effects. Star Wars is the seminal universe of an entire industry. Hal Hickel's performance will not be recorded and will therefore be unique. Sharing know-how at this level allows us to fulfill our mission and help our international community of artists and VFX specialists ”.
Hal Hickel entered the Industrial Light & Magic in 1996 as an animator for The Lost World: Jurassic Park. In his later production, he was promoted to lead animator and given responsibility for the animation of several characters in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. In 2000, Hickel was promoted to supervisor of animation, teaming up with multiple Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren for AI Artificial Intelligence by Steven Spielberg. His particular interest in animation lies in the challenge of integrating fantastic characters and creatures into live-action films. Hickel then oversaw the animation work on Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, Iron Man and the first three films in the series Pirates of the Caribbean. In 2007, his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was awarded an Academy Award® for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects and the BAFTA for Best Achievement in Visual Effects.
Hickel was the animation supervisor of Guillermo del Toro's sci-fi epic, Pacific Rim, for which he received his fifth BAFTA nomination and a Visual Effects Society nomination for special effects. Previously, he was the animation director of ILM's first animated film, Range, which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Film. In 2016, Hickel took on the task of animating the epic battle between orcs and humans in Warcraft. He was supervisor of animation in a galaxy far, far away for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, what earned him Oscar, BAFTA and VES nominations for visual effects.
Most recently he oversaw the animation in the train robbery sequence in Solo: A Star Wars Story, and is now the animation supervisor on Lucasfilm's first live action Star Wars TV show, The Mandalorian.
VFXRIO LIVE:
Order date: September 4, 2021 on www.vfxrio.com.br
Programme:
19:20 (Italian time): intro
19:30 (Italian time): vfxrio presents hal hickel, industrial light & magic
20:15 (Italian time): fireside chat with Hal Hickel (ILM) and Pablo Bioni (TV GLOBO)
PARTICIPATION IS FREE AND THE EVENT WILL BE IN ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
The event VFX RIO
VFX Rio Live brings to Brazil the greatest national and international professionals in the production of visual effects in the cinema, TV, video games and new technologies sectors. The event program includes lectures and workshops with supervisors, directors and artists participating in the creation of immersive visual and media effects. The event is sponsored by TV Globo with Foundry and Intel. VFXRIO is a partner event of ACM SIGGRAPH.
