Special guest:
Jonathan Hodgson
Sat 6 September, 3pm

CURZON SOHO
99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 5DY
Tube: Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus.
Buses: 14,19, 38.
Overground: Charing Cross.

London based animation director Jonathan Hodgson has been making award winning animated films since the early 1980s and is probably best known for his BAFTA winning adaptation of Charles Bukowski’s poem The Man with the Beautiful Eyes. As well as making short films he has made a name for himself as a commercials director and his skill at adapting illustration styles for animation has led him to collaborate with some of the top names in the illustration world. He has explored almost every technique of animation from pencil to stop frame to CGI and his films are diverse in style with serious and thought provoking subject matter. Much of the content in his work is drawn directly from personal experience and from watching and commenting on the world around him. In recent years he has worked increasingly in the area of documentary animation.

In his presentation at the LIAF Jonathan will show highlights from his three decades of filmmaking, from his early sketchbook based animation to his recent documentary feature work. He will talk about his approach and philosophy to animation and where he finds his inspiration. He will also discuss the pros and cons of trying to maintain parallel careers as a commercials director and an independent filmmaker and how there can sometimes be cross-fertilisation between the two areas of work.

After the presentation Jonathan will take part in a Q and A. This is a must-see session for animation and illustration-lovers everywhere.

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