New Computer to help Animators

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New Computer to help Animators

From the collection of

East Anglian Film Archive at the University of East Anglia

The East Anglian Film Archive, the UK's first regional film archive, offers a unique record of the East of England's social and cultural history. As part of the University of East Anglia, we continue to lead moving image heritage research and inspire audience participation through community projects and events. Our collections represent a broad range of amateur and professional creativity, from 1896 to the present day.

New Computer to help Animators

East Anglian Film Archive at the University of East Anglia
Cambridge
1981-09-18
Sound
3m

Character animator Chris James, a Grierson Award nominee, chats to Anglia TV at the Cambridge Animation Festival in 1981.

New York-born Animator Chris James, famous for the award-winning films 'About Face' and 'After Beardsley', is at the 1981 Cambridge Animation Festival, taking a look at the Quick Action Recorder (QAR), a new computer which has proven to be a great advance in the animation world.

American-born animator Chris James settled in England in the mid-60s. His film 'About Face' was runner-up in the Grierson Award for Best Short Film of 1978 and was screened on the inaugural day of the launch of the television Channel 4 in November 1982. In 1981 he produced the film 'After Beardsley' about the artist Aubrey Beardsley.

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