Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2010

	June 19th Sat	Laforet Museum Harajuku	13:20 - 15:10

Richard Taylor of Weta Workshop has worked on some of the greatest box office hits of recent times including ‘Avatar’, the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, ‘King Kong’, and ‘District 9’, as well as also working on low budget New Zealand feature films. He will be discussing how to think creatively when developing VFX on a more limited budget.

One of the founders of Weta Workshop, Richard Taylor, will discuss how he draws on his 25 years of feature film experience to develop strategies for film and TV productions for more modest budgets. Using specific examples from a number of films, especially ' District 9 ' and from their TV shows 'Jane And The Dragon' and 'The WotWots', Richard will demonstrate how he and his team have developed techniques and strategies for delivering high end results with modest resources.

Seminar Panel Members

Richard TaylorRichard Taylor is the owner, co-founding director and creative lead at Weta Workshop which he runs with his partner Tania Rodger. Weta Workshop has an international reputation as one of the film industries most successful special effects studios. It has won numerous Academy Awards for its work on large scale movies including The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, The Chronicles of Narnia, Daybreakers, District 9 and Avatar. It has also produced hundreds of miniatures, models and puppets for TV shows like Hercules and Xena. Richard has received five Oscars, four Baftas and numerous other awards for his film work. Richard is also director of Pukeko Pictures, the entertainment company he co-owns with Martin Baynton. They have created and developed a number of properties together including the award winning Jane and the Dragon and the hit pre-school series The WotWots.

Seminar Panel Members

Martin Baynton

Martin Baynton is a director of Pukeko Pictures, the entertainment company he co-owns with Richard Taylor. They have created and developed a number of properties together including the award winning Jane And The Dragon and the hit pre-school series The WotWots. Martin has an international reputation as a writer and illustrator of children’s books with over thirty titles by UK and US publishing houses. His book series, Jane And The Dragon, has remained in print since its first publication in 1986.