“The Animator’s Survival Kit : A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators” is the title from an upcoming book from Richard Williams. More infos at Amazon.com
Triple Oscar award winner Richard Williams, voted by his peers as ‘The Animators Animator’ by the London Observer, has won over 250 International television and film awards, including 3 British Academy Awards, 3 Oscars and an Emmy. His films include: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Return of The Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, The Charge of The Light Brigade, A Christmas Carol and The Little Island. Having trained many of today’s leading animators worldwide, he has passed on his knowledge at Master Classes in London, New York, San Francisco, Vancouver, Wales, Denmark and at Warner Brothers in Hollywood. Williams’ own teachers were the legendary animators Ken Harris, Art Babbit and Milt Kahl; also Grim Natwick, Emery Hawkins, Cliff Nordberg, Abe Levitow, and through friendship, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston and Chuck Jones.