SIGGRAPH ASIA 2011

Don't Blend In. Stand Out.
Join us at SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 this year and learn how our latest Autodesk Digital Entertainment Creation (DEC) solutions enable cutting-edge pipelines for games, film and television production.

This is your opportunity to:

• Hear from guest presentations and demos in our theatre featuring:
• Ian Cope, Rising Sun Pictures
• Kenneth Huff, Lucasfilm
• Wen-Chin Hsu, Pixar Animation Studio
• Eddy Wong, Menfond
• Rex Yip, PPO
• Charlie Wong & Tony Tang, T-Films
• Kwai Bun, Hugo Kwan & Cheong Li, ManyMany Creations
• Learn how a modern pipeline powered by the latest offerings from Autodesk can help increase your performance, productivity and creativity
• Take the Autodesk Mudbox  and MotionBuilder Challenge and stand a chance to win great prizes from Wacom, HP and AMD. All participants will also receive a gift from Autodesk.
• Get a copy of the popular Vol 2 Asia-Pacific Show Reels and Client Profiles DVD which features notable Games, Film and TV projects from award-winning studios and facilities in the region.
• Expand your network, learn and share information with your peer

Don’t miss Autodesk at SIGGRAPH Asia 2011. Don’t Blend in. Stand out.

Ian Cope has been with Rising Sun Pictures (RSP) since 2001. He has contributed to the design & execution of visual effects on feature films such as Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the Harry Potter series, Green Lantern, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, 28 Weeks Later, Batman Begins, Superman Returns, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Ian's journey began with a Design (Visual Communication) degree at the University of Technology, Sydney, and continued with roles as an Animation & Video Producer, Hardware & Application Specialist, IT Professional and a lecturer of tertiary students in Animation & Visual Effects.

His many roles within RSP have included VFX Compositor, Animator, Editor, Coordinator, Production Manager, Communications Manager and Producer. Ian also contributed to the initial development of Rising Sun Research's collaborative review tool, cineSync, which won a Scientific & Technical Academy Award in 2010 for its contribution to the film industry.

In his current role as Visual Effects & Stereoscopic Producer, Ian draws on his extensive experience of vfx to manage a team of artists and technicians to deliver world-class visual effects to clients around the world. He is also an active member of the Visual Effects Society.

About Rising Sun Pictures
Rising Sun Pictures are a passionate team of producers, artists and technicians, known for providing complex visual effects and cg character work to feature film clients all around the world. With the infrastructure to deliver a full spectrum of services from Design through to Digital Intermediate, Rising Sun has recently worked on films such as Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Green Lantern, the Harry Potter series [The Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, The Deathly Hallows Part 1 & 2], Terminator Salvation, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Watchmen. For more information visit www.rsp.com.au

Ken joins the studio as Technical Trainer working across all production teams including visual effects, games, TV and feature animation to support their training needs.

An interdisciplinary visual artist working in a variety of traditional and new media, he has lectured frequently about his work and creative practice. In 2009, he spent several months in the studio teaching Fine Art, Maya, and Stereo Enrichment Classes.

He has been working on computer graphics techniques for fine art since 1994, and his body of work includes prints, sculptures, time-based projects and photographs. These have been showcased in numerous international exhibitions, including many SIGGRAPH art galleries and at the Ars Electronica Center in Austria.

He relocates from Georgia, where he has been based for the past 4 years, working as a Professor for the Visual Effects department at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Wen-Chin has been with Pixar Animation Studio since 2008. As Lighting Technical Director, she has worked on animation favourites like Up, Toy Story 3 and Cars 2. Prior to joining Pixar, she was  with Tippett Studio and contributed her expertise on lighting to feature films like Drag Me to Hell, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Golden Compass, Enchanted and Charlotte’s Web.

About Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios is an Academy Award ®-winning computer animation studio with the technical, creative and production capabilities to create a new generation of animated feature films, merchandise and other related products. Pixar's objective is to combine proprietary technology and world-class creative talent to develop computer-animated feature films with memorable characters and heartwarming stories that appeal to audiences of all ages.

1992 Video Post
1993 Color Ad
1994 Picture Industry, VFX Artist
1995-2009 Hong Kong Digit Digit, Senior VFX Artist
2009 Post Production Office, Visual Effects Supervisor

About PPO
Post Production Office Limited was set up in 2003 focusing on post production for television commercials. The company provides a wide range of digital and high quality post production services including digital online editing, AVID offline editing, audio recording and mixing, Telecine colour grading and computer graphic/animation. With the latest equipment and experienced technicians, Post Production is committed to delivering its best.

In 2007, Tony established T-Films Ltd and went on to direct an original 3D animation feature film, “Little Gobie.”.  “Little Gobie” is about a little deer who got his pet injured during an accident, which he then searches all over for Santa Clause, hoping Santa Clause will grant him a wish to save his little pet. It is an adventurous, yet warming movie for all ages and family. “Little Gobie” was distributed by “The Weinstein Company” from the United States, and was screened in December of 2010.

With over 20 years of industry experience, Tony has created over 300 animated television commercials. He was once to take leads of a production team with over 300 people and has created over 700 minutes of high quality 3D animations in 2010, Tony Tang directed his first live-action movie, “Beach Spike”, which will be releasing in 2011 summer.

Charlie Wong, Distribution and Marketing Director, T-Films Limited
Charlie started his film business career in 1999 at China Star, He distributed over 50 Hong Kong films  to international distributors during his career at China Star. He was also been involved in film production and post-production during his career at Film Workshop, working on such films as “The Era of Vampires”, “Xanda” and “Seven Swords”.
Joining T-Films in 2007, Charlie's expertise in animation and feature film distribution is currently second to none in China & Hong Kong.