Ron Goes Right: Making an animated feature with two startup studios
J.P. Vine
Director & Animator
Pixar veteran J.P Vine, Director of Ron’s Gone Wrong, discusses the creative challenges in making an ambitious CG feature. Looking at storytelling through storyboards, design, and ‘trusting the process’. We’ll also cover building a studio culture across two new startup studios, Locksmith animation and DNEG Animation.
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J.P. Vine
Director & Animator
With a background as a theatre designer, J.P. started his animation career at Aardman Features in Bristol, UK, in the art department. He progressed to animating on Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and was a founding member of the directing team that created the Emmy-award winning Shaun the Sheep series. J.P. then moved to Pixar were he worked in story on the acclaimed Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur. He returned to the UK to direct his debut feature Ron’s Gone Wrong for Locksmith Animation in London.