The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) was founded in 1975. It is the largest animation festival in North America. In 2008, OIAF held a special tribute to Richard Williams to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” The tribute included an on-stage conversation with John …
A book signing was hosted at Larry Edmunds Books in Hollywood on August 24. Ross Anderson (Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat) and Tom Sito (Drawing the Line; The Untold Story of the Animation Unions, Moving Innovation: History of Computer Animation, and Eat, Drink, Animate) spoke about the making of ‘Who …
It is impossible to discuss Richard Williams without discussing ‘The Thief’, a project that consumed much of his career. ‘The Thief’ had its origins in the mid-1960s when Richard Williams became very interested in Sufism, which is a concept related to an inner mysticalaspect of Islam – although some Sufi …
