Town & Gown - Media & Society: Kirby Atkins
October 25, 2007: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Blasingame Academic Complex, BAC-44
KIRBY ATKINS, character animator and one of the director of the box office hit-movie, "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" and TV series 3-2-1 Penguins. He is a Union alum who has been very successful in 3-D animated entertainment, and is currently working on an animated feature film that has a working budget of $39 million (he is the director, and Union alum Julian Williamson is the editor). In 1999, he won Best Animated Shot Award from the Hollywood Film Festival for his short-film, "MUTT." He writes film scripts and has sold scripts to Miramax and New Regency.
For More Information, Contact:
Michael Chute, 731-661-6594,
mchute@uu.edu