With well over a decade's experience in CG and a BAFTA for Best VFX, Darren manages a team of 7 experts who cover the M&E portfolio and interface with key customers, helping them ensure their pipelines are ready for tomorrow's challenges.
Back in 2002, Minority Report's futurisitc giant interactive touchscreen seemed like a distant futurist dream. Well, what has just landed at The Mill NYC actually succeds in building on this concept with a beautiful human-centric UI experience.
Wow. Magical, marvelous and moving. Scorsese takes on stereoscopy and effortlessly adds it to his palette in this achingly beautiful homage to the director's art.
As light shows go, the spectacular showmanship of the 30-floor 4D projection that lit up London's Millbank this week takes some beating. And behind the vast 118 metre animation screening was a level of precision and logistic complexity that is equally breathtaking.
First-rate nonsense and great writing is clearly a winning formula, especially if - like The Amazing World of Gumball - it's set within a beautifully visceral world of 2D, 3D and live action.
The passing of Mark Hall will leave a legion of people involved in UK animation deeply saddened.