Animator and illustrator whose film Beware of Trains led to a retrospective of her work in Austria in 2023
For more than 40 years Emma Calder forged a distinctive career as an independent animator and producer, working in short film, music video and children’s television. Madame Potatoe, her 1983 graduation project from the Royal College of Art, was an installation featuring a potato-print animated film, a cookbook, T-shirts and a lifesize motorised sculpture of the character eating crisps and watching itself on TV. Four decades on and Emma was still pushing boundaries, picking up the Cutting Edge award at the 2024 British Animation Awards for her short Beware of Trains (2022).
Emma, who has died aged 65 from cancer, was a slightly built but vocal figure in the British animation scene, never prepared to accept the increasing drought of funding for independent animation that was a feature of the early 21st century. When she founded...
For more than 40 years Emma Calder forged a distinctive career as an independent animator and producer, working in short film, music video and children’s television. Madame Potatoe, her 1983 graduation project from the Royal College of Art, was an installation featuring a potato-print animated film, a cookbook, T-shirts and a lifesize motorised sculpture of the character eating crisps and watching itself on TV. Four decades on and Emma was still pushing boundaries, picking up the Cutting Edge award at the 2024 British Animation Awards for her short Beware of Trains (2022).
Emma, who has died aged 65 from cancer, was a slightly built but vocal figure in the British animation scene, never prepared to accept the increasing drought of funding for independent animation that was a feature of the early 21st century. When she founded...
- 11/5/2024
- by Jez Stewart
- The Guardian - Film News
Locksmith Animation’s “Ron’s Gone Wrong” has won the award for best long form at the British Animation Awards 2022.
Locksmith, which was founded by by Aardman Animations veterans Sarah Smith and Julie Lockhart alongside Elisabeth Murdoch, picked up the award at a ceremony in London on Thursday evening.
The awards took place at London’s BFI Southbank and were presented by comedian Miles Jupp.
Other winners on the night included Magic Light Pictures, for their adaptations of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s “Zog and the Flying Doctors” and Scheffler’s “Pip and Posy,” while production co-ordinator Hodan Abdi picked up the Lamb award, which “bridges the gap between current categories which recognise student achievements and general best-in-class awards, and is open to any young professionals working in the animation and VFX industry.”
And 86-year-old Menna Trussler beat out Taika Waititi, Ricky Gervais and Ben Wishaw to take home the award for best voice performance,...
Locksmith, which was founded by by Aardman Animations veterans Sarah Smith and Julie Lockhart alongside Elisabeth Murdoch, picked up the award at a ceremony in London on Thursday evening.
The awards took place at London’s BFI Southbank and were presented by comedian Miles Jupp.
Other winners on the night included Magic Light Pictures, for their adaptations of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s “Zog and the Flying Doctors” and Scheffler’s “Pip and Posy,” while production co-ordinator Hodan Abdi picked up the Lamb award, which “bridges the gap between current categories which recognise student achievements and general best-in-class awards, and is open to any young professionals working in the animation and VFX industry.”
And 86-year-old Menna Trussler beat out Taika Waititi, Ricky Gervais and Ben Wishaw to take home the award for best voice performance,...
- 3/10/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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