LAIKA's Brian McLean will kickoff the Construct3D 2020 conference with a talk and reception open to conference attendees and the public.Join
Construct3D 2020's kickoff event at Rice University. Brian McLean, the Director of Rapid Prototype at LAIKA, the animation house behind Golden Globe winner and Oscar®nominee
The Missing Link, will talk about how 3D printing has helped redefine stop-motion animation. LAIKA is world-renowned for its stunning films such as
Coraline,
ParaNorman,
The Boxtrolls,
KUBO and
Two Strings.
Brian was awarded a Scientific and Engineering Oscar® plaque in 2016 for pioneering the use of 3D printers in stop-motion animated characters. In 2017, he received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Visual Effects for his contributions to
Kubo and the
Two Strings. In 2009, Brian won an Annie Award for Special Achievement in Animation for his work on
Coraline and, following the release of
ParaNorman, was named by "Variety" as one of 2012's "Animation Elite.” Brian has been at the heart of LAIKA’s work that fuses the age-old art form of stop-motion with the cutting-edge 21st-century technology of 3D printing. Prior to LAIKA, Brian worked as a traditionally trained sculptor and model maker for print and TV ads.
We will be hosting a reception and a talk for conference attendees and the public. Space is limited.
