Tim McGovern & Joan Collins
Tim McGovern and Joan Collins met up at a Robert Abel & Associates reunion this week.
As VFX Supervisor, Tim McGovern; and Joan Collins, Visual Effects Producer; worked together at Robert Abel’s where Tim supervised “Brilliance” - aka “Sexy Robot” for Ketchum Advertising’s Council for Canned Foods million-dollar ad in the 1985 Super Bowl. ?
They worked have worked together for a decade on movies such as “The Ghost and the Darkness” - (1996); and on Stigmata?- (1999). ? Tim was one of the interviewees on ACM SIGGRAPH’s “The Story of Computer Graphics” - (1999).
Tim McGovern becomes a Fellow of the Visual Effects Society this week. ? Congratulations, Tim!
Producer
8 个月Tim McGovern?(1955–2024), passed away on March 30, 2024, at the age of 69. His career in CG & VFX went back to four decades. He had abdominal pains, and the next morning was unresponsive. He is survived by his wife, Reena NeGandhi, and 3 children.
Lecturer University Latvia -Graduate Level Comp Sci, Former Coordinator @Audax Intl.
1 年A long time since having to code animation on an HP 2000E Time-Shared BASIC, multi-user system (with 'metallic' paper-tape boot-strap) dedicated to running a custom built [TESC] BASIC ?interpreter and filming animation on Tektronics CRT with a Bolex 16mm and having to optically print-in the "0000:1000"(2)?colors. -Sounds like it was a great event . Congratulations Tim! -Signed -POOLSIDE .
Very Cool - thanks for sharing your history!
Digital Slade Art
1 年Pioneers and collaborators... beautiful work and wonderful reunion.