Film director Ridley Scott, whose BLADE RUNNER and ALIEN were acclaimed for their ground-breaking VFX, has launched The Ridley Scott Awards to find Britain's best new creative talent in the field. They are open to anyone not employed in the business who dreams of a career in film, television or computer games.
The awards have been set up by London-based VFX school Escape Studios, Alias|Wavefront and Apple. The competition is comprised of four categories:
The Moving Picture Company (MPC) Awardfor Visual Effects
The Aardman Awardfor Animation
The CNX Awardfor Motion Graphics
The Lionhead Studios Awardfor Games
Details of how to apply for the awards are available at www.escapestudios.co.uk/awards.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
