VIEW Conference 2022 has announced that director Robert Zemeckis will join Kevin Baillie in a virtual discussion of the making of his latest film, Disney’s Pinocchio. The upcoming 23rd edition of Italy’s premiere animation, VFX, games, and computer graphics conference runs October 16-21 in Torino, Italy.

The VIEW Conference 2022 Program is available to browse by topic or speaker.

Here are some presentation highlights:

Industry leaders discuss the future of storytelling and other cutting-edge topics:

• James Knight, AMD's Global Director of Media & Entertainment/Visual Effects
• Faik Karaoglu, Wacom's Executive VP of Branded Business
• Marc Petit, VP, and GM at Epic Games Unreal Engine
• Steve May, Pixar's Chief Technology Officer
• Rob Bredow, CCO at Industrial Light & Magic
• Ramsey Naito, President of Nickelodeon/Paramount
• Kristine Belson, President of Sony Pictures Animation
• Peter Ramsey, Director at Netflix Animation (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse / Lost Ollie)
• Rob Hoffmann, Lenovo’s Manager of Worldwide Media & Entertainment
• Cathal Loughnane, Head of Aston Martin Partnerships at Aston Martin Lagonda

Exciting panels exploring virtual production, featuring:

• Steve Griffith, Executive Producer of Virtual Production at DNEG
• Paul Debevec, Director of Research at Netflix
• Janet Muswell Hamilton, Senior VP of VFX at HBO
• Roslyn Aronowitz, Senior Producer for Virtual Production at ILM
• Christina Heller, CEO of Metastage

In-depth presentations on the latest creative triumphs, including:

• Love, Death + Robots: Night of the Mini Dead with BUCK Creative Directors Robert Bisi and Andy Lyon
• The Sandman – with Raphaël Letertre, Rodeo FX CG Supervisor
• Returnal – Housemarque’s Sharman Jagadeesan and Risto Jankkila
• Entergalactic – DNEG’s David Prescott, Archie Donato & Kapil Sharma

The complete list of speakers is available here.

Plus, looks at Jurassic World Dominion; Thor: Love and Thunder; Westworld; Lightyear; Turning Red; The Sea Beast; and My Father’s Dragon.

The VIEW Conference invites students and professionals to the recruitment fair - an opportunity to pitch talents to major game and movie studios, share reels and meet mentors. Recruiters include Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, Alps Studios, Trixter, Axis Studios, El Ranchito, and Rotomaker.

Get your tickets here.

Source: VIEW 2022