Ian Emes

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Ian Emes
Born Ian Ronald Emes
(1949-08-17) 17 August 1949 (age 74)
Birmingham, England
Nationality British
Awards
  • British Academy Award (2)
  • Oscar nomination
Website ianemes.com
Patron(s) Pink Floyd

Ian Ronald Emes (born 17 August 1949;[1] is a British animator[2][3] and film director, from Handsworth, Birmingham, England,[1] known for his work with Pink Floyd,[2][4] who have used his animated films as back-projections in concert[2] and released them as extras on their DVDs.[2] He now lives in London,[5] is married[1] and a father.[1]

Education

Emes' father was Ronald Emes, a Birmingham policeman who trained the British canoe team for four Olympic Games.[1] Emes was educated at Marsh Hill Boys Technical School in Birmingham's Erdington district[6] and then studied at Bristol.[6]

Career

Emes' first major work, 'French Windows', was started while he was subsequently a student at Birmingham College of Art[1] and finished while he was unemployed.[6] It was set to the Pink Floyd recording "One of These Days".[1] After it was shown at Birmingham's Ikon Gallery,[1] it was screened on the television programme The Old Grey Whistle Test,[1] and thereby came to the attention of Pink Floyd.[1] The band invited Emes to give them a private screening,[1] and afterwards to make films to be projected during performances of The Dark Side of the Moon.[1] His animation for their song "Time" is on Pink Floyd's P•U•L•S•E DVD.[2] He subsequently worked with Roger Waters, making live action film for his performance of The Wall – Live in Berlin.

As a result of his work for Pink Floyd, Linda McCartney asked Emes to animate Wings' "Oriental Nightfish".[1][7][8] He has also made animations for concerts by Mike Oldfield,[6] and directed The Chauffeur for Duran Duran.[9]

In 1983, Emes received the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for his short live action film, Goodie Two Shoes,[1] which was then nominated for an Oscar;[1] he later received another BAFTA for co-directing the children’s TV series, Bookaboo.[1] Five years later, he directed an episode of The Comic Strip Presents..., The Yob with writer Keith Allen also in the title role and featuring a brief appearance by Allen's daughter Lily, then a toddler.[10] In July–September 2010, 'French Windows' was again exhibited at Birmingham's Ikon gallery, together with original cels.[4][11]

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 This Could Happen To You: Ikon in the 1970s, exhibition programme, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England, July 2010
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  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Interview given by Emes at Ikon, 18 August 2010
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