Industrial Light and Ladies: The Women of VFX

Visual Effects is the fastest growing area of the UK film industry, but one where women are firmly in the minority. These groundbreaking artists will talk about their work, their careers and how they got into their extraordinary field. Talk to be followed by a Q&A.

Speakers:

Eugénie von Tunzelmann - FX Artist - Man of Steel, John Carter, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Iron Man 2, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Batman Begins. @eugenievt

Karen Halliwell - Character TD/Rigger - John Carter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Lost in Space.

Sydney Padua - Senior Animator on John Carter, Clash of the Titans, Sylvian Chaumet's The Illusionist, and Narnia II and III; teaches creature animation at the Animation Workshop in Denmark; currently drawing a graphic novel, The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, for Pantheon Books.