Meet Paul Franklin

Thursday 5th August 2010, 7.30pm

The Space is Brighton’s unique monthly arts and media event. We bring together the creative community with special guest interviews. Our 5th August event is presented by Briggy Smale with appearances from leading writer and actor Mark Gatiss, along with Academy Award nominee visual effects supervisor, Paul Franklin.

Venue: The Basement, Kensington Street, Brighton

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Admission

£7.50 on the door

(on door concession £5.00 with proof)

£6.50 for Online Advance Booking

Paul Franklin is the Visual Effects Supervisor on this year's biggest film, Inception.

Academy Award nominee Paul Franklin studied Fine Art at Oxford University before going on to work for pioneering UK game developer Psygnosis as a computer artist. In 1994, he joined the Moving Picture Company as a CG animator working in television commercials, film and broadcast, leaving in 1998 to co-found Double Negative. He is currently a senior in-house VFX supervisor at the studio and was recently Oscar-nominated for his work on The Dark Knight.

Double Negative, located in the heart of London 's Soho , was set up in 1998 with a team of 30 staff. Since then the company has grown to 750+ staff, making it Europe 's largest provider of visual effects for Film. In 2009, Double Negative opened the doors to its Singapore office. Currently housing a team of 55+, the Singapore office will work closely with the Double Negative team in London , on selected productions. Through our steady and constant growth we have always sought to retain the creative drive and involvement of our artists through all projects, continuing to ensure that they have a close collaboration with clients. This approach ensures films both small and large receive the same high standard of creative and technical service.

Over the past 12 months, Double Negative has completed work on projects including; Iron Man 2, Kick-Ass, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Sherlock Holmes, The Wolfman, 2012, Green Zone, Angels & Demons, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, The Boat that Rocked and Fast &Furious. They are currently in production on John Carter Of Mars, Inception, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Paul, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Attack the Block. Other credits include The Dark Knight, Quantum of Solace and Shaun of the Dead.

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