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    SPECIAL REPORT: ANIMATION DIRECTORS_ Made In The U.K.

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    By HEATHER JACOBS

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    At the 2000 Association of Independent Commercial Producers Show (AICP), celebrated this month at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, all the honorees in the animation category were British houses, sparking some curiosity as to what’s so special on the other side of the Atlantic.

    The AICP-honored spots were: Nestea’s "Closed," directed by Dave Borthwick of bolexbrothers, Bristol, England, via Fallon McElligott (now Fallon), Minneapolis; Lipton Brisk’s "Dojo," directed by Ken Lidster of Loose Moose, London, via J. Walter Thompson (JWT), New York; and Pringles’ "Funny Boy Couch," directed by Darren Walsh of Aardman Animations, Bristol, through Grey Advertising, New York.

    "Closed" shows a skeleton turning into a snowman once he breaks into a shop to help himself to a can of Nestea; "Dojo" shows a fight between the late martial arts expert/action film star Bruce Lee and the villainous Karate Kid and his master, Mr. Miyagi; and "Funny Boy Couch" is a dialogue-free spot showing two puppets having fun by catching Pringles in their mouths. Below is a look at the three animators from across the pond who swept the AICP Show.

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    “Conclave,” “Nickel Boys” Among Film Finalists For USC Libraries Scripter Awards

    Wednesday, January 22, 2025

    The USC Libraries named the finalists for the 37th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards, which honor the writers of the year’s most accomplished film and episodic series adaptations, as well as the writers of the works on which they are based.

    The finalist writers for film adaptation are, in alphabetical order by film

    --James Mangold and Jay Cocks for “A Complete Unknown” based on the nonfiction book “Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties” by Elijah Wald
    --Peter Straughan for “Conclave” based on the novel by Robert Harris
    --RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes for “Nickel Boys” based on the book “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead
    --Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (screenplay and story) and Clarence Maclin and John “Divine G” Whitfield (story) for “Sing Sing” based on the “Esquire” magazine article “The Sing Sing Follies” by John H. Richardson
    --Screenwriter Chris Sanders and novelist Peter Brown for “The Wild Robot”

    The finalist writers for episodic series are, in alphabetical order by series

    --Richard Gadd for the sixth episode of “Baby Reindeer,” based on his stage play of the same name
    --Steven Zaillian for “V Lucio,” the fifth episode of “Ripley,” based on “The Talented Mr. Ripley” by Patricia Highsmith
    --Joshua Zetumer for the episode “The People in the Dirt” from “Say Nothing,” based on the nonfiction book “Say by Patrick Radden Keefe
    --Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks for “Anjin,” the first episode of “Shōgun,” based on the novel by James Clavell
    --Will Smith for the episode “Hello Goodbye,” from “Slow Horses,” based on the novel... Read More

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