Andreas Deja to Receive Inaugural Lifetime Career Achievement Award at Red Stick 2008
This year, the Red Stick International Animation Festival is adding a Lifetime Career Achievement Award to its events, and the inaugural recipient is renowned Disney feature animator Andreas Deja.
Deja did early work on “Black Cauldron” and “The Great Mouse Detective” before exploding onto the scene as a supervising animator in the landmark film “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” He has created some of the most memorable characters in Disney animation, including King Triton in “Little Mermaid,” Gaston in “Beauty and the Beast,” Lilo of “Lilo and Stitch,” Scar from “Lion King” and Jafar from “Aladdin.”
Deja also is one of Disney’s few “keepers of Mickey,” the animators entrusted to sketch Disney’s marquee character, Mickey Mouse. Dr. Stuart Sumida, a paleo-biologist who specializes in animating animal movement and is a frequent Red Stick speaker, nominated Deja for the award.
Deja will give a lecture during Red Stick, which takes place April 16-19 in downtown Baton Rouge’s Arts District, outlining his career in animation. Deja’s lecture will take place on Friday, April 18, at 11:30 a.m.
CCT in the News:
Editorial: Cyber chase leads in the right direction
Source: Shreveport Times
http://www.cct.lsu.edu/site.php?pageID=63&newsID=783
Area students attend animation workshop with Red Stick Festival
SOURCE: Tiger Weekly
http://www.cct.lsu.edu/site.php?pageID=66&newsID=782
Upcoming Lectures:
• Frontiers of Scientific Computing Lecture Series: Alex Pothen of Old Dominion University, will give a lecture on “Combinatorial Algorithims Enabling Computational Science and Engineering: The CSCAPES Institute” Wednesday, April 2 at 1:30 p.m. in Johnston 338.
• Special Guest Lecture: Claes Eskilsson, Visiting Assistant Professor at the LSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will give a lecture on “Modeling Shallow Water Flows: Applications of DG Methods in Coastal and Hydraulic Engineering” on Thursday, April 3 at 3:30 p.m. in Johnston 338.
• IMPORTANT: Anyone organizing a lecture OR EVENT should first check with Karen Jones for available dates to avoid having multiple lectures/events on the same day. Also, coordinate with your Focus Area lead so that CCT can get the best attendance possible. There may be open slots in a standard lecture series that needs to be filled.
Please Note:
• ALL CCT Meetings for the spring are scheduled as follows: April 23, May 21, June 18 and July 16. All meetings are held at 3 p.m. in 338 Johnston Hall. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend.
• The Red Stick International Animation Festival will take place from April 16-19 in downtown Baton Rouge. If you would like to volunteer for the festival, please contact Red Stick Volunteer Manager Travis Williams at twilliams@cct.lsu.edu.
• If you have any news for the CCT Weekly, please e-mail PR Manager Kristen Sunde directly at ksunde@cct.lsu.edu.
Upcoming Grant Deadlines:
Note: Please see the CCT deadline Web site, as many NSF deadlines are listed here: http://www.cct.lsu.edu/about/grants/deadlines/events.php
Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant
April 04 2008 5:00 pm
At Most $ 50,000.00 available
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/digitalhumanitiesstartup.html
High End Computing University Research Activity (HECURA)
April 08 2008 10:00 am
At Least $ 500,000.00 available
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08531/nsf08531.htm
High End Computing University Research Activity (HECURA)
April 08 2008 10:15 am
At Least $ 500,000.00 available
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08531/nsf08531.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Publish Date:
04-01-2008
