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<h3><font color="#0080C0">Biographies</font></h3>
<h4><font color="#0080C0">Emma Calder</font></h4></div>
<p align="left"><font size="-1">Collage, wire models, computer-generated imagery, watercolours, spontaneous paintings
created directly under the camera, Emma Calder is comfortable working
in any medium you care to mention, and a few more besides. If a job
demands a unique and original look she will invent it.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="-1">Emma studied graphic design at the London
College of Printing and the Royal College of Art, which is where she
began to experiment with animation. With her film<i> Madam Potatoe,
</i>she invented and perfected the technique of potato-print animation.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="-1">In 1986 she made <i>Springfield, </i>a witty and
offbeat probing of loss and alienation featuring a central character
who is half woman, half vacuum cleaner.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="-1">Emma has also worked on pop videos for
the Eurythmics and channel idents for MTV.</font></p> <p align="left"><font size="-1">Her last film is <i>The Queens Monastery,</i>
which has been awarded a Silver Hugo at Chicago, second prize at the
Dresden Festival and the best professional film at Bradford International
Film Festival. Most recently special jury prize at Zagreb.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="-1">Emma has recently directed the Bonehead
pilot with Ged Haney.</font></p>
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<p><b><font color="#0080C0">Ged Haney</font></b><br>
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<font size="-1">Ged Haney is an animator whose talents as composer
and writer have comple</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">+-mented his art over the years.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="-1">Born in Workington, Cumberland, he studied graphic design at Carlisle and
the London College of Printing.He has written the music for many animated
films, including twenty-two episodes of <i>Grim Tales, </i>the children's
TV series starring top British comedian Rik Mayall. </font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="-1">In 1992, after almost seven years work, he completed <i>The Kings of Siam,
</i>which went on to win the Norman Mclaren Award at the Edinburgh Film
Festival and the Jury Prize at Esphino. It received rave reviews when
shown on British TV including being pick of the day in the Sunday Times,
Telegraph and Independent.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="-1">In 1994 Ged created <i>Far Out Man, </i>three highly acclaimed channel
ident's for MTV Europe.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="-1">He also created the artwork and animation for the sucsessful Lynx Inca
campaign for Faberge.</font></p> <p align="left"><font size="-1">Last year he directed <i>Blah Blah Blah</i>
and <i>Riddle</i> with Andreas Hykade. These two pop videos have reached
cult status in Germany.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="-1">He has recently directed four commercials
with Andres Hykade for Britannia Building Society.</font></p>
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