The College for Creative Studies (CCS) is proud to present an evening with Dan Philips, a 3D-CG veteran and friend of animation with 20 years' experience in the entertainment animation field. Philips will be presenting a series of selected still and animated 2d/3d images from his collection of work from 1987 to 2002. Philips recently left his role of VP of Production and Executive Producer at Big Idea Productions in Chicago, having completed work on the 2002 CG animated movie, JONAH. Prior to joining BIG IDEA, he was at DreamWorks as artistic liaison and head of visual effects for The Prince of Egypt and digital supervisor for The Road to El Dorado. Previously, he had been head of Computer Generated Imagery at Walt Disney during the making of Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Lion King, as well as the start up of Fantasia 2000 and Pocahontas.
Philips' presentation is free and open to the public. It will be held in the Wendell W. Anderson, Jr. Auditorium in the Walter B. Ford II Building, located on Frederick Douglass between John R and Brush on the CCS campus.
