Ian Emes

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Ian Emes
Ian Emes introduces himself

Ian Ronald Emes , occasionally wrong Ian Eames (born August 17, 1949 in Handsworth , Birmingham ) is a British animator and director , best known for his work for the band Pink Floyd , who used his cartoons as background projections on their shows and added as bonus material on their DVDs.

Life

Emes grew up as the son of the police officer Ronald Emes , who was also the coach of the Olympic canoe team . Ian Emes attended the Marsh Hill Boys Technical School in Erdington , Birmingham and studied in Bristol . His first work, French Windows , he began as a student at Birmingham College of Art and finished it when he was unemployed. He backed the cartoon with One of These Days by Pink Floyd. After it was shown at the Ikon Gallery, the television show The Old Gray Whistle Test took it on and Pink Floyd discovered the video. The band invited Emes to a private screening and then suggested that he make a film for the stage background of their show for The Dark Side of the Moon . His animation about Time was finally published on the Pulse DVD (1995). He also made a film for Roger Waters ' The Wall: Live In Berlin (1990).

His work for Pink Floyd caught the attention of Linda McCartney , who asked Emes to make a clip of Wings ' Oriental Nightfish . Emes also worked for Mike Oldfield and Duran Duran .

For his short film Goodie Two Shoes , he received a BAFTA Award in 1984 in the Best Short Film category and an Oscar nomination. He received another BAFTA award for the children's television series Bookaboo .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Lorne Jackson: The wild ideas of Birmingham film-maker Ian Emes . In: Birmingham Post . August 6, 2010. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
  2. ^ A b Andy Mabbett: Pink Floyd - The Music and the Mystery . Omnibus ,, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-84938-370-7 .
  3. ^ Ian Emes: Ian Emes Filmmaker and Artist . Archived from the original on February 8, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 21, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ianemes.com
  4. ↑ Interview given by Emes at Ikon, August 18, 2010
  5. ↑ MPL Music Publishing Inc . Archived from the original on July 13, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 8, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mplcommunications.com
  6. ^ Oriental Nightfish (1978) . BFI. Retrieved July 8, 2007.
  7. ^ Ian Emes Retrospective: 'Visual Mastermind behind The Dark Side of the Moon' (12) . In: Artsfest programs . Birmingham City Council . 2011. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 7, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.artsfest.org.uk
personal data
SURNAME Emes, Ian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Emes, Ian Ronald (full name); Eames, Ian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British animator and director
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Handsworth , Birmingham