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Challenges of the Elephant:
The Making of Khan Kluay
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| Date: |
25 November 2007 (Sunday) |
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3.30 pm to 4.45 pm |
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National Museum |
| Speaker: |
Auchara Kikanjanas (Managing Director of Kantana Animation)
Kompin Kemgumnird (Director of "Khan Kluay")
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Kompin will be giving a seminar on the Making and Distributing the movie along with Auchara Kikanjanas, the Managing Director of Kantana Animation and Producer of the award-winning movie Khan Kluay. They will discuss the challenges and difficulties they faced in making the film, as well as distributing it.
Kompin Kemgumnird
Director Kompin Kemgumnird, studied visual design in his native Thailand as well as character animation at CalArts. He was awarded a scholarship to Walt Disney Feature Animation from 1996 to 1998 and created his first independent film “Itch” in 1996.
A further two-year stint at the Disney studios working as inbetweener on ‘Tarzan’ and ‘Atlantis: The Lost Empire’, was followed by work on the feature ‘Ice Age’ at Blue Sky Studios in 2002. He makes his debut feature with Khan Kluay. Khan Kluay has been showcased at numerous film and animation festivals throughout the world, and won Best Picture for the Thai National Film Association Awards as well as Best Feature at the Animadrid International Animation Festival in Spain.
Auchara Kikanjanas
Auchara Kikanjanas studied Computer Graphics Design and started work in animation with storyboarding and as a CG artist. This led to work as the Head of a CG Animator team at Kantana Animation and is now Managing Director/ Producer of Kantana Animation Studios.
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