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Director Sir Peter Jackson to be Honoured by IBC
The award is in the gift of the IBC Council. Chairman Peter Owen said "in the world of the cinema, few directors have pushed the technology barrier harder or farther than Sir Peter." His life was changed at the age of nine when he first saw the 1933 movie and vowed to remake it. He set about learning the skills of movie-making and effects, always pushing himself on to ever-more elaborate effects.
Sir Peter Jackson's movies have now won 20 Oscars, four Golden Globes and 14 Baftas among many other awards. As well as trilogy and his current project, , in 2005 he achieved his ambition of remaking , a movie which contributed three of the Oscars.
He continually drives technology forward to help him tell stories more engagingly. For he has adopted high frame rate production and presentation to make the 3D more engaging and immersive. Of his continual quest, he said "I set my team these challenges, but I know the real discussions between them and their key suppliers start at IBC.
"I am particularly delighted to accept the IBC International Honour for Excellence, because those conversations which happen every year at IBC are critical to the future of our industry," he continued. "Thank you, IBC, for this award, and long may you be the place where story-tellers and technologists can meet."
The IBC2013 International Honour for Excellence forms the climax of the Awards Ceremony, to be held at 18:30 on Sunday 15 September. The ceremony is open to all IBC visitors.
Full details of the IBC Awards can be found at: http://www.ibc.org/2013AwardsShortlist
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Conference 12 – 17 September 2013 Exhibition 13 – 17 September 2013
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