When the young Michael Cusack stared at the big screen at the Broadway cinema in Manchester, watching Jason and two other Argonauts fighting a group of skeletons that are brought back to life, he never thought that one day he would meet their creator, Ray Harryhausen, the legendary stop-motion animator. Nor did he imagine he would end up doing the same thing.
Now, Michael Cusack and his creative collaborator Richard Chataway have developed their production house Anifex into one of Australia.s leading animation companies. Well-known for its commercial animations for Home Hardware and Schmackos, Anifex has also produced a variety of award-winning short animations like (R)evolution, Gargoyle and The Book Keeper.
Anifex's most recent stop-motion animation Sleight of Hand has been nominated in the Best Short Animation category by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards.
Directed by Cusack and produced by Richard Chataway, the...
Now, Michael Cusack and his creative collaborator Richard Chataway have developed their production house Anifex into one of Australia.s leading animation companies. Well-known for its commercial animations for Home Hardware and Schmackos, Anifex has also produced a variety of award-winning short animations like (R)evolution, Gargoyle and The Book Keeper.
Anifex's most recent stop-motion animation Sleight of Hand has been nominated in the Best Short Animation category by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards.
Directed by Cusack and produced by Richard Chataway, the...
- 9/11/2012
- by Yuan Liu
- IF.com.au
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