2024-09-22
30 分钟Richard Williams, one of the most revered animators in modern times, leaves a lasting creative impression from ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ to ‘The Pink Panther’. ‘Adventures in Animation: How I Learned Who I Learned From and What I Did with It’ follows the life and career of Williams in animated features; from the moment when, aged five, he saw ‘Snow White’, and through his career of more than sixty years. Following his passing, his wife and collaborator, Imogen Sutton, completed ‘Adventures in Animation’, which in its finished publication is an ode to animated art and to Richard himself. Speaking to Georgina Godwin, Sutton shares insights into their work dynamic, Richard’s relationships with Art Babbitt and Ken Harris, plus his influences across the industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hello, this is Meet the Writers.
I'm Georgina Godwin.
Today it's all about animation.
My guest is a British producer, animator and wife to Canadian Richard Williams, one of the most revered animators in modern history, who won three Oscars, two of them as director of animation for who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Starting as a runner in London, my guest today collaborated throughout her career with Richard, from producing the Thief and the cobbler to the 2015 animated short film Prologue, the last film Richard directed before his death, which earned them nominations at the Academy awards and the BAFTAs.
Their book, Adventures in Animation, follows the life and career of Richard Williams right through his work of more than 60 years.
Delighted to welcome Imogen Sutton.
Thank you so much for being here.
Oh, it's a pleasure.
Your late husband, Richard Williams.
He's widely known as one of history's most important animators.
Now, I introduced him as a Canadian, but he was sort of known as the leader of the British pack.
Yeah, I mean, his professional life really took off when he came here after he lived in Spain.
And I think he would be known as a British animator, although he was actually Canadian.
I mean, he was Canadian British.
But he would have been seen as the core of the British scene, I guess.
And this book, which comes after a lifetime of collaboration together, you use a lot of what he's written, you've finished it off, you quote him in parts.
But it's really a kind of a book of advice, isn't it?
It's getting all the words of the best and brightest in the animation industry and sharing their advice.
And that was really what he was about.