Irish Animator David O’Reilly Directs Latest U2 Video | The Irish Film & Television Network

Written, directed, edited and characters designed by O’Reilly, the music video was produced by Colonel Blimp and made at the Lumiere Studios in London. Jon Klassen provided art direction, production design and concept art, whilst Chris Hutchison and Danielle Browne worked on animation and rigging. Steve White provided extra animation.

The video, which premiered on internet site You Tube.com, took over the front page of the website in more than 15 countries including The US, Ireland and Australia. ‘I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight’ can be accessed by logging onto ,a target="new" href="http://vimeo.com/5699275">vimeo.com/5699275

O’Reilly’s ‘Please Say Something’, an animated ten minute short, has been chosen as one of the five finalists for the Cartoon d’Or 2009 competition as nominated by The European Association of Animation Film. The winner will be announced in the Norwegian city of Stavanger on September 24. ‘Please Say Something’ also won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film earlier this year at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival.

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