The National Film School has announced actor Ciarán Hinds (The Eclipse, There will be Blood, Munich) will host the 3rd NFS Lecture at the IADT campus in Dun Laoghaire.
Hinds will be interviewed by Rebecca Roper on Tuesday 17 November. The IFTA winning actor will discuss his career paying particular emphasis on acting for the screen (TV and cinema) and the professional life of a freelance actor, such as agents, reading scripts, career choices, and working with first-time directors.
In other news, following on from his lecture at the NFS this week, Academy Award-winning animator John Canemaker is set to host an industry event the Light House Cinema on Monday 16th November at 6.30pm.
Organised by Animation Ireland in association with Enterprise Ireland, and the National Film School at IADT, Dun Laoghaire Canemaker will give an illustrated lecture entitled ‘The Art and Flair of Mary Blair’, the designer and conceptual artist behind the Walt Disney theme park work from 1940-1964. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session on a variety of industry related issues, conducted by Damian Farrell of Caboom and Animation Ireland.
John Canemaker is the first National Film School Visiting Fellow at IADT and is in residence on campus for a two week period. The NFS Visiting Fellowship is supported by Bord Scannan na hEireann/the Irish Film Board and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
