David Puttnam Involved in Escape Awards

24-12-2007 13:56

Acclaimed UK politician and Oscar-winning film producer Lord David Puttnam has confirmed his involvement in 2008’s inaugural Escape Awards, an exciting new initiative from London-based Escape Studios to recognise and honour the wealth of computer graphics talent in the UK.The awards, which will be held at Tate Modern in London on 27 March 2008, will celebrate the cream of the UK computer graphics community with Lord Puttnam taking key position as chairman of judges presiding over a panel of more than 30 of the industries’ leading figures.It will be the first major event of its kind to bring together the full spectrum of the UK CG community to celebrate all of the various industry sectors that that depend on the astonishing skill and craftsmanship of digital artists to produce stunning imagery for them. Escape Studios has partnered with two of the largest technology providers to the world of computer graphics, Oscar®-winning software giants Autodesk and leading hardware innovators AMD.The awards categories will cover visual effects, games and design visualisation and entries will be judged by a stellar panel of over 30 key industry figures from world-renowned companies such as Pixar, Sony, Seymour Powell and Foster + Partners.The call for entries has gone out and entrants will be able to submit work via the Escape Awards website from Monday 24 December 2007.In anticipation of the event Lord Puttnam said: 'It’s such an exciting role to be acting as Chairman for the Escape Awards. The creative industries are very much a jewel in the crown of UK business and this country's excellence in the field of computer graphics deserves to be celebrated.'