Los Angeles Animation Festival to honour Will Vinton

MUMBAI: The Los Angeles Animation Festival, to be held between to 7 December at Cinefamily‘s Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles, will honour animator Will Vinton by screening his 25-year ago film The Adventures of Mark Twain. The festival lineup also includes a programme devoted to the filmmaker‘s short films.

An innovator in the world of stop motion and 3D animation, Vinton will be on hand for an awards presentation and will answer questions on his works. 

Vinton, who has received five Oscar nominations, received the Academy Award for best short animated film for Closed Mondays in 1975.