Annecy 09 Snapshots

Waiting at the Geneva Airport for my flight back to New York and thought I’d share pics of a few of the fine animation folk I hung out with this past week in Annecy.

New York crew: PES, Fran Krause and Signe Baumane

Eddie White, co-director of The Cat Piano from The People’s Republic of Animation

Directors Andreas Hykade (Ring of Fire, The Runt) and Bill Plympton

Director Candy Kugel of Buzzco Associates , designer Harald Siepermann, and director David OReilly

Filmmaker Ruth Lingford, Projector festival director Susie Wilson, animation curator of the Cinémathèque Québecoise Marco de Blois, and Studio AKA creative director and Lost and Found director Philip Hunt

Mike and Tim Rauch of Rauch Bros. Animation and designer Erin Kilkenny

Joost van den Bosch (l.) of Ka-Ching Cartoons and Tomm Moore, co-director of Brendan and the Secret of Kells

Director Cordell Barker (The Cat Came Back) surrounded by men from Annecy’s Popeye fan club.