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[tim-burton-facts]

Acker, Shane (1971-)

Award-winning director, animator, and designer, best known as the creator of ��9″, the Tim Burton- and Timur Bekmambetov- produced feature film based on his 2004 Oscar-nominated short, also titled “9″ (ten minutes, thirty-three seconds). Originally from Wheaton, Illinois, Acker graduated from UCLA where he received both an M.Arch.I (1998) and an MFA in animation (2004). His first short film, “The Hangnail” (two minutes), was completed at the UCLA Animation Workshop. While a student at UCLA he also made the one-minute “The Astounding Talents of Mr. Grenade” (2003), as well as his short, “9″, which premiered at Sundance in 2005 and garnered numerous awards, including a Student Academy Award, the Best in Show at the 2005 SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater, and a student Emmy Award. Acker has stated that his inspirations in the field of animation are avant-garde artists such as Jan Svankmajer and the Brothers Quay. The Brother Quay film “Street of Crocodiles” (1986) is clearly an influence on 9. Acker said in an interview, “Their [the Brothers Quay] big thing is they use detritus, old discarded things: old dolls, old pieces of machinery, things like that. That creates a different, off-kilter kind of mind-set, brings about a lot of metaphor. I found that very inspirational and in tune with the design I wanted in 9, the experience I wanted in that world- a world that’s destroyed and all that’s left are these bits and pieces. But from all that, this form is beginning to emerge that is finding ways to negotiate a new landscape and create a life for itself.”

Acker has also worked as an animator on such films as Peter Jackson’s Academy Award-winning “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003) and Sam Raimi’s “Oz the Great and Powerful” (2013).

References

Randi Schmelzer, “Cartoon Character: Shane Acker,” UCLA Magazine, April 1, 2006, magazine.ucla.edu/depts/style/acker/; “Shanke Acker,” IMDb, www.imbd.com/name/nm0009942/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1; Shane Acker’s website, www.shaneacker.com.

Taken from “The Tim Burton Encyclopedia” by Samuel J. Umland.

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