The Pit and the Pendulum short film, Directed by Marc Lougee

Home Town City:

Boston

Hometown State:

MA

Current Location City :

Toronto

Current Location State:

ON

About Me:

Marc Lougee has over 20 years’ experience directing animation and visual effects on television series, pilots, commercials and music videos. Recent projects include directing CG dinosaur and visual effects integration on “Dinosapien", a live action/CGI series co-production for BBC /DiscoveryKids (15 x 22 min.). Other projects include the stop motion animated comedy series "What It's Like Being Alone" for the CBC as Episode Director & series Creative Producer (13 x 22 min.), MTV's "Celebrity Deathmatch" as Director of Animation in New York (52 episodes x 22 minutes), and the BBC's "Ace Lightning" television series as Director of Animation (13 x 22 min.).

Marc directed and co-produced (with Producer Susan Ma) the award-winning short film, "The Pit and the Pendulum", executive produced by animation legend Ray Harryhausen (Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, 20 Million Miles to Earth, Clash of the Titans) and Fred Fuchs (Francis Ford Coppolla's Dracula, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, former president of Zoetrope Studios).
Since it's premiere, "The Pit and the Pendulum" has been chosen as an Official Selection in over 160 film festivals worldwide, garnering several awards and nominations, including Best Animated Film at Miami Shorts International Film Festival, Best Adaptation at the International Horror & Sci Fi Film Festival, Best Animated Short Film at the DragonCon Film Festival and Best Animated Film at the HD Fest Awards.
Upcoming shows in 2008 include dates in London, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo & Kyoto Japan, Macedonia, Canada, and several shows in the US, to be announced in the near future on the film blog-

Marc is a frequent contributor to several online DIY and Filmmaking columns, focusing on stop-motion animation production, animation & live action integration for series television, technical processes, technique and equipment trends in stop-motion animation. His articles can be found regularly on Lance Weiler's Workbookproject.com & Wildsound Pictures Filmmaking resource.

Website 1:

http://www.marclougee.wordpress.com

Website 2:

http://exposureroom.com/members/marclougee.aspx/

MySpace

http://www.thepitandthependulumshortfim.com

IMDB

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1826522/

What industry function are you involved in?

Development, Production, Publishing, Other

What is your profession or specialization?

Producer, Director, Extra, Art Director, Special Effects, Visual Effects, Driver, Animator, other

How did you find out about FilMixer?

Word of Mouth

Favorite Movie:

Blade Runner, Last Remake of Beau Gest (w/ Marty Feldman), Polanski's Fearless Vampire Hunters

Favorite Director:

Spielberg, Fincher, Cameron, Ridley Scott

Favorite Writer:

M.Night Shyamalan, Josh Whedon, Steve Niles

Favorite Actor:

Jack Nicholson, Bill Nighey, Mel Gibson

Favorite TV Show:

Sigmund & the Sea Monsters

Favorite Magazine:

Mad Magazine,; Geez, Atlantic Monthly, Cinefex

Favorite Album:

Too many to list

Favorite Music Artist:

My Morning Jacket, Justice, The National (of the moment)

Favorite Song:

See above

Are you a Gamer?

Yes

Approximately how many hours a week do you average?

0 to 3 hours

Game Space?

Offline

Favorite Comic or Comic Book Hero

Watchmen, Batman, The Amazing Spiderman

Favorite Novel

Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver

Favorite Author

C. S. Lewis