Richard Reeves (animator)

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Richard Roger Reeves (born September 21, 1959) is a Canadian animated filmmaker. [1] [2] He is known for his whimsical abstract animated films created using a drawn on film technique.

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In many of his films, Reeves creates his soundtracks through graphical sound, drawing directly on the optical sound strip area of the film as well as the visual frames to create a sound painting. [3]

Biography

Richard R. Reeves was born in Weymouth, England and has been living in Canada since 1960. He attended Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology, majoring in printmaking.

His early artwork explored painting, printmaking, photography, and music which led him to combine artistic discipline's and animate directly onto the filmstrip as a long and narrow canvas as 'sound painting' or visual music. His début animation 'Linear Dreams' was produced by drawing both the sound and picture directly onto the film.

Reeves worked at Quickdraw Animation Society as Film Production Coordinator for 8 years. He also taught super 8 and 16mm filmmaking at the Gulf Islands Film and Television School for 10 years. He has mentored and provided workshops in Europe, South America and across Canada.

Richard explores abstract animation as a visual music by drawing both sound and picture onto film. He has collaborated with artists for live performances involving dancing human projection screens, 16mm violin, interactive animation installations, online animation jams and large outdoor projections. He continues exploring film as a space time art form.

In the media

Reeves was the subject of the short documentary Instant Animation , which was directed by Ted Stenton and released in 2024. [4]

Filmography

Collections

Collections of Film Prints :

Awards

References

  1. Basics Animation 03: Drawing for Animation. AVA Publishing. 2008-12-09. pp. 157–9. ISBN   9782940373703.
  2. Robinson, Chris (2005). Unsung Heroes of Animation. JOHN LIBBEY & Company Limited. pp. 113–. ISBN   9780861966653 . Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. The Animation Bible: A Practical Guide to the Art of Animating from Flipbooks to Flash; Maureen Furniss Author
  4. Volmers, Eric. "Calgary animation society festival celebrates past, future with 20th GIRAF Festival". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on 2024-11-09. Retrieved 2025-07-11.

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