Elemental Magic, Volume II: The Technique of Special Effects Animation

About Joseph Gilland

In his 32+ year animation career he has worked with such studios as Walt Disney Feature Animation Don Bluth Animation Productions Pascal Blais and the National Film Board of Canada. At Walt Disney Feature Animation he served as Supervisor of Visual Effects for the Disney features Lilo & Stitch and Brother Bear. At Disney he also served as Head of Special Effects Units for the Disney features Kingdom of the Sun and Tarzan and was Special Effects Animator on such notable titles as Pocahontas The Hunchback of Notre Dame James and the Giant Peach Hercules and Mulan. He served as Designer and Supervisor for all 2D and 3D visual effects on the television series Silverwing and Chaotic at Bardel Animation in Vancouver. He has also designed and directed a wide variety of television commercials. Clients include General Motors CocaCola Honda MacDonald's Gillette Players Tobacco Larrouse Dictionaries and Radio Quebec. For almost three years he was the Head of animation and Digital Character animation at the Vancouver Film School. He lectures at animation schools in Canada Europe and Asia and has conducted workshops at animation festivals and schools around the world. he is a professional musician and performer as well. He has been writing professionally for over three years now and has a bi-monthly column in the online Animation World Magazine entitled 'The Animated Scene' which has an enormous readership around the world. He has also had articles published in Animation Magazine the world's foremost industry magazine as well as well as an article in 'Cartoons' The International Journal of Animation.