WHAT:                       Sony Pictures Imageworks Presents…

ANIMATING COMIC BOOK HEROES

WHERE:        CES 2007

Sony Booth/ Backstage Theater

WHO:  Top artists from Sony Pictures Imageworks, the award-winning digital production studio, will discuss the challenges of animating comic book characters, show examples of their work, and demonstrate their personal techniques and solutions. Session will be moderated by Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment’s Chris Marlowe.

Scheduled to appear:

Rich Hoover, Visual Effects Supervisor, SUPERMAN RETURNS

Academy Award® nominee Richard Hoover most recently completed work on Superman Returns.  Hoover’s additional work at Imageworks includes visual effects supervision on Darkness Falls, and Seabiscuit.

Kevin Mack, Visual Effects Supervisor, GHOST RIDER

Academy Award® winner Kevin Mack recently completed work on the upcoming action adventure, Ghost Rider based on the popular comic book and starring Nicolas Cage.  Mack joined Imageworks in 2002 to supervise the visual effects for Tim Burton’s Big Fish, which went on to be nominated for a BAFTA Award for Achievement in Visual Effects.

Spencer Cook, Animation Director, SPIDER-MAN

Spencer Cook, animation director at Sony Pictures Imageworks, is currently working on the highly anticipated Spider-Man 3, due in theaters in May, 2007.  Cook’s other credits include animation supervisor on Cursed, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions and lead character animator on the Academy Award® nominated films Spider-Man and Hollow Man.

WHERE:                      Sony Booth/ Back Stage Theater

Las Vegas Convention Center

3150 Paradise Road

Las Vegas, NV 89109

WHEN:            Wednesday, January 10th at 12pm