Bruce Alcock is a Vancouver-based, Newfoundland-born multimedia filmmaker, creative director, and founder of animation studios Cuppa Coffee Studio (with Adam Shaheen) and Global Mechanic. Born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, he has directed several animated short films including At The Quinte Hotel (2005), an animated film set to a 1968 CBC Radio recording of Al Purdy reading his poem Quinte Hotel. The film, which combines stop-motion and traditional animation, received the Canadian Film Institute Award for best Canadian animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.[1][2]
Alcock in 2010
Alcock went on to make several short films with the National Film Board of Canada: Vive la rose (2009); Impromptu (2013), nominated for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Animated Short at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards; and the 2014 multimedia short film 54 Hours, co-directed with Paton Francis and written by Michael Crummey, produced for the 100th anniversary of the 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster. Alcock has also created handmade experimental animation for on-air promotions for MuchMusic and directed numerous commercials.[1][3]
Alcock was invited to France in June 2016 to present his life's animation work in advertising at The Annecy International Animated Film Festival. In celebration of the Annecy Festival's 75th anniversary, Bruce Alcock representing Global Mechanic, alongside eight other studios were featured for their contributions to animation in advertising.[4][5][6]
^ ab"Animators Unearthed: Bruce Alcock". Animation World Network. 4 January 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
^"At the Quinte Hotel". University of Toronto Magazine. Summer 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
^Bradbury, Tara (29 March 2014). "Film takes new approach to sealing disaster". The Telegram. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
^Plein Feux sur le travail de Bruce Alcock (in French). Radio-Canada. 2 May 2016. Event occurs at 16:44. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^"Bruce Alcock". Sense of Place. Roundhouse Radio. 13 May 2016. CIRH-FM. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
^"Annecy > Programme > Index". www.annecy.org. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
BruceAlcock is a Vancouver-based, Newfoundland-born multimedia filmmaker, creative director, and founder of animation studios Cuppa Coffee Studio (with...
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adapted as a National Film Board of Canada mixed media short film by BruceAlcock. The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end...
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nominations and awards for their work. Matt Smith, Emma D'Arcy, and Milly Alcock received Saturn Awards nominations for their performances. The cinematography...
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