IMD Forum for 9/12/07: Flint Dille

Speaker: Flint Dille, Writer, Designer, Producer, Bureau of Film & Games
Time: Wednesday, September 12, 6-8pm
Location: USC's Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts (RZC)
Room 201 Zemeckis Media Lab (ZML)
After receiving an MFA from USC’s Cinema Writing Program, Flint established himself as an animation writer and producer on programs such as Transformers and G.I. Joe. During the course, Flint wrote the Tiny Toon Movie and the feature-film American Tail II: Fieval Goes West for Steven Spielberg. Last year, Flint and John Platten sold BACKWATER to Dimension as a film. It was shot in Fall of 2005 as Venom. Flint was also the creative director of TSR-LA and worked on numerous DUNGEONS & DRAGONS projects along with the award winning board games LINE IN THE SAND and XXVc: BATTLE FOR THE FUTURE. All of Bureau of Film & Games' original projects are developed as franchises that can move seamlessly in to other media, including original soundtracks, graphic novel serializations, and feature film/TV possibilities. Flint will talk about his long and successful career working in movies and games, ongoing insurgency, and moving between media.
IMDB bio is here
and Moby games credits here.
Video interview of Flint talking about "Transformers: The Game".
Comments
In the parlance of our times:
"FRONT PAGE NEEDS MOAR GIFS"
Also, from a design perspective, this is a pretty exciting credit:
"Writer - The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004), Vivendi Universal Games, Inc."
Posted by: Max
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September 11, 2007 9:08 AM
Backchannel chatlog available here: Download file
Posted by: Peter
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September 16, 2007 4:20 PM