Richard Williams (1933 - 2019), with producer Imogen Sutton (L), being interviewed by Justin Johnson (R) at British Film Institute (BFI) after a screening of the Oscar Nominated Short Animation films including Williams nominated film PROLOGUE. "Prologue" is planned as the opening sequence to Richard Williams eventual feature based on Aristophanes anti-war play “Lysisrata” originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. Richard Williams talks about his animation “Prologue” a film that depicts an event in the ancient Spartan Athenians wars. Richard Williams is perhaps best known as an animation director of the feature film: “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”; his unfinished masterpiece “The Thief and the Cobbler”; the Academy Award winning “A Christmas Carol” an animation adaptation from Charles Dickens novella. National Film Theatre, South Bank, London, UK, 5th February 2016
Date: 05/02/2016
Location: Southbank, London, UK
Photographer: Richard Keith Wolff
