‘Alien: Romulus’ Director Fede Alvarez To Keynote View Conference (EXCLUSIVE)

Carolyn Giardina
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“Alien: Romulus” writer/director Fede Alvarez is set to deliver a keynote at View Conference. The 25th edition of the annual VFX and animation event is taking place Oct. 14-19 in Turin, Italy.

Alec Gillis, creature FX designer on “Alien: Romulus,” is also scheduled to attend View, where he will make a presentation titled “Practical Character Effects and Why They Still Matter.” Gillis will discuss “Alien: Romulus,” as well as his work on movies including “Aliens,” “Predator,” “Starship Troopers” and “Death Becomes Her.”

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Multi-hyphenate Alvarez is an Uruguayan filmmaker who made his directorial debut with the 2013 “Evil Dead” remake, which he also wrote. He wrote, directed and produced “Don’t Breathe” and “Don’t Breathe 2” and produced and wrote 2022’s “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” On the TV side, Alvarez created, directed, and wrote the Apple TV+ series “Calls,” an English adaptation of the French series of the same name. It won an Emmy for outstanding motion design and earned Alvarez a WGA nomination for adapted short-form new media.

“For years, the ‘Alien’ series has thrilled moviegoers with some of cinema’s most iconic horror imagery,” said View Conference director Maria Elena Gutierrez. “Fede Alvarez has taken the franchise to new heights, and I cannot wait for his keynote at View Conference 2024, in which he talks about his creative journey as director and co-writer of ‘Alien: Romulus’.”

Additional scheduled View Conference speakers include Jonathan Nolan, who will discuss “Fallout” with VFX supervisor Jay Worth; “Inside Out 2” director Kelsey Mann; “The Wild Robot” helmer Chris Sanders; “Ultraman Rising” director Shannon Tingle; “That Christmas” helmer Simon Otto; and “Transformers One” helmer Josh Cooley.

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