Dreams come true: interviews with Glen Keane and Lella Smith

Australia, NOV 2010

Film

ACMI curator, Emma McRae interviews Glen Keane and Lella Smith as part of the ‘Disney : dreams come true’ exhibition at ACMI. Glen Keane is an animator for Disney and has created some of the recent best-loved characters such as Ariel from ‘The Little mermaid’ and ‘The Beast’ from ‘Beauty and the beast’. Lella Smith is the creative director of Disney’s Animation Research Library and was a curator for the ‘Disney : dreams come true’ exhibition. These interviews were recorded at ACMI in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition.

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production company

ACMI

Duration

01:11:48:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
NOV 2010

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B2002238

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

DVCAM; Master

DVCAM; Sub-master

DVD [PAL]; Copy

DVD; Back-up

DVD; Copy

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