Marc Lougee BioMarc's film THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM was showcased at WILDsound's March 07 Film Festival Marc Lougee's award - winning short film, 'THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM', was executive produced by animation legend Ray Harryhausen (Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, 20 Million Miles to Earth, Clash of the Titans) and Fred Fuchs (Francis Ford Coppolla's Dracula, Frankenstein). Visual Effects for the film were produced by Switch VFX, Toronto (Saw III, Dawn of the Dead). THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM premiered at Harry Knowles' / Ain't It Cool BNAT Film Festival, as a special presentation with the North American premier of Peter Jackson's KING KONG and V FOR VENDETTA in Austin, TX. The premiere was followed by a special screening for Industrial Light and Magic & Pixar crew members in San Rafael, CA with Ray Harryhausen hosting the event. Since it's premiere, the PIT AND THE PENDULUM has been chosen as an Official Selection at over 30 festivals worldwide, including the CFC's World Wide Shorts Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Borges en Curt (Spain), Swansea Bay Film Festival (Wales, UK), Festival Du Cinema De Paris (France), Los Angeles International Film Festival, Tromadance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and AFI DAllAS International Film Festival in March/ April, 2007. THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM has garnered several awards and nominations in 2006, including BEST ANIMATED FILM at MIAMI SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL, BEST ADAPTATION at the INTERNATIONAL HORROR & SCI-FI FIM FESTIVAL, and BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM at the DRAGON CON FILM FESTIVAL. Marc Lougee has over 20 years’ experience directing animation and visual effects on television series, pilots, music videos and commercials. Recent work includes MTV's "Celebrity Deathmatch" (original animated series broadcast, 52 episodes x 22 minutes), CBC's "What It's Like Being Alone" (Episodic Director & series Creative Producer), and the BBC's "Ace Lightning" television series (Director of Animation). Currently, Lougee is Director of Animation on the live action/CGI series co-production “Dinosapien' for BBC /Discovery. "Dinosapien" is slated to air in May/ June, 2007. Not wasting any time with sleeping, Marc continues to develop new projects with producer Susan Ma, including an animated series pilot for mobile technologies with writer John May. Several short-format projects are in development, as well as a feature-length stop-motion animation film. More info on the film and the trailer can be found at www.thepitandthependulumshortfilm.com, and
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