Visitors to the Royal Tyrrell Museum this Saturday will have the opportunity to meet and learn from one of Hollywood’s top animators.
Glen McIntosh worked for George Lucas’ visual effect company, Industrial Light and Magic, for about 20 years. While he has worked on many films, he is most known for his work on the Jurassic Park series.
“I worked on Jurassic Park 3 way back in 2001 and was the raptor supervisor, and on Jurassic World I was the overall animation supervisor,” he tells the Mail. “That meant going on location with the actors, teaching the motion capture performers how to move like dinosaurs, and being in charge of all the dinosaur movement for all the dinosaurs in the film.”
Originally from Calgary, he took some inspiration from the Tyrrell.
“My two loves were always drawing and film, and dinosaurs were always fun to draw for me. My parents would take me to the Tyrrell when I was a boy, and I always had a fascination when we would drive to Drumheller and see the dinosaur models and hear about the history of Drumheller and the fact those incredible animals were alive so many million years ago.”
“It helped nurture my fascination with the films of fantasy.”
Even when he was working in the industry, he would consult with palaeontologists and would return to the Tyrrell and do drawings of the displays and fossils.
“Understanding their anatomical structure better helps you understand how they moved,” he said.
His presentation is this Saturday, May 4 at 1:30 p.m. at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in the Auditorium. The presentation is free with admission.
