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| 1948 | Born Salisbury, S Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) | |||||
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| 48-60 | Home is in Beira, Mozambique | |||||
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| 55-60 | Eagle School, Vumba Mountains, Near Umtali, S Rhodesia (now Mutare, Zimbabwe) | |||||
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| 61-65 | Bembridge School, Isle-of-Wight 8 x O's + 3 x A's - bands 'Deadbeats' & 'Roadrunners' | |||||
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| 65-69 | St Martin's School of Art bands 'Roadrunners' & 'Aktivation' | |||||
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| 1968 | 8 weeks work experience in IBM Audio-Visual - who then sponsor 10 minute animated film in last Art School year | |||||
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| 69-70 | DipAD - Freelance illustration, bookjackets etc plus 3 days per week designer-animator at MacMillan Films - ICEM | |||||
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| 70-71 | Designer-animator at Pearce Studios - got married Director of Pearce Studios | |||||
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| 1972- | Pearce Studios becomes Limited - MD Pearce Studios Ltd. Studio moves premises to Athos House, Hanwell. Hard times & work scarce. Trace & paint contract work on 'Count of Monte Cristo' and 'Jackson Five' for Halas & Bachelor | |||||
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| 1973 | Birth of Daughter | |||||
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| 1975 | Birth of Son | |||||
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| 1980 | Design & carry out (with Pearce team) 45 minutes animated graphics for BBC's 'Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | |||||
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| 1981 | BAFTA graphics and D&AD silver - 'Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | |||||
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| 1982 | Purchase and install Prime computer running Medusa 3D software to service technical animation & commercials. One of only 3 doing this kind of work in England, one of which was at Imperial College | |||||
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| 1985 | Design and carry out computer animation direct to 35mm for Channel Four 50-minute feature 'Max Headroom - the movie' - BAFTA graphics. Reduce Pearce Studios Ltd to one-man-band working from a barn | |||||
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| 1990 | Develop software to port 3D data modelled and animated with Medusa on the Prime to external TDI Explore system for lighting and full colour shaded rendering | |||||
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| 1991 | Hang an Apple as a terminal off the Prime running Renderman to replace external TDI rendering route | |||||
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| 1992- | More video work - less film. Expand Apple systems to muliple machine render farm - add Beta SP output | |||||
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| 1994 | Last use of a paintbrush commercially - De-comission 35-16mm rostrum camera, darkroom and Prime system - into a skip as nobody wanted any of it ! Work now totally in-house on networked Macs. 'Time Flies' for Airbus wins US International Silver | |||||
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| 1995 | 'Sending Signals' for Airbus is finalist at New York Film Festival | |||||
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| 1996 | IVCA gold (Best Graphics) for Airbus 'Sending Signals' | |||||
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| 1999 | IVCA nomination and ETMA graphics craft award for Royal Navy 'Strength in Depth' | |||||
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| 2000 | 'In Concert' produced by Wren productions for Airbus (most of which is animated graphics) wins bronze at US International Film and video Festival in Chicago | |||||
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| 2003 | IVCA Bronze (Graphics Craft) for Airbus 'Versatile Airlifter' | |||||
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| 2004 | Close Pearce Studios Ltd - continue as Rod Lord, Sole Trader | |||||
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| 2005 | 'Hitch-Hiker' web game for BBC Radio4 Interactive wins Interactive BAFTA | |||||
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| 2009- | IVCA Bronze for 'BP Atlantis Interactive' by Myriad for BP | |||||
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| 2014- | Nobody wants any more animated graphics so start new career as Garden Labourer | |||||
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| 2021- | Too old for Garden Labouring ... playing guitar instead and house maintenance ... doing stuff for OGAFCA ... etc | |||||
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