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David OReilly (1985, Kilkenny, Ireland) is an Irish film director and artist based in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for creating animated films using a distinctive 3d style.

Work[link]

Aside from a 1-minute film entitled Ident from which he draws his logo, the earliest work available on his website is WOFL2106^[1]. This short draws equally on original designs and popular internet memes, such as Brian Peppers, to create a disturbing landscape of serenity juxtaposed with chaos. This film sets the tone for his entire ouvre, though the direct inclusion of outside memes disappears in his later work.

He created several animation sequences and props for the 2007 film Son of Rambow.^[2] As well as animation for the "guide" sequences in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with Shynola.^[3]

He created the first video for Irish rock band U2's single "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight."^[4] The video was released on U2.com on July 21, 2009.

His short film, Please Say Something, was awarded the Golden Bear at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival, Best Narrative Short at the 2009 Ottawa International Animation Festival^[5] and several other awards.^[6]

His latest short film, The External World, premiered at the 67th Venice Film Festival and the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and has since won over forty awards on its festival circuit including the IFTA for Best Animation.^[7]

Octocat Adventure[link]

On March 13, 2008, a YouTube user named RANDYPETERS1, a 9-year-old boy from Chicago, submitted a handdrawn animated video about Octocat, a red cat head with eight long legs looking for his parents. The videos featured crude MS Paint animation and a loud, highpitched, child-like voice narrating. On September 7, the fifth, final episode was released, but featured an unexpected twist - about 20 seconds into it, the crude sketchy animation switched to intricately crafted 3D with an orchestral soundtrack; the whole Octocat story (and as such, the Randy Peters persona) was revealed to be by David O'Reilly.^[8] In an interview he said "I wanted to try experimenting with the Youtube audience and Microsoft Paint. The story for Octocat came to me by reading the bible word-for-word backwards".^[9]

Style[link]

O'Reilly's work has been characterized by the use of intentionally stripped down 3d animation. He was an early adopter of glitch effects^[10] and uses elements of the software used inside his work^[11]. "[David] has been the man to lead animation through a conceptual blockage—3D animation was being dominated by commercial aesthetics....he deconstructed 3D to the point of absurdity."^[12]

Short films[link]

• The External World (2010, 15 min)
• Please Say Something (2009, 10 min)
• Octocat Adventure (2008, 6 min)^[13][14]
• Serial Entoptics (2008, 10 min)
• RGBXYZ (2007, 12 min)^[15]
• Wofl2106 (2006, 4 min)

Music videos[link]

• Szamar Madar (Venetian Snares, 2005, 4 min)
• I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (U2, 2009, 4 min)^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• David O'Reilly's Website featuring clips of his work.
• David O'Reilly at the Internet Movie Database

Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi is a Zimbabwean musician (born September 22, 1952 in Highfield, Salisbury).

Biography[link]

Mtukudzi began performing in 1977 when he joined the Wagon Wheels, a band that also featured Thomas Mapfumo. Their single, "Dzandimomotera", went gold and Tuku's first album followed, which was also a major success. Mtukudzi is also a contributor to Mahube, Southern Africa's "supergroup".^[1]

With his husky voice, he has become the most recognized voice to emerge from Zimbabwe and onto the international scene and he has earned a devoted following across Africa and beyond. A member of Zimbabwe's KoreKore tribe, Nzou Samanyanga as his totem, he sings in the nation's dominant Shona language along with Ndebele and English. He also incorporates elements of different musical traditions, giving his music a distinctive style, known to fans as "Tuku Music". Mtukudzi has had a number of tours around the world. He has been on several tours in the UK, US and Canada to perform for large audiences.

Unlike Mapfumo, Mtukudzi has refrained from directly criticizing the repressive government of President Robert Mugabe, perhaps because he still lives in the country. However, some of his most emotive hits prodded the aging authoritarian ruler, including "Ndakuvara," which bemoans the political violence engineered by Mugabe's ZANU-PF party and "Wasakara (You Are Getting Old)," which most Zimbabweans took as a direct plea for Mugabe to retire.

He is the father of five children and has two grandchildren.Two of his children are also musicians. His son Sam Mtukudzi, a successful musician in his own right, died in a car accident in March 2010. Mtukudzi also has four sisters and one brother, who died. He enjoys swimming in his guitar-shaped swimming pool, has released 49 albums and cannot remember the number of awards he has won.^[2]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• 1978 Ndipeiwo Zano (re-released 2000)
• 1979 Chokwadi Chichabuda
• 1979 Muroi Ndiani?
• 1980 Africa (re-released 2000)
• 1981 Shanje
• 1981 Pfambi
• 1982 Maungira
• 1982 Please Ndapota
• 1983 Nzara
• 1983 Oliver's Greatest Hits
• 1984 Hwema Handirase
• 1985 Mhaka
• 1986 Gona
• 1986 Zvauya Sei?
• 1987 Wawona
• 1988 Nyanga Yenzou
• 1988 Strange, Isn't It?
• 1988 Sugar Pie
• 1989 Grandpa Story
• 1990 Chikonzi
• 1990 Pss Pss Hallo!
• 1990 Shoko
• 1991 Mutorwa
• 1992 Rombe
• 1992 Rumbidzai Jehova
• 1992 Neria Soundtrack'
• 1993 Son of Africa
• 1994 Ziwere MuKobenhavn
• 1995 Was My Child
• 1996 Svovi yangu
• 1995 The Other Side: Live in Switzerland
• 1995 Ivai Navo
• 1997 Ndega Zvangu (re-released 2001)
• 1997 Chinhamwe
• 1998 Dzangu Dziye
• 1999 Tuku Music
• 2000 Paivepo
• 2001 Neria
• 2001 Bvuma (Tolerance)
• 2002 Shanda soundtrack
• 2002 Vhunze Moto
• 2003 Shanda (Alula Records)
• 2003 Tsivo (Revenge)
• 2004 Greatest Hits Tuku Years
• 2004 Mtukudzi Collection 1991-1997
• 2004 Mtukudzi Collection 1984-1991
• 2005 Nhava
• 2006 Wonai
• 2007 Tsimba Itsoka
• 2008 Dairai (Believe)
• 2010 Rudaviro
• 2010 Kutsi Kwemoyo (compilation)^[3]
• 2011 Rudaviro

Filmography[link]

• Jit (dir. Michael Raeburn, 1990)
• Neria (dir. Goodwin Mawuru, written by Tsitsi Dangarembga, 1993). Mtukudzi starred in the movie and made the soundtrack.^[4]
• Shanda (dir. John and Louise Riber, 2002, rev. 2004)^[5]
• Sarawoga, 2009, was written by Elias C. Machemedze, directed by Watson Chidzomba and produced by Oliver Mtukudzi, who also did the soundtrack for the film.

Awards[link]

• 1985-1988: One of The Best Selling Artists in Zimbabwe
• KORA Award for Best Arrangement in 2002, for Ndakuwara
• 2002: SAMA Finalist (Best Traditional/African Adult Contemporary DVD) Live At The Cape Town Jazz Festival
• National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) in 2002 and 2004 for Best Group / Male vocalist
• KORA Award for Best African male artist and Lifetime Achievement Award in August 2003
• Reel Award Winner for Best African Language in 2003
• An honorary degree from the University of Zimbabwe in December 2003 ^[6]
• NAMA Award 2003: Best Group/Artist
• NAMA Award 2004: Best Group/Artist
• NAMA Award 2005: National Arts Personality of the Year
• NAMA Award 2006: Outstanding Album (NHAVA)
• 2006: ZIMA (Best Music Ringing Tone Handiro Dambudziko)
• 2006: ZIMA (Music Ambassador)
• NAMA Award 2007: Best Musician/Group
• 2007:Cultural Ambassador – Zimbabwe Tourism Association
• NAMA Award 2008: (Outstanding Musician)
• Honorary M.Sc (Fine Arts) Degree awarded by the Women’s University in Africa in 2009.
• M-Net Best Soundtrack Award in 1992, for Neria^[7]
• 2010: MTN SAMA Awards recognised his son's achievements in music
• 2010: University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and The International Council of Africana Womanism (ICAW) Award: recognition of his luminary role in uplifting African women through his artistic work - music and a diversity of art forms - offered as community development at his arts academy at Pakare Paye in Norton.
• 2011: Titled Zimbabwe's first UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Eastern and Southern Africa
• 2011: Honoured by the Government of Italy with the prestigious Cavaliere of the Order of Merit Award in recognition of his work as an international musician. (The award is what the Knighthood is to England)

http://www.tukumusik.com/tuku/awards.html

References[link]

External links[link]

• Oliver Mtukudzi in the film business
• Biography