Neville Page: killer frogs, the ultimate fang, and the joys of designing creatures for Avatar

The imaginations of people like creature designer Neville Page are crucial to the golden age of tentpole movies, dominating world cinema like an extraterrestrial squid wrestling a battered space freig
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The imaginations of people like creature designer Neville Page are crucial to the golden age of tentpole movies, dominating world cinema like an extraterrestrial squid wrestling a battered space freighter as it drifts into a sun. He talks about the compulsions and possibilities of his craft, and how its very limitations define its mad art.

Neville Page is known in CG-land for many remarkable creatures, but his most seen work is probably the spindly wing-thrashing banshees in Avatar, for which he was the lead creature designer.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.