DUCK director Richard Cullen has been nominated for a BIMA award for animating the music video to Darren Hayes’s “Who Would Have Thought.” This is wonderful news for Richard who is getting set to release the animated film This Delicate Film We’ve Made which will be released on Dec 1. It will later be released on iTunes worldwide February 2009.

BIMA is the industry association representing the interactive media and digital content sector.  It supports individuals and organisations which deliver high quality, creative and innovative, interactive media solutions. It strives to stimulate commercial growth, and acts as an industry liaison with academia and government through the provision of knowledge, encouragement and economy; BIMA is a united voice for its members and strives to develop an internationally competitive new media industry in Britain.

I caught up with Richard to congratulate him on the nomination. Here’s what he had to say about being nominated:
“It’s a massive compliment to be short-listed. I am, to use my favourite word, chuffed. Although I haven’t quite processed it yet - it feels as though it’s happened to someone else.

I certainly didn’t anticipate [being nominated]. It’s always strange for me to think of people even seeing my work, so to consider the idea that people might discuss it, or consider it worthy of this kind of attention is a bit beyond me, really.”

A few months ago I interviewed one of our newer directors, Richard Cullen. He recently completed work as the editor of the DVD concert video by Darren Hayes, “The Time Machine Tour.” The DVD debuted at #1 in the UK around July 22. Kudos to Richard (and Darren) and apologies for not blogging about this sooner.

Next up for Richard is another DVD titled This Delicate FILM We’ve Made. It’s due out in December and will feature 13 music videos off Darren’s last album. The majority of the films will be animated with Richard having animated and directed the majority of those. I’m sure it will be another #1 hit in the UK with a large following worldwide as well!