The Seven Ages of Man
Synopsis
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - New Frontiers Exhibitions - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 7 min
- Format
- VR, Volumetric Capture and CGI on Magic Leap headsets
- Director
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John Monos, Andy Lanning for Magic Leap; Gregory Doran for RSC
- Producer
- Pete Griffin for RSC; Rebecca Paris for Magic Leap
- Executive Producer
- Sarah Ellis for RSC; Ant Williams for Magic Leap
- Screenwriter
- William Shakespeare
- Director of Photography
- John Monos
- Sound
- Kedar Shashidhar
- Composer
- Jessica Curry
- Principal cast
- Robert Gilbert
- Creative Development
- Michael Tucker, Stephen Mangiat
- Software Engineers
- Nafees Bin Zafar, Aaron Wilson, John Cannon, Hasnain Vohra, Nikilesh Urella
- Tech Lead
- Henry Engelland-Gay
- Production Support
- Steve Keeley, Rebecca Barkin, Chris Hebert, Hunter McGranahan
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, US co-production
A Royal Shakespeare Company (UK) and Magic Leap (US) production
Royal Shakespeare Company
Sarah EllisPete Griffin
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