//  Interregnum   /  ipod.mp4  /  stills.zip  /  vimeo hd
info:  HD video, 7:00, 2010
roles:  Director, writer, animator, sound designer
with:  Colm Feore, Nicole Stamp (voices), Jeanne Stern (animation)
tools:  Flash, Final Cut, After Effects, Audition
where:  Toronto
Interregnum is based on the extraordinary career of René Carmille, history's first known computer hacker. The government of Nazi-occupied France launched a ghastly and unprecedented experiment in information science: much of the Vichy bureaucracy, including the operation of the death camps, was automated with punch-card computers. However, the Nazis didn't understand the technology's potential vulnerabilities...

  • Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2011. (jury prize, runner-up Best Animation)
  • Toronto International Film Festival, 2010.