Education
Emes" father was Ronald Emes, a Birmingham policeman who trained the British canoe team for four Olympic Games. Emes was educated at Marsh Hill Boys Technical School in Birmingham"s Erdington district and then studied at Bristol.
Emes" father was Ronald Emes, a Birmingham policeman who trained the British canoe team for four Olympic Games. Emes was educated at Marsh Hill Boys Technical School in Birmingham"s Erdington district and then studied at Bristol.
Emes" father was Ronald Emes, a Birmingham policeman who trained the British canoe team for four Olympic Games. lieutenant was set to the Pink Floyd recording "One of These Days". After it was shown at Birmingham"s Ikon Gallery, it was screened on the television programme The Old Grey Whistle Test, and thereby came to the attention of Pink Floyd.
The band invited Emes to give them a private screening, and afterwards to make films to be projected during performances of The Dark Side of the Moon.
His animation for their song "Time" is on Pink Floyd"s P•U•L•South•East Digital Video Disc. He subsequently worked with Roger Waters, making live action film for his performance of The Wall – Live in Berlin. As a result of his work for Pink Floyd, Linda McCartney asked Emes to animate Wings" "Oriental Nightfish".
He has also made animations for concerts by Mike Oldfield, and directed The Chauffeur for Duran Duran. Five years later, he directed an episode of The Comic Strip Presents.., The Yob with writer Keith Allen also in the title role and featuring a brief appearance by Allen"s daughter Lily, then a toddler.
In July–September 2010, "French Windows" was again exhibited at Birmingham"s Ikon gallery, together with original cels.
In 1983, Emes received the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Short Film for his short live action film, Goodie Two Shoes, which was then nominated for an Oscar. He later received another British Academy of Film and Television Arts for co-directing the children's television series, Bookaboo.
