Intergalactic Who's Who: Praepredatorprae


Carol Beecher & Kevin D.A. Kurytnik, 35mm, 1:30 min, Calgary

For most Canadian baby boomers the Hinterland Who's Who series conjures up distinct memories such as lumbering beavers and waddling woodchucks. Carol Beecher and Kevin Kurytnik have humourously tapped into this indigenous motherlode with their Intergalactic Who's Who animated shorts depicting the fantastical inhabitants of the wild desert planet Zig 5. Praepredatorprae is their latest featured creature, a hatchling whose life cycle is brief and brutal. Existence on Zig 5 demands swift metamorphosis and soon the Praepredatorprae is flung back into the stratosphere to fulfill its destiny and ensure its species survival. For more information on the Praepredatorprae, why not contact the Intergalactic Wildlife Service?

Carol Beecher and Kevin D.A. Kurytnik are animators living in Calgary. They attended the Alberta College of Art and Design; Carol majored in Ceramic Sculpture and Kevin in Visual Communications. Both self taught filmmakers, they are lifetime members of the QuickDraw Animation Society. Their animation studio Fifteeen Pound Pink Productions is named after a beloved, weighty feline.