Nelson Shin at Asian International Film Festival in Chicago this weekend

Thursday, September 28th, 2006 7:02AM CDT

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Nelson Shin, the director of the original animated Transformers Movie, will be appearing at the Asian International Film Festival this weekend in Chicago, IL. You can find out additional information about his appearance at Chicago Tribune's MetroMix website by clicking here.

From the MetroMix.com website: Screenings of recent work from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and the U.S., plus a panel discussion on the "Gundam" film series with director Yoshiyuki Tomino, a keynote address by director Nelson Shin ("Empress Chung," "Transformers: The Movie") and more.

Additional information about Nelson Shin from IMDB.com: Nelson Shin is the founder and president of Akom Productiion Co., Ltd. In the seventies, Shin worked as an animator at the DePatie-Freleng studio, where he worked on the "Pink Panther" films. He founded Akom in 1985, located in Seoul, South Korea. Much of the animation Shin's studio produced has been for American television. Some of Akom's credits are: "The Simpsons" (1989), "X-Men" (1992) and _"Invasion America"_ (1998).

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