An afternoon out with an AT-AT. Happy weekend everybody! Directed and made by French Canadian autodidact filmmaker Patrick Boivin, who specialises in live action and stop motion animation, the clip has racked up over 100,000 views since it was first posted. As the director mentioned, “When I was a kid, there are two things I wanted badly and never got: A real dog and a Kenner AT-AT Walker.”
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About the Director
Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in addition to directing, Patrick is often involved in the lighting, editing, animation, special effects and even music in his films. His short film Ça pis tout l’reste (That, and everything else) was chosen by Quebec Gold as one of the top 10 short films from Quebec in 2008. Boivin was one of the group of nine “autodidact” writers who produced an experimental television series “Phylactere Cola” for Canadian television that aired in 2002-2003, who were all cartoonists who had met years earlier and produced over 400 sketches. His films have been featured at many international film festivals around the world, including the Montreal World Film Festival, the Commonwealth Film Festival (UK), and the Festival de Namur (Belgium). Other viral films he has made include Iron Baby and Dragon Baby.