About - Ian Emes Print Shop

Ian Emes was the original Pink Floyd animator and creator of the Dark Side of The Moon concert films. The first ever synchronised interpretations of Pink Floyd music, Ian’s ground-breaking visuals were projected onto the famous circular screen – aka Mr Screen – at Wembley Arena in 1974.

Having previously used lighting effects for their performances, in 1972 Pink Floyd discovered Ian’s experimental animated film One of These Days, and thus found a way to expand the immersive impact of their concerts - ushering in a new era of concert technology not just for the band but for rock music as a whole.

As well as creating animations for other world-famous musicians, Ian continued to work with Pink Floyd, his animation a becoming founding style for the band. His Marching Crosses sequence for Us and Them was a source of inspiration for Roger Waters’ Marching Hammers – which Ian projected onto the real Berlin wall in 1990 when shooting sequences for The Wall - Live in Berlin, Roger Waters’ first solo performance after splitting from the band. Ian’s films were seen by over 300,000 people, then the biggest concert audience of all time.

In 2016 Ian’s iconic Time sequence was re-mastered for Waters’ epic projections in his sell-out Us and Them World Tour. The same year, Ian’s One of These Days animation revisited the circular screen in the Roman amphitheatre in David Gilmour’s Live at Pompei tour.

Ian’s last collaboration was his feature-length interpretation of Pink Floyd’s ultimate album The Endless River. His works have recently toured the world with the record-breaking Pink Floyd –Their Mortal Remains Exhibition. Ian garnered numerous international awards, including three BAFTAS and an OSCAR Nomination.

Directing Credits (Selected)

THE RAVEN – Queens of Mystery – Acorn / AMC – 2021 SPARRING WITH DEATH – Queens of Mystery – Acorn / AMC – 2021 THE ENDLESS RIVER – Pink Floyd – 2019 SMOKE & MIRRORS – Queens of Mystery – Acorn / AMC – 2018 MURDER IN THE DARK – Queens of Mystery – Acorn / AMC– 2018 NOTHING PART 14 – Pink Floyd – 2016 THE WAR OF THE WORLDS – Jeff Wayne – 2015 ICE – Paramount Pictures – 2001 THE INVISIBLE MAN – Universal – 2000 DEADLY SUMMER – C5 – 1997 THE MUNSTERS SCARY LITTLE CHRISTMAS – Universal – 1996 RIDLEY SCOTT ASSOCIATES – over 400 commercials – 1992 – 1998 THE WALL – LIVE IN BERLIN – Roger Waters – 1990 HOW TO BE COOL – Granada – 1988 THE YOB – The Comic Strip – C4 – 1988 THE BOX OF DELIGHTS – BBC – 1987 KNIGHTS & EMERALDS – Warner Brothers – 1986 GOODIE TWO SHOES – Paramount – 1984 THE CHAUFFEUR – Duran Duran – 1982 THE ORIENTAL NIGHTFISH – Paul and Linda McCartney – 1979 TUBULAR BELLS – Mike Oldfield – 1975 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON – Pink Floyd – 1974 ONE OF THESE DAYS – MEDDLE – Pink Floyd – 1973

Tours (Selected)

ROGER WATERS – THIS IS NOT A DRILL – 2019 ROGER WATERS – US + THEM – WORLD TOUR – 2017 DAVID GILMOUR – RATTLE THAT LOCK EUROPEAN TOUR – POMPEI – 2016 DAVID GILMOUR – ROYAL ALBERT HALL – 2016 PINK FLOYD – HOLLYWOOD BOWL – 1996 ROGER WATERS – THE WALL – LIVE IN BERLIN – 1990 MIKE OLDFIELD – TUBULAR BELLS – 1978 PINK FLOYD – KNEBWORTH – 1976 PINK FLOYD – WORLD TOUR – HOLLYWOOD BOWL – 1975 PINK FLOYD – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON – EMPIRE POOL WEMBLEY – 1974

Awards (Selected) British Animation Award Nomination – 2020 SXSW Nomination – 2020 Emmy Nomination – 2019 Emmy Nomination – 2017 British Animation Award – 2014 BAFTA Award – 2011 BAFTA Award – 2009 BAFTA Award Nomination – 2002 London International Award – 1992 RTS Directing Award – 1989 RTS Editing Award – 1989 BAFTA Award – 1984 OSCAR Nomination – 1984 Palme d’Or Nomination – 1979