By Carolyn Giardina

“Alien: Romulus” writer/director Fede Alvarez will deliver a keynote address at the View Conference. The 25th annual VFX and animation event takes place October 14-19 in Turin, Italy.

Alec Gillis, creature FX designer for "Alien: Romulus," will also be on View, where he will give a presentation titled "Practical Character Effects and Why They Still Matter." Gillis will discuss "Alien: Romulus," as well as his work on films such as "Aliens," "Predator," "Starship Troopers" and "Death Becomes Her."

Multi-hyphenate Alvarez is a Uruguayan filmmaker who made his directorial debut with the 2013 remake of "Evil Dead," which he also wrote. He wrote, directed, and produced "Don't Breathe" and "Don't Breathe 2," and produced and wrote 2022's "Texas Chainsaw Massacre." In television, Alvarez created, directed, and wrote the Apple TV+ series "Calls," an English adaptation of the French series of the same name, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Motion Design and earned Alvarez a WGA nomination for Adapted Short New Media.