By Carolyn Giardina

Merlin Crossingham, who co-directed with Nick Park on "Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl," and Simon Otto, who directed "That Christmas," are among the latest speakers to join the lineup for View Conference, the annual VFX and animation conference held October 14-19 in Turin, Italy.

Otto, the animation supervisor on the “How To Train Your Dragon” trilogy, makes his directorial debut with the upcoming Richard Curtis-scripted holiday film for Netflix. Crossingham’s time at “Wallace & Gromit” studio Aardman Animation included the Emmy-nominated “Creature Comforts America.” “Vengeance Most Fowl,” featuring the return of Wallace and Gromit’s “Wrong Trousers” nemesis, the villainous penguin Features McGraw, is coming to Netflix this winter.

View will also host a session on the Marvel hit “Deadpool & Wolverine,” featuring VFX supervisor Sven Gilberg, who was previously nominated for a VFX Oscar for “Fall Guy” and “Real Steel.”