Paul Franklin receives honorary doctorate from Bournemouth University

Along with co-founding British visual effects facility Double Negative, Paul Franklin has gained international acclaim for his work with Christopher Nolan which resulted in him winning an Oscar and a BAFTA for Inception (2010).  To honour his career as well as his contributions of being a guest practitioner lecturer to computer animation students, Franklin became Doctor of Arts at Bournemouth University today at the graduation ceremony for students from BU's Media School.

Professor John Vinney, Vice-Chancellor at Bournemouth University, stated in a press release, "Bournemouth University takes great pride in our Honorary Graduates. We recognise people who have excelled in their chosen field who will act as inspirational role models, both for our graduates and their families at the awards ceremonies and for our whole student body in the coming years.  We are, once again, delighted with the high calibre of our Honorary Doctorates and look forward to welcoming them into our university community."

Paul Franklin told the new graduates, “I’m very fond of Bournemouth University.   I’ve long worked with the students and a lot of them have become my colleagues over the years." The veteran visual effects supervisor added,  “There isn’t a day that goes by when I don’t draw on the experiences and things that I learnt myself when I was an undergraduate a long, long time ago.  You just begin to realise as your life goes on that it is really the beginning of something absolutely fantastic.”