# animate! › Films › How to Get Rid of Information by Damian Gascoigne

Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/howtogetridofinformation/

Discovery terms: 1990s animation, projected animation, live action and animation, information overload, sleep, media saturation, narrative short, filmmaker, illustrator, animation director

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**How to Get Rid of Information** a film by Damian Gascoigne

1998, 7 min 10 sec

![How to Get Rid of Information, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/howtogetridofinformation02.jpg)

### a film by Damian Gascoigne

### animate! synopsis

The original story: a man in a room besieged by the world. High drama as he fights off rogue and random information swoops. An anti-cable/satellite film, this is a manifesto for simple living.

### key credits

**director**
Damian Gascoigne

**actor**
Guy Dartnell

**lighting camera**
Phil Burgess

**production designer**
Clem Thomas

**production manager**
Amanda Tinker

**editor**
Lisa Gunning

**music**
Ben Park

**dubbing mixer**
Nigel Heath

**How to Get Rid of Information** film, stills and other materials © Damian Gascoigne 1998