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Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu Interview: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Welcome Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu to discuss Everything Everywhere All at Once, emotionally challenging scenes, expectations growing up, and AAPI representation on film. You can find our interview with directing duo DANIELS here. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Everything Everywhere All at Once Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert,…
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Directors Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) Interview: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Welcome DANIELS (aka Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) to talk about Everything Everywhere All at Once, purpose, parental expectations, unethical attention extraction, and eau de filmmaking. Recorded before the San Francisco premiere of the film. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Everything Everywhere All at Once : Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known…
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Director/Writer Domee Shi and Producer Lindsey Collins Interview: Turning Red
Welcome Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins to talk about first crushes, embarrassing teenage stories, complicated family dynamics, and of course their new Pixar film: Turning Red. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Turning Red Young actress Rosalie Chiang lends her voice to Mei Lee, a 13-year-old who suddenly “poofs” into a giant red panda when…
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Production Designer and Lead Character Designer Lindsey Olivares Interview: The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Welcome Lindsey Olivares to chat about specificity in design, the art of caricature, clarity in comedy, and production and character designing for The Mitchells vs. The Machines. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Mitchells vs the Machines From the humans who brought you the Academy Award®-winning Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse and The LEGO…
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Directors Dan Ojari, Mikey Please Interview: Robin Robin
Welcome freshly minted Academy Award nominees Dan Ojari and Mikey Please to talk about their stop-motion animated short Robin Robin, Aardman Animation’s production challenges, collecting habits, early filmmaking endeavors, and self-made merch. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about the film: Robin Robin is the tale of a small bird with a very big heart. After…
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Director Erick Oh, Producer Maureen Fan Interview: Namoo
Welcome back Academy Award nominated director Erick Oh and welcome to Baobab Studios CEO Maureen Fan. We chat about their new short animated film Namoo, embracing new technology, what the metaverse will mean for storytelling, and more! More about Namoo: Written and directed by Oscar®-nominated Erick Oh (Opera), Namoo is a hand-crafted, narrative poem come…
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Mokey and Wembley Fraggle Interview: Fraggle Rock: Return to Fraggle Rock
Mokey and Webmley Fraggle chat via Doozer tube with THE DHK about adventures, shortening the work week, and vibesssss. You can listen to a review of the show here. More about Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock: Jim Henson’s fun-loving, musical Fraggles are back! Join Gobo, Red, Wembley, Mokey, Boober, and new Fraggle friends on…
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Director Alberto Mielgo Interview: The Windshield Wiper
Welcome director Alberto Mielgo to discuss his new animated film The Windshield Wiper, his road from self-taught concept artist to director, why NFTs are a form of rebellion, and his time on Love Death + Robots’ The Witness and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Listen on Apple Podcasts. More about The Windshield Wiper: Inside a café,…
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Directors Clare Knight and Harry Cripps Interview: Back to the Outback
Welcome directors Clare Knight and Harry Cripps for their new animated Australian adventure, Back to the Outback. We discuss moving from editorial or writing to directing, common misconceptions, and spooky creatures. More about Back to the Outback: A ragtag group of the world’s deadliest creatures – and one cute but utterly obnoxious koala – escape…
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Director Debbie Lum Interview: Try Harder!
Welcome documentarian Debbie Lum to chat about her new film Try Harder!, college admissions, high school superlatives, and the ongoing process of Asian-American Pacific Islander representation on screen. More about Try Harder!: San Francisco’s Lowell High, one of the best public schools in the country, draws high achievers–nearly 70% Asian Americans–from across the city into…