Tag: Interview
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Directors Clare Knight and Harry Cripps for Back to the Outback – 154
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. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Back to the Outback A ragtag group of the world’s deadliest creatures – and one cute but utterly…
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Director Debbie Lum for Try Harder! – 151
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. Listen on Apple Podcasts 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…
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Director Jorge R. Gutiérrez and Sandra Equihua for Maya and the Three – 136
Welcome ridiculously creative couple Jorge R. Gutiérrez and Sandra Equihua to the podcast for their new Netflix limited series Maya and the Three. We chat about creative constraints, representation, classic movies, everyday sacrifices, and metal. Listen on Apple Podcasts. More about Maya and the Three In a fantastical world, where magic turns the world and…
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Director Chris Appelhans for Wish Dragon – 94
Welcome director Chris Appelhans for the new animated film Wish Dragon. We chat about the challenges of making a film under severe constraints, hilarious language misadventures in China, and the great Jackie Chan. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Wish Dragon In Sony Pictures Animation’s Wish Dragon, Din, a working-class college student with big dreams…
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Mike Rianda for The Mitchells vs. The Machines – 83
Welcome director Mike Rianda to chat about the power and perils of feedback, first films, explaining working in animation to your family, and of course his feature directorial debut, 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…
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Director Erick Oh for Opera – 76
We welcome Academy Award nominated director Erick Oh (on the week of the 93rd Academy Awards!) to talk about his short animated film Opera and how it sits at the intersection of film and fine art. Also the state of the animation industry, Asian / AAPI representation, and what it’s really like to have a…
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Jim Gaffigan for Troop Zero
A blast from the archives with actor Jim Gaffigan on Troop Zero, are hot dogs sandwiches, and finding your tribe. Filmed at the Sundance 2019 Film Festival More about Troop Zero In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl (Mckenna Grace) dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at…
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Supervising Animator Jude Brownbill for Pixar’s Soul – 42
Welcome Pixar’s Soul Supervising Animator Jude Brownbill to the episode! We talk about the challenges of the film, existential life questions, and leadership advice (especially for women in animation). Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Jude Brownbill Jude is a Supervising Animator on Pixar’s Soul . She was a Directing Animator on Cars 3 She…
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Ming-Na Wen Interview
Bringing out this interview with Ming-Na Wen from the archives in preparation for the 2020 release of Mulan on Disney+. Filmed at the Entertainment Weekly 2018 Comic-Con Bash. Little did I know at the time how relevant her answer about Star Wars would be. Her episode of The Mandalorian was somehow one of my favorites…
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David Arquette for You Cannot Kill David Arquette – 2
The titular star of You Cannot Kill David Arquette and THEDHK chat about wrestling, the WCW 2000 Heavyweight championship, what personal success means to him now, and of all things… puppets. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about You Cannot Kill David Arquette Branded as the most hated man in wrestling after winning a highly controversial…