Tag: Interview
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Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins for Turning Red – 185
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 for The Mitchells vs. The Machines – 180
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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Dan Ojari, Mikey Please for Robin Robin – 174
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 Robin Robin Robin Robin is the tale of a small bird with a very big heart. After…
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Erick Oh, Maureen Fan for Namoo – 169
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! Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Namoo Written and directed by Oscar®-nominated Erick Oh (Opera), Namoo is a…
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Mokey and Wembley Fraggle for 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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Alberto Mielgo for The Windshield Wiper – 166
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 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…