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In today's episode, I interview Nick Spake, author of the new book series, Bright and Shiny: A History of Animation at Award Shows.

Listen to hear about how he approached breaking the book up from one long volume into the three separate volumes we have today, the long history of animation and how it permeates nearly every film made today, and what the future or animation might hold in general and when it comes to awards recognition.

Books mentioned in this episode include:

• Bright and Shiny: A History of Animation at Award Shows (Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3) by Nick Spake
• After Disney: Toil, Trouble, and the Transformation of America's Favorite Media Company by Neil O'Brien

Films and TV shows mentioned in this episode include:

• The Lion King directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
• Up directed by Pete Docter
• Beauty and the Beast directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
• Flow directed by Gints Zilbalodis
• The Ten Commandments directed by Cecil B. DeMille
• Ben-Hur directed by William Wyler
• Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg
• Tron directed by Steven Lisberger
• KPop Demon Hunters directed by 
• "Butterfly" directed by Florence Miailhe
• "Retirement Plan" directed by John Kelly
• "The Girl Who Cried Pearls" directed by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski
• "Forevergreen" directed by Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears
• "The Three Sisters" directed by Konstantin Bronzit
• E. T. The Extraterrestrial directed by Steven Spielberg
• American Beauty directed by Sam Mendes
• The Empire Strikes Back directed by Irvin Kershner
• Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarantino
• My Dinner with Andre directed by Louis Malle
• The Big Lebowski directed by Joel Coen

Follow Nick on Instagram @cartooncontender and visit his website cartooncontender.com for more great content about animation.

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