Directing Animation Livecast

Originally recorded on YouTube Live on March 6, 2020. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books and short films).  

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Jasmine and Mike co-founded the https://academyofanimatedart.com/ and have helped several students break into the industry as lighters and animators.  

Jasmine Katatikarn is currently a Senior Lighting Technical Director at Blue Sky Studios. Her lighting credits include Ferdinand, Peanuts, Rio 2, Epic, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Rio, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Ghost Town, and The Nanny Diaries.  

Michael Tanzillo is currently a Senior Lighting TD at Blue Sky Studios. His lighting credits include Rio 2, Epic, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Rio, Scrat’s Continental Crack-up, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Peanuts and Ferdinand. https://www.instagram.com/michaeltanz...

Originally recorded live on YouTube Feb 6, 2020. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Interview by Scott Wiser:

A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books) 

Get updates from Scott Wiser by:  1. Subscribing to this channel and/or 2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow 

From Wikipedia: Kevin Lima (born June 12, 1962) is an American film director who has directed a number of Disney films including his debut film A Goofy Movie in 1995, Tarzan (1999), 102 Dalmatians (2000), and Enchanted (2007). He is married to Brenda Chapman, the head of story of The Lion King (1994) and co-director of The Prince of Egypt (1998) and Brave (2012).  

Kevin & Brenda now have their own production company, 'Twas Entertainment.  

Correction: The film "Come Away" was not a 'Twas Entertainment Production.

Originally recorded on YouTube live Jan 4, 2020. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books)  

Get updates from Scott Wiser by:  1. Subscribing to this channel and/or 2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow  

See Glenn's work at: https://www.instagram.com/thegr8ful_dad 

Glenn is the Head of Story at Skydance Animation, drawing on his experience on such projects as Boss Baby, All Hail King Julien, Hotel Transylvania, and Smurfs.

Originally recorded on YouTube live Dec 6, 2019. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books)  

Get updates from Scott Wiser by:  1. Subscribing to this channel and/or 2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow  

See Robert Kondo's work at: https://www.instagram.com/robertkondo/ http://www.tonkohouse.com/ 

Robert Kondo began his career in visual development on Ratatouille, Monsters University, and Good Dinosaur and moved on to co-direct the Oscar-nominated Dam Keeper with Dice Tsutumi at their inspiring studio, Tonko House.

Originally recorded on YouTube live Nov 1, 2019. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books)  

Get updates from Scott Wiser by:  1. Subscribing to this channel and/or 

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Follow Brenda at: https://www.instagram.com/brendaagilb... 

Brenda Gilbert is the co-founder of BRON Media Corp and the President of BRON Animation. Intimately involved in the daily operations of the studio, Gilbert is also instrumental in facilitating team development and corporate planning at BRON Media. Gilbert's background includes many years at the British Columbia Securities Commission where she worked in the Finance, Enforcement, Legal and Communications Divisions. Gilbert also co-founded Bron Management in 1999, and has worked alongside on various licensing and production initiatives.

Originally recorded live on YouTube Oct 1, 2019. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books)  

Get updates from Scott Wiser by:  1. Subscribing to this channel and/or 2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow  

Follow Brandon at: https://www.instagram.com/flightschoo... https://twitter.com/Brandonbot https://flightschoolstudio.com/ 

Oscar-winning Brandon Oldenburg was there from the founding of ReelFX, co-founded Moonbot Studio, and co-founded Flight School Studio where he currently dazzles the world with new virtual reality experiences.

Originally recorded on YouTube live Sep 10, 2019. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books)  

Originally recorded live on Youtube

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Follow Tony Bancroft at: https://www.instagram.com/pumbaaguy/

His Book: https://www.amazon.com/Directing-Anim... 

Tony Bancroft has co-directed Mulan, Animal Crackers, supervised the animation of Pumbaa in Lion King, and wrote the book on Directing for Animation. He is a force for good in the industry and a great example for me!