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372: The Animation Team Behind Disney's 'Wish'

10.02.2023 - By Black Girl NerdsPlay

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In this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome the animation team behind the upcoming Disney adventure Wish.

Segment 1: Jennifer Lee (Exec Producer), is the chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) and is the writer/director of Frozen and Frozen 2  the latter of which continues to be the highest-grossing animated feature ever released.

Segment 2: Chris Buck (Director), previously directed Frozen 2 and the Oscar®

winning Frozen, along with fellow director Jennifer Lee, and both films went on to become the top two highest-grossing animated features ever released.

Fawn Veerasunthorn (Director): was previously head of story for

the Academy Award®-nominated Raya and the Last Dragon from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Veerasunthorn joined the Studio as a story artist in 2011 and has since contributed her talents to the Oscar®-winning feature films Frozen and Zootopia, as well as Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet and Frozen 2.

Host: Jamie

Music by: Sammus

Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

Wish premieres in theaters Nov 22nd.

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