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. 

More about Back to the Outback:

A ragtag group of the world's deadliest creatures - and one cute but utterly obnoxious koala - escape from a Sydney zoo to find their home in the Outback, where they'll be loved for who they are and not what they look like.

Starring: Isla Fisher, Tim Minchin, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Miranda Tapsell, Angus Imrie, Keith Urban, Aislinn Derbez, Diesel La Torraca, Jack Charles, Celeste Barber, Gia Carides, Rachel House, Wayne Knight, Aaron Pedersen, Lachlan Power, Kylie Minogue, Kiara Marr, and Jacki Weaver.

More about Clare Knight:

Clare Knight A.C.E. (née Clare de Chenu) is Net ix Animation’s first female director taking the helm of Back to the Outback alongside director Harry Cripps. She was previously best known for her work as Lead Editor of the entire Dreamworks Kung Fu Panda franchise. She was also at the editorial helm for the Lego franchise on Lego 2: The Second Part.

More about Harry Cripps:

Born in Sydney, Australia, Harry attended the Victorian College of Arts in Melbourne. After he graduated he started his career, creating, writing and directing plays in Melbourne and Sydney, and developing TV series for Fox Studios Australia. He worked at Dreamworks Animation from 2012-2017 on several animated  lms including Kung Fu Panda 3 and his own original screenplay Larrikins. He recently adapted Penguin Bloom and The Dry.

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