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Directing Animation Livecast

In-depth conversations with top producers and directors in the Animation Industry. Join director / animator Scott Wiser on his journey toward directing his first animated feature film. See the originals at http://youtube.com/scottwiseranimation

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00:43:53

#63 - Ratatouille Writer's New Stop Motion Film ~ The...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2025/02/10

Originally streamed on YouTube Live Feb 7, 2025. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.This fantastic new film floored Scott Wiser, so we had to interview Jim about his daring art project and why so many people should see and treasure this film! Jim Capobianco is an American film director, animator and screenwriter. He has worked as a story artist and storyboard artist for films such as The Lion King (1994), Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001),

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00:43:44

#62 - Trouble working with Creative Directors?...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2025/02/10

Originally streamed on YouTube Live on Jan 10, 2025. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.Blizzard Entertainment! Disney! Sony Animation! Illumination Entertainment! Visual Development Artist Sam Nielsen has worked for them and more: • Viz Dev @ Skydance Animation• Character Design and Environment Design for games at Bungie, Warner Brothers Games, Disney Interactive, Activision, NBC Universal, many others• Environment and Character Design for TV for Dreamworks TV, WildAid• Figurine Design for Sideshow

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00:44:18

#61 - The 21, Oscar Eligable animated short directed...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2024/12/07

Originally Streamed on YouTube Live Dec 6, 2024. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.Produced by a team of 70+ artists from more than 24 countries, in collaboration with the global Coptic community, "The 21" is up for an Oscar nomination in 2025 Director Tod Polson made this statement: The 2015 beheading of 21 Coptic Christians by ISIS sent shockwaves across the globe and left a deep, lasting impact on me personally. The martyrs’ steadfast faith in the face of overwhelming terror was, and continues

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00:19:57

#60 - Tony Bancroft - Full Satisfaction in a long...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2024/12/07

In person interview at the SLAnimation Expo. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. It was fascinating to see the difference in Tony from episode #1 of the Directing Animation Livecast till NOW! His attitudes were refreshing as as always it was a wonderful conversation. 1st interview: https://www.youtube.com/live/oMrfdY_w... Tony Bancroft is currently working on the 2D Light The World Animated feature film. has co-directed Mulan (1998), Animal Crackers, supervised the animation of Pumbaa in Lion King,

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00:47:07

#59 - Ron Friedman: Youtube Animation Instructor and...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2024/09/09

Originally Streamed on YouTube Live Sep 6, 2024. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.Ron Friedman and I had a wonderful conversation at the Salt Lake Animation Expo* BUT technology Failed us, so let's do it again! Let's talk about His Thirty Years as an animator on hand-drawn animated films such as The PageMaster and Swan Princess, which visual FX, video game animation, supervising animation for Pan's Labyrinth, to previsualizing films at The Third Floor to teaching future animators

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00:37:31

#58 - "Bloom"-ing an Indie Animated Feature Film with...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2024/08/04

Originally streamed on YouTube Live on Aug 2, 2024. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.Since Directing Animation Livecast Episode #2 starring Moonbot Co-founder Brandon Oldenburg, he has gone to develop Flight School Studio, The Immersive Department of Wonder, and now "InBetween" which got to show off development for it new feature film Bloom at Annecy 2024. As always, Brandon is an inspiring guy and this should be a great conversation! Interviewer Scott Wiser is currently supervising at

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00:24:31

#57 - A.I. Prankster and Tuttle Twins Animation...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2024/07/25

Uploaded to YouTube July 24, 2024. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.Since interview Story artist, consultant, director Mike Morris, I've been amused by his contributions to "collaborative posts" on LinkedIn. Knowing these "articles" are used to train AI, he trolls them in the funniest way and ironically earned the "Top Animation Voice Badge" on his LinkedIn profile at / animike But that's not what this episode about. It was a serious, great conversation

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00:32:15

#56 - Eli Harris - How to be a full-time voice actor...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2024/06/14

Posted on YouTube June 14, 2024. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.Met Eli Harris at the Salt Lake Animation Expo and he is a professional in every sense of the word, nicknamed "The Image Maker" because of the inspiring passion that comes from his voice acting. His advice, tips, and experience were fun topics for discussion! From his LinkedIn bio: I am Eli Harris, an award winning actor and voice artist in the industry. I am also known as the outstandingly smooth and versatile voice of

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00:25:20

#55 - Mike Mattesi - Dyanamic Drawing Force - Salt...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2024/06/14

Posted on YouTube May 31, 2024. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. At DrawingFORCE.com, Mike Mattesi, author of the FORCE drawing books and creator of the FORCE drawing theory teaches his drawing approach. Scott Wiser sat down with Mike at the Salt Lake Animation Expo for this challenging conversation about navigating the industry as an artist and about his love for animation and teaching! Mike Mattesi attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City to pursue a career in the comic book industry

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00:53:35

#54 - Andrew Chesworth ~ Disney Animator become...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2024/01/20

Originally Streamed on YouTube Live Jan 19, 2024. Audio Edited by Kiara Horowitz.Andrew Chesworth is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker living in Burbank, CA. You can see his latest project, The Brave Locomotive at: • The Brave Locomotive He co-wrote and co-directed the short film One Small Step at Taiko Studios. He was an animator for Disney on Frozen, Zootopia, Moana, Big Hero 6, Wreck-It Ralph, Feast, Get a Horse!, Inner Workings, and Olaf's Frozen Adventure. Previously, he was a

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00:52:00

#53 - Josh Carroll, Ben Rische ~ Heads of Creative...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2023/12/18

Originally streamed on YouTube Live Dec 13, 2023. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Josh Carroll and Ben Rische are such a powerful creative team that even though they've worked together for years and are currently on Steamroller Animation & Jalil Sadool's Spice Frontier, they're collaborating after hours on their own original Graphic Novel. Ben Rische is the Head of Story at Steamroller, but that's not all. He's a great character designer, 2D FX animator, etc

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01:28:40

#52 - AI: Good or Evil? ~ Animation industry expert...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2023/12/18

Originally streamed on YouTube Live Nov 3, 2023. Artificial Intelligence, more aptly named "machine learning" has been called both good and evil, so in this panel, we tried to have a balanced discussion with animation inustry experts to inspire animation students, business owners, studios, etc. Produced by Jordyn Curley and the Salt Lake Animation Expo. Panelists: Dana Ware - Cheif Creative Officer at ARound Chaz Walgamott - Illustrator and owner of Digital Gravy Animation

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01:06:38

#51 - Armand Serrano ~ Production Designer / viz-dev...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2023/10/07

Originally streamed on YouTube Live Oct 6, 2023. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Armand Serrano is a visual development artist, art director, and production designer for animated feature films and games specializing in environment design. He is currently working as a Production Designer for an unannounced biblical animated feature film slated for 2025. Armand is known for his works at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Sony Pictures Animation, and The Bible Project. His most recent

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01:03:54

#50 - 15 Pitches In 15 Minutes ~ Scott Wiser...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2023/09/19

15 feature film pitches in 15 minutes: Enchanted, A Goofy Movie, Tarzan director Kevin Lima interviews Scott Wiser about his directing and development process. Original Episode: https://youtu.be/gzfeitSyfQc Extended: Pitches 1-10: • TEN PITCHES for Animated FEATURE FILM... Pitches 11-15: • Episode #50 EXTENDED - 5 New Film Pi... Scott Wiser is currently supervising at Steamroller Studios and has written and directed for Spacestation Animation. He is the creator of 15 deeply meaningful

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00:47:26

#49 - Chris Wall ~ Wingfeather Saga and Veggie Tales...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2023/08/20

Originally Streamed on YouTube Live Aug 18, 2023. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Chris is a creator of family and faith-infused entertainment such as the Wingfeather Saga now streaming on Angel Studios' Platform. He spent over a decade producing 16 movies for the venerated VeggieTales franchise. That included the wildly successful "Wonderful Wizard of Ha's," "Saint Nicholas" and "Noah's Ark." During that time, he also oversaw the multi-national team to

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00:46:40

#48 - Eric Koenig ~ Director of The Simpsons and...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2023/07/24

Originally Streamed on YouTube Live July 21, 2023. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. He's not only directed the Simpsons and HouseBroken, but also animated on classics such as Cat's Don't Dance, Prince of Egypt, and The Tigger Movie. Join Eric Koenig and Scott Wiser as we discuss his long, successful career and his directing Philosophy! You can follow Eric at https://www.instagram.com/flyingacepi... And his webcomic at: https://www.rachelericwedding.com/ Interviewer Scott Wiser is

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00:48:19

#47 - Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken ~ Dreamworks Head...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2023/07/01

Originally Streamed on YouTube Live June 30, 2023. Audio Edited by Kiara Horowitz. With this new Dreamworks film In theaters June 30, let's have a second conversation with Head of Story, Glenn Harmon, formerly the Head of Story at Skydance Animation, with storyboarding tips he picked up on projects as Boss Baby, All Hail King Julien, Hotel Transylvania, and Smurfs. See Glenn's work at: https://www.instagram.com/thegr8ful_dad Interviewer Scott Wiser is currently supervising at Steamroller

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00:52:06

#46 - Aaron Augenblick ~ City Island ~ How to create...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2023/06/21

Originally Streamed on YouTube Live June 16, 2023. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Aaron Augenblick, in his own production company was worked on: City Island (PBS KIDS) Headspace (Netflix), Losers (Netflix), The Jellies (Adult Swim), Ugly Americans (Comedy Central), Superjail! (Adult Swim), and Wonder Showzen (MTV), etc. Augenblick Studios' independent cartoons have been seen in film festivals throughout the world. Their short film Golden Age was an official selection of the Sundance Film

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00:44:34

#45 - Ross Venokur ~ Writing and directing Rally Road...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2023/05/20

Originally streamed on YouTube Live May 12th, 2023. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Ross has written and directed three CG features, including Charming starring Demi Lovato, Sia, Avril Lavigne, Ashley Tisdale, and John Cleese — released globally on Netflix in 2020. Ross has written original pilots and screenplays for Disney, Fox, Walden Media, Warner Brothers, DreamWorks, Sony, Universal, The Jim Henson Co., Playtone, Vanguard Anima7on, Jersey Films, 1492, ABC, UPN, Carsey-Werner, The WB, ConcaCo,

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00:57:46

#44 - Nora Twomey, Cartoon Saloon Producer Director ~...

Directing Animation Livecast ·

2023/04/22

Originally Streamed on YouTube Live Apr 21, 2023. Audio Edited by Kiara Horowitz. Meet Cartoon Saloon's premiere Producer and Director of The Breadwinner (Oscar Nominated), My Father's Dragon, Secret of Kells, etc. How has her leadership impacted one of the most unique animation studios in the world? Let's deep dive into Nora's process. Interviewer Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or

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