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The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast

The Bancroft Brothers

Twin animators Tom and Tony Bancroft get together and talk about their Disney Animation past, the present animation business, and the future of animation. Interviews with talented artists, inspirational words, and wild speculation will help you grow as a person - or not. Sponsored by TaughtByAPro.com - your destination for the art instruction you need. See http://taughtbyapro.com for online animation, character design, illustration, comic arts, cartoon creation and more.

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01:16:57

Flashback Friday: Glen Keane

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2023/04/28

By popular request! The Bancroft Brothers are opening our archives to some of our most popular and hard to find classic episodes! Our first “retro” release is Podcast 8- our first Glen Keane interview! Enjoy hearing us geek out about Glen and his amazing career!

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53:56

Favorite Things

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2023/04/14

In this fun episode, the twins take a break from interviews and talk about some of their favorite animated animators, movies, TV shows, all-time artists and “the film that got away”. Enjoy!

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44:09

AI, Art and Animation

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2023/03/31

In this episode, Tom and Tony discuss their thoughts on Artificial Intelligence and its effects on art and animation. They also dig into their thoughts on the popular Corridor Crew video that they were featured in and the story behind how that video was created. AI is here to stay, so let's talk about what we need to be thinking about as artists and where things are headed!

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01:01:41

“Moving Pixels” Animators Talk about Animation

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2023/03/18

“Moving Pixels” Animators Talk about Animation Anna Gopin (“Lightyear”, “The Mitchells vs the Machines”), Toniko Pantoja (“The Croods: A New Age”, “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts”), and Andrew Gordon (“Ron’s Gone Wrong”, “Incredibles 2”, “Finding Dory”)

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01:16:30

“Marcel The Shell with Shoes On" - Jenny Slate, Dean...

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2023/03/03

As part of the Bancroft Bros Oscar 2023 series, we talk to the creators of the first A24 animated film, “Marcel The Shell with Shoes On “. We interview Dean Fleischer Camp (Director of the film) and Kirsten Lepore (Animation Director) and SNL star/actress Jenny Slate (co-creator and voice of Marcel)! Some amazing Oscar- specific stories are shared that will surprise you about this intimate and beloved film!

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32:03

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse Creators

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2023/02/17

Here is our interview with the co-directors and producer of the nominated animated short, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and the Horse. Based upon the award-winning book by Charley Mackesy and directed by him and co-director Peter Baynton and produced by Cara Speller

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42:11

Rodney Clouden and Steve Loter

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2023/02/03

Disney TV show Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur! We interviewed the show’s Producer’s Rodney Clouden and Steve Loter.

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01:02:49

Lightbox Expo Director’s Panel

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2023/01/22

In this epic podcast, Tony flies solo as moderator for an amazing panel of Animation Directors that was originally a live event at LightBox Expo 2022! So few made it into the room that this will be BRAND NEW for our listeners! Listen as Tony speaks with directors Chris Sanders (Lilo and Stitch), Brenda Chapman (Brave), Chris Williams (The Sea Beast), and Jill Culton (Abominable). Learn from the best how they craft a story into a blockbuster feature film!

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01:01:40

Brian Volk-Weiss

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2023/01/06

"How to Get Your "Geek" idea sold!" - The Bros that Knows take a different path in this interview with Brian Volk-Weiss, the producer of many comedy specials and the well known docu-series "The Toys That Made Us" and "Icons: Unearthed" spotlighting the making of the Simpsons! Find out how Hollywood works behind the scenes with this ICON-ic producer!

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52:44

Bancroft Brothers Looking Forward Hash It Out

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2022/12/23

As 2022 comes to a close, the Bancroft Bros discuss where the animation industry sits and where it seems to be headed in 2023. Listen and let us know what you think lies ahead in 2023!

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57:36

Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson - Pinocchio on...

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2022/12/09

In this EPIC podcast, the Bancroft Bros celebrate Netflix's newest animated film, "Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio" by interviewing, not one, but FOUR team members- the directors, Guillermo Del Toro and Mark Gustafson first, and then Supervising animator Brian Leif Hansen and character fabricator Georgina Hayns! This is the podcast to listen to BEFORE you watch the BEST Pinocchio film since the OG from the 40s! Let's do this!

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51:18

Arcane Interview - Lightbox Expo

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2022/11/25

The Bros went to Lightbox Expo 2022 and held a LIVE podcast with a standing room-only crowd about the amazing Netflix show “Arcane” ! Co-creator Alex Yee and Executive Producer Melinda Dilger open up about how it all started and tell some BTS stories!

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29:31

Oni: Thunder God’s Tale - Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi,...

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2022/11/11

Hi Gang! This week’s Podcast for Friday will be our interview with the creators of Netflix’s new limited animated series "Oni: Thunder God’s Tale”. We had the pleasure to interview, via zoom, The co-creator/ Director Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi, the Exec Producer Robert Kondo and the Producer Sara Sampson. It was a short interview becuase of some tech problems and their limited time. The zoom call audio is up on the Dropbox and ready for cutting.There are no sponsors mentioned in our interview so we

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55:59

Patrick McHale LIVE

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2022/10/29

When you think of "Fall and animation" combined, how do you NOT think about "Over the Garden Wall"?!? In this podcast, Tom and Tony host a podcast with the creator of that fall animated classic, Patrick McHale, hosted LIVE at Lipscomb University! What's Patrick up to now, will there ever be more OTGW, and who/what are his inspirations will surely be discussed!

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01:10:56

Henry Selick

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2022/10/21

OH YEAH- we got the director of "A Nightmare Before Christmas" talking with the Bancrofts in HALLOWEEN MONTH! Better yet, we not only talk about that classic film but also his NEW upcoming Halloween film, co-written and produced with the great Jordan Peele: "Wendell and Wild" coming from Netflix! If you love creepy stop motion films (Corpse Bride, Coraline, Frankenweenie, anyone?) then this is the podcast episode for you!

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51:51

Hash It Out - “Should you do Art Challenges?"

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2022/10/07

The Brothers discuss the pros and cons of online drawing challenges in this episode. (SPOILER ALERT: It's mostly "pros"!) While talking about all of them out there, we realize that Inktober is about to start and we make a challenge and pick a theme for what we will draw, starting now! Oh, yeah, it's creepy and full of Disney magic!

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55:11

“The Mighty Ones” - Sunil Hall & Greg Miller

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2022/09/23

The brothers Bancroft dive into what it takes to pitch and show-run an animated series for Dreamworks with this episode! Hulu’s “The Mighty Ones” is starting its 2nd season, and we interview co-creator, Sunil Hall and Exec Producer, Greg Miller about how it started as an idea to final series and the path it took along the way!

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01:01:30

How To Start a Virtual Animation Studio

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2022/09/09

"How To Start a Virtual Animation Studio" - In this special edition of the Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast, Tony interviews Tom about his recently launched animation company: Pencilish Studios. In this discussion, Tom opens up about why he started the company at the start of a worldwide pandemic, what's different now from when the major studios were launching back in the 40s, and what new ways of funding there are for launching your dream company!

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59:27

Miyazaki Appreciation Episode

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2022/08/26

The Bancroft Bros finally talk anime! More specifically, they talk about the profound influence that Hayao Miyazaki - and Studio Ghibli- had on us and the Disney studios in the 90s!

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01:16:46

Stephen Silver

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast ·

2022/08/05

While the cat is away, the mouse will play! With Tom out of town, Tony goes it alone with long time friend and Character Designer of the OG Kim Possible and Clerks, Stephen Silver! Tony and Stephen have an informal discussion about artistic influences, finding joy in your life and his new job as a artistic recruiter at Walt Disney TV Animation. He has gone from being an artist who showed his portfolio to Disney to now being the one to review portfolios for Disney! And he has a lot to say about how

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