We spoke with Jason Ryan, well known animation supervisor and educator, about finding his path into the animation industry, his transition from 2D to 3D, and his philosophies on animation education.

Speaking of Animation

Podcast: Jason Ryan

You’re getting double portions in this meaty podcast, that’s right, we’re talking BOTH Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films!!  Stephen, and some of the Cloudy 2 animation team, sat down with Animation Leads Alan Hawkins and Joshua Beveridge, and Senior Supervising Animator Pete Nash to get all the juicy tidbits on what went into […]

Podcast: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Double Feature

Legends unite when we sat down with Peter Ramsey to talk about his first feature film Rise of the Guardians!  Peter talked to us about what it was like to bring Santa Claus(North), the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, Sand Man(Sandy) and Jack Frost together to fight the Boogie Man(Pitch).  We go back to Peter’s beginnings as […]

Podcast: Rise of the Guardians

Happy Halloween! Wow, do we have a treat for you.  Jacob and Stephen were invited to a press junket for ParaNorman at the very fancy Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel were they were able to grab two fifteen minute interviews with ParaNorman co-directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell, and Lead Animator/Producer Travis Knight.  The podcast starts with […]

Podcast: ParaNorman

We’re back! Last year we teased with a photo taken of the front door of R&H.  We are incredibly excited to finally share that interview with you!! We sat down with a group of R&H’s super talented animation leadership to talk about their craft.  We learn about the struggles and rewards of working in the […]

Podcast: Rhythm & Hues

Making a sequel isn’t easy, especially when you are tasked to end a very popular and beloved franchise.   That was exactly the challenge Director Mike Mitchell and Head of Story, Walt Dohrn had to face with Shrek Forever After.  You will also recognize Walt as the voice of the villain in the film, Rumpelstiltskin.  […]

Podcast: Shrek Forever After

I hope you’re excited, because we are super excited to bring you our Jason Schleifer interview!!  Jason was very kind to sit down with us and talk about his amazing, and sometimes unbelievable, journey into animation.  From his very beginnings at Wavefront, all the way through The Lord of the Rings, and straight on to […]

Podcast: Jason Schleifer

In this interview we sat down with an amazing animator and supervisor, John Hill.    John was really fun to talk with and had so much to share.  We discuss how he got his start, working at Don Bluth,  animating Bartok in Anastasia, and most recently Rumpelstiltskin in Shrek Forever After.  We also dive in deep […]

Podcast: John Hill

We sat down with Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois to talk about How to Train Your Dragon. Chris and Dean have long been a creative team; their brief history includes writing together on Mulan, writing/directing Lilo and Stitch, and writing/directing How to Train Your Dragon. The two were gracious enough to spend time speaking with […]

Podcast: How to Train Your Dragon

After a long delay, we are very proud to bring you the Ted Ty Talk Back!  Ted sat down with us to answer YOUR questions about animation and follow-ups to his first podcast.  Thanks again Ted for being so generous with your time, and Thank you to all the listeners who sent in questions.  We […]

Podcast: Ted Ty Talk Back

The Disney Renaissance from 1984-1994 produced some of the most captivating and inspirational animated films of all time. The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, to name a few. Don Hahn (producer of countless Disney Films) and Peter Schneider (former President/Chairman of Walt Disney Feature Animation) sat down with us […]

Podcast: Waking Sleeping Beauty

We are excited to bring you our “Avatar” podcast with Richard Baneham! Richard sat down with us to discuss his role as the animation director on the film and to answer all of our questions about the animation process on Avatar.  He also gave us a brief back story on his amazing work on The […]

Podcast: Avatar with Richard Baneham!

In our second podcast we invited Steven P Gordon, David Weatherly, Ben Rush, and Ken Fountain to discuss the rather elusive subject of comedy.  Most of the time we all might jump in and try to make a shot funny based on things we’ve laughed at in life or in movies without really asking why […]

Podcast: Comedy In Animation

We are very excited to bring you our first Podcast with Ted Ty! Ted has a great amount of experience animating in both 2d and 3d. He’s worked on films such as Pocahontas, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and is currently working on Shrek Forever After.  Ted is also the Year Four […]