The Albert Chessa Podcast

Barry J. Kelly is an American animation director, storyboard artist and editor best known for his work at Titmouse and for helping shape the visual identity of Star Trek: Lower Decks. Originally from Nebraska, Kelly has spent nearly two decades working across television animation, short-form storytelling and franchise projects, developing a career that has moved from editorial and storyboarding in...

Tommie Earl Jenkins is an American actor, voice artist, musician and performance-capture performer best known for bringing Die-Hardman to life in Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding and returning to the world of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach as Charlie and Die-Hardman. Born in Ohio, Jenkins built an unusually varied international career across stage, television, film, music and voice performance, spe...

Darren Jacobs is a British actor, voice artist, writer and performance-capture performer best known for bringing Heartman to life in Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Jacobs began his career in the performing arts before developing a wide-ranging body of work across stage, film, television, animation and games. As Heartman, whose...

Daniel Roebuck is an American actor, writer, director and producer best known for a remarkably varied career across film, television and games, including The Fugitive, Lost and the Star Wars Jedi series. After emerging as the troubled Samson in River’s Edge, Roebuck became a prolific character actor, playing Deputy Marshal Robert Biggs alongside Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive an...

Alexander O. Smith is a writer, translator and localization director best known for shaping the English-language voices of acclaimed Japanese games including Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy XII and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. After studying classical Japanese literature at Harvard, Smith joined Square’s emerging localization team, developing an approach that treated translation as creative adaptati...

Nick Suttner is a writer, podcaster and game-industry advocate best known for his thoughtful work on distinctive, auteur-driven games, including Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian: An Extraordinary Story. Beginning as a games journalist at EGM and 1UP.com, Suttner later worked in developer relations at PlayStation, helping champion independent creators and unusual projects. His books com...

Randall Lobb is a Canadian writer, director and producer best known for his deeply researched pop-culture documentaries through Definitive Film, including Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power of Grayskull. Based in Ontario, Lobb developed an approach rooted in research, intimate interviews and fan-led storytelling, treating comics, cinema and fantasy w...

Richey Beckett is a Welsh artist, illustrator and designer best known for his richly ornamental monochrome work and long-running collaborations with bands including Mastodon, Deftones and Baroness. Raised in Wales, Beckett developed a distinctive visual language rooted in mythology, medieval engraving, folklore, sacred iconography and Art Nouveau draftsmanship, producing artwork that feels simulta...

Skinner is an American artist, illustrator and animator best known for his vividly detailed “psychedelic nightmare” imagery and collaborations with bands like Mastodon. Born in California, he left his job during the 2008 economic downturn to pursue art full-time, using the moment as a test of resilience that quickly evolved into a prolific, multidisciplinary career spanning painting, sculpture, in...

Myles Langlois is a Canadian animator, writer, voice actor and director best known as the creator of Apollo Gauntlet. Born in Winnipeg, he first developed the cult series as an independent web project for the Rug Burn YouTube channel before adapting it into an Adult Swim original in 2017. Known for his offbeat humour, retro-inspired visuals and distinctive voice work, Langlois has built a reputati...

Kyle Card (@TheOnsenGuy) is a Canadian actor and television presenter based in Japan, known for his work in Japanese film, series and interactive media, as well as his reporting for NHK World, and his YouTube series exploring Japan’s onsen culture.

Duncan Birnie is a UK-based freelance lighting camera operator, cinematographer and photographer working across broadcast television, factual entertainment and branded content. His craft spans dynamic camera work, lighting design and visual storytelling, alongside landscape and aerial photography featured in publications and used across broadcast platforms.

Sarah Blakely is an Australian artist and maker behind NazFX Studios, an independent creative studio specialising in handmade plush sculptures, character art and bespoke soft-sculpture pieces inspired by games, film and fandom culture. Her work includes unique plush interpretations of iconic characters from franchises such as The Last Guardian and a range of other fan-driven designs, developed thr...

Philip Mitchell is an Australian podcaster and host of Dreamspace: A Dark Crystal Podcast, a long-running series dedicated to news, discussion, lore and interviews related to The Dark Crystal universe. The show has evolved over years and covers the wider creative world surrounding Jim Henson’s fantasy franchise.