Animation Industry Podcast

Support this podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/theAIP This chat features Cameron Slayden, the CEO at Microverse Studios, a mechanism of action (MOA) animation producer, and Clinical Assistant Professor at UIC. What makes this chat interesting is that Slayden is in the field of medical and scientific animation - a very niche field that you need a degree in scientific illustration for. In their ch...

This chat features freelance stop motion artist, sculptor, and educator, Annie Wong who goes by the online persona of Headexplodie. She shares how she’s developed her unique style which brands absolutely love - that’s why she’s been able to work with clients like Vans, Giphy, and Adult Swim. She was also a contestant on the HBO reality show Craftopia. Tune in to Ibele and Wong to hear: *The activi...

Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theAIP Check out Luhan Wang’s art on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lu.gnaw/?hl=en Listen to Willum Maindo’s music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5W27B2CplHnE9lXLdLJNnG This chat features Toronto-based stop motion and 2D animator Terry Ibele. Ibele is actually the creator of this podcast and for episode 200, he brings on h...

Support this podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/theAIP This chat is featuring Canadian Director Andy Coyle, who is best known for his work on the Annie award-winning Netflix series, Hilda. Besides this, he’s also released his own YouTube series called, “Don’t Walk Home Alone After Dark,” received nearly 200 thousand views right after he uploaded it. He’s going to share how he’s been able to creat...

Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theAIP This chat features Harry Chaskin who’s made a career as a freelance stop motion artist. He’s worked on Netflix’s Buddy Thunderstruck, HBO Max’s Santa Inc, as well as projects for FX and Warner. Recently, Chaskin directed, produced, and animated his 15-minute original stop motion/live action mix film Steel Cut Oats. He reveals how the...

Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theAIP This chat features Asli Bulut, a Development Production Manager at Industrial Brothers in Toronto. She shares more of the fancy business side of animation as well as the ins and outs of what she does as a development production manager. She also has an extremely interesting career journey coming from Turkey to pursue animation develop...

Support this podcast on Patreon: https://patreon.com/theAIP This chat features Pattama Homrod, a mixed media artist from Thailand who specializes in stop motion and 2D animation. She is known for her extremely cute films Little Miss Dungjai, Autumn Was Here and Heads Up!. In this chat she shares her journey of getting into animation in Thailand, including what opportunities exist there for animato...

This chat is with Mac Whiting who is the Supervising Animation Director at Warner Bros. Animation. Over his career he’s worked on projects like Harley Quinn, The SpongeBob Movie, Teen Titans Go Vs. Teen Titans, and most recently the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. In our chat he shares his journey from pursuing a fine arts degree to getting his first job as a storyboard revisionist and wo...

This chat features German art book publisher Spirodn Giannakis. Giannakis has been working in print media since 2006, but started his own book publishing business in 2017. Since then he’s published nearly two dozen art books featuring prominent illustrators like Yesper Eising, Alex Konstad, and Abigail Larson. He is also the chief editor af CGMA’s magazine ‘NEXUS’ and a creative consultant for eve...

This chat is with Merve Çaydere, who is a Turkish animation director, designer, and model maker specializing in stop-motion animation. She is currently a Set Designer at Laika Studios, and she recently worked on Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio as well. In their chat, Çaydere shares her journey from Turkey to the United States in pursuit of stop motion set building and all the ups and downs that hap...

This chat is with Cut the Mustard Animation Studio Director Liam Gilbey. Gilbey was featured as a guest on episode 67 of this podcast back in the spring of 2020, when he had just graduated university and was starting Cut the Mustard with a group of friends. Fast forward to today, Gilbey gives an update on how far the studio has come and where it’s going. Tune in to Ibele and Gilbey to hear: *The s...

This chat features Dutch multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker, Robert-Jonathan Koeyers, who shares the ins and outs of creating his recent 2D animated film, “It’s Nice in Here.” Koyeres studied animation at Rotterdam and this is his first film out of school which premiered at Cannes and has since been Oscar shortlisted. Tune in to Ibele and Koeyers to hear: *How Koeyers received funding to hire...

This chat is with a 2D animator from Portugal named Laura Gonçalves. She is known for animated films like Drop by Drop, Three Weeks in December, and her most recent, The Garbage Man. She shares how she worked with the BAP Animation Studio collective to produce her film. Tune in to Ibele and Gonçalves to hear: *How Gonçalves received funding for her film in Portugal *What options you have pursuing...

This chat features German stop motion animator Eliott Deshusses, who shares what the stop motion industry is like in Germany and how he got into it. Deshusses studied at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and has an incredible reel of really fascinating and unique stop motion projects that have included work with some big brands like Audi, Miracle Whip, Universal, and Yamaha. Tune in to Ibele and Desh...

This chat features legendary Disney Animator, Chris Bailey, who’s animated on The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, The Lion King, and more. Most recently Bailey directed The Great Wolf Pack: A Call to Adventure, Great Wolf Lodge’s first animated feature film - bringing about an interesting discussion around branded animated films. Tune in to Ibele and Bailey to hear: *Bailey’s number one t...

This chat features Filmmaker, Faculty of Sheridan College’s Animation Program, and Author of the go-to-book on stop motion filmmaking, Chris Walsh. Walsh shares how he used the pandemic's lockdown to set up a home stop motion studio and produce an 8-minute film about a skeleton assassin looking to mend a broken heart. Tune in to Ibele and Walsh to hear: *The cost to build a home stop motion studio...

This chat features two seasoned stop motion animators - Malcolm Lamont and Jeff Riley. Together, Lamont and Riley have worked on nearly every major stop motion feature film including Corpse Bride, Coraline, Box Trolls, Kubo, and most recently, Wendell & Wild where they both served as Animation Supervisors. In this chat they share how they worked their way into feature stop motion as well as all th...

This chat features Future House Animation Studio’s Director and Animation Supervisor Ryan Bird and Founder Adam Sidwell. In our chat they’re going to share how they’ve been building client projects within the metaverse like virtual concerts, sales meetings, and games, and how they started working in VR in the first place. Tune in to Ibele, Bird, and Sidwell to hear: *How Future House sells clients...

This chat is with animation editor Stephanie Earley, who’s worked on The Awesomes, Bob’s Burgers, and Central Park. She shares how she got her start as an assistant editor and worked her way up to lead, as well as the ins and outs of the job, including what software studios use, how she makes cuts, and how editors are hired for animation. Tune in to Ibele and Earley to hear: *How much social media...

This chat is with Planetary Science Video Producer and Animator, James Tralie, who shares how he took a u-turn from geophysics into animation. Throughout his career he’s also worked with clients like Facebook, Taco Bell, MIT, Marshmello, and Fiji Water - and on top of this he also runs a YouTube channel teaching Blender. Tune in to Ibele and Tralie to hear: *How Tralie broke into the industry with...

This chat features CEO of Brain Zoo Studios - a studio he founded in LA 27 years ago - Mo Davoudian. During his time at Brain Zoo, Davoudian has worked with clients like Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy, Call of Duty, and Lego. In this chat he shares what it takes to keep an animation studio ahead of the game after all this time. Tune in to Ibele and Davoudian to hear: *Davoudian’s formula for a su...

This chat features David Kaye, voice actor extraordinaire. Throughout his career he’s worked on TV shows and movies like Transformers, He-Man, Ben 10, Ducktales, Up, Scooby Doo, and Eternals, plus video games like Assassin's Creed, Ratchet and Clank, Call of Duty, and Kingdom Hearts. In this chat he shares how he got his start in voice acting, transitioned into animated films, TV shows and video g...

This chat features Justin Rasch, a stop motion and CG animator. Over the years Rasch has worked on stop motion productions like Paranorman and Kubo and the Two Strings, and CG productions like Blizzard’s Overwatch and World of Warcraft shorts. In this chat, Rasch shares how he got his start, worked his way up in the animation world, and now how he’s making a name for himself on social media. Tune...

This chat features self-taught Turkish stop motion animator Özgürcan Özdamar. A note about this chat is that Özgürcan Özdamar only speaks Turkish and Terry Ibele only speaks English, so Merve Çaydere, a set designer at Laika, has volunteered to translate back and forth in the interview. In the chat Özdamar shares how he got his start working on commercials, then branched off to publish his own wor...

This chat features storyboard revisionist Dorsa Bidhendi who Terry Ibele met back in 2018 in Sheridan College’s animation program. Bidhendi recently graduated this spring and in this chat she shares how she got her first storyboard revisionist contract fresh out of school. Tune in to Ibele and Bidhendi to hear: *The interesting way Bidhendi got her portfolio to stand out to recruiters *What exactl...