Animation Podcasts | Skwigly

Day 2 of Skwigly's Bradford Animation Festival coverage, in which Ben Mitchell interviews Joanna Quinn on her work for the BAF 20th Anniversary ident.

Day 1 of Skwigly's Bradford Animation Festival coverage, in which Thomas Coleman chats to legendary illustrator and honored festival guest Dave McKean

The sixteenth Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: Dan Scanlon - director of the Pixar smash prequel "Monsters University" Adam Elliot - Oscar-winning Australian director of "Harvie Krumpet" and "Mary & Max" Cody Cameron & Kris Pearn - directors of "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2"

The fifteenth Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: Chris Landreth - Oscar-winning director of the NFB shorts Ryan, The Spine and his latest surefire hit Subconscious Password. Chris Shepherd - director of Dad's Dead, Who I Am And What I Want, Anatole's Island and The Ringer among others.

The fourteenth Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com 
Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: Eric Goldberg and Lauren MacMullan (Disney's "Get A Horse!") Teri Hatcher (Disney's "Planes", Laika's "Coraline") Saschka Unseld (Pixar's "The Blue Umbrella") Special guest contributor: Aidan McAteer Guest interviewers: Thomas Anthony Coleman & Laura-Beth Cowley

The thirteenth Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk 
Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: 
Brian Cosgrove, co-founder of legendary studio Cosgrove Hall whose shows include "Dangermouse", "Count Duckula" and "Wind In The Willows" 
Marc James Roels - co-director of the stop-motion festival hit "Oh Willy…" Podcast breakdown: 
0:00:00 - Hi everybody. Lots of pre-An...

The twelfth Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: Brian Cosgrove, co-founder of legendary studio Cosgrove Hall whose shows include "Dangermouse", "Count Duckula" and "Wind In The Willows" Kevin Shreck, director of the Richard Williams documentary "Persistence of Vision" Thad Komorowski, author of "Sick Little Monkeys: The Una...

The eleventh Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: Richard Starzak (AKA Golly) of Aardman Animations, creator of "Ident" & "Rex The Runt" and creative director of the "Creature Comforts" series & "Shaun The Sheep". Daniel Greaves of Tandem Films, director of "Manipulation", "Flatworld" and the in-progress "Mister Plastimime"....

The tenth Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: Bill Plympton, Oscar-nominated independent animator, director of the upcoming feature "Cheatin'" Jane Davies, Leah Heming (A For Animation), Matt Walker & George Sander-Jackson (Arthur Cox), some of the talents involved in the recently-released animated adaptation of Graham Chap...

The ninth Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Guest interviewer: Pete Gallagher Special guests: Will Becher, director of "Weatherman" & "Off-Beat", nominated for an Annie award for his animation work on the Aardman feature "The Pirates!" Bill Plympton, Oscar-nominated independent animator, director of the upcoming feature "Cheatin'" Signe...

The eighth Skwigly podcast, a holly'n'jolly seasonal special brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Eb-Ben-eezer Mitchell Special guests: Tim Searle of BabyCow Animation (The Cow Who Almost Missed Christmas, Uncle Wormsley's Christmas) Michael Rose of Magic Light Pictures (Room On The Broom, The Gruffalo's Child) Robin Shaw & Hilary Audus of Lupus Films (The Snowman and T...

The seventh Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Guest interviewer: Tania Vincent Special guests: Peter Ramsey, Valerie Kausen & Ruth Fielding Music by Wesley Allard Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Podcast breakdown: 0:00:00 - Another shiny new podcast and Steve is fresh from the Bradford Animation Festival. Ben is not fresh. From anyth...

The sixth Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: Genndy Tartakovsky (Hotel Transylvania, Dexter's Lab, Samurai Jack) Peter Saunders of Mackinnon & Saunders (Frankenweenie, Corpse Bride) Chris Butler & Sam Fell (ParaNorman) Music arranged by Ben Mitchell, original theme by Wesley Allard Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell

The second Skwigly podcast special focusing on the 2012 Animated Encounters festival based in Bristol, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: David Sproxton, Paul Bush, Kieran Argo with Paul Hill and Jane Davies of A Productions. Music by Wesley Allard Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Podcast breakdown: 0:00:00 - Introducing the second podc...

The fifth Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: John Kricfalusi, Neil Boyle and Richard Randolph Music by Wesley Allard Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Podcast breakdown: 0:00:00 - Podcast ahoy!. 0:02:01 - Part two of Ben's John Kricfalusi interview, with more insights from the Canadian-born animation legend's career incl...

The fourth Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: Ant Blades, Robert Morgan, Jonti Picking and John Kricfalusi Music by Wesley Allard Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Podcast breakdown: 0:00:00 - Here we are again, folks! Schedules have been tight, so strap in for a lot of interviews and not so much in-studio chatter this t...

The first Skwigly podcast special focusing on the 2012 Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: John Kahrs, Kristina Reed and Matt O'Callaghan Music by Wesley Allard Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Podcast breakdown: 0:00:00 - Introducing the first podcast special. Steve went to Annecy....

The third Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: Nancy Beiman and Billy West Music by Wesley Allard Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Podcast breakdown: 0:00:00 - Greetings, friends! 0:01:03 - A new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series has been unveiled. Ben and Steve muse on the countless variations on the franchise...

The second Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: Barry Purves, Colin Harding and Fraser MacLean Music by Wesley Allard Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Podcast breakdown: 0:00:00 - Welcome back and first podcast recap 0:02:24 - Colin Harding shows Steve around the National Media Museum's "In The Blink Of An Eye" Exhibit (G...

The very first Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: Peter Lord, Miles Bullough and Fraser MacLean Music by Wesley Allard Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Podcast breakdown: 00:00 - The new Skwigly podcast is introduced 01:27 - Steve and Ben discuss the new Aardman film "The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists " 10:15...