We Know Jack Show

Director Henry Selick 25.08.2024 45:04 ↓

Director Henry Selick and animator Anthony Scott interviewed in front of a live audience at the Disney Family Museum in San Francisco.

Director of Photography Pete Kozachik 12.05.2021 22:11 ↓

He was responsible for the overall look of the film through the lens of a half dozen different camera crews on 20 different sets. Not to mention he basically invented motion control.

Editor Stan Webb 12.10.2020 45:16 ↓

The man who put it all together.

Character Fabricator Supervisor Bonita De Carlo 04.10.2020 41:46 ↓

Bonita was in charge of getting every single puppet completed and ready for animation - a mind boggling amount of work. She tells us all about it.

Effects Animator Gordon Baker 06.09.2020 46:09 ↓

Ghosts, smoke, fire, stars, snowflakes, and obsolete techniques.

Character Fabricator Elise Robertson 31.08.2020 46:54 ↓

Sewing, painting, dressing, and bringing every single puppet to life.

Animator Stephen Buckley 16.08.2020 47:04 ↓

Henry Selick, Art Clokey, Peter Jackson, Marilyn Manson, motorcycles, breast feeding, Excederin, Gumby, cotton ball clouds, and of the course the beauty of stop motion animation.

Camera Assistant Carl Miller 09.08.2020 47:35 ↓

Carl takes us on a Skellington journey through the lens of a possibly irradiated camera. Collaboration, multiple camera crews, multiple set ups, in-camera effects, and the 'faces in the fire'.

Stage Hand Kirk Scott 02.08.2020 42:56 ↓

Twenty four stages all running at the same time. Who kept all that in order? Kirk for one. 

Artistic Coordinator Allison Abbate 26.07.2020 49:38 ↓

Allison somehow kept the entire Art Department on track - an enormous job. She tells us all about it.

Interview with Camera Operator Pat Sweeney 13.07.2020 35:35 ↓

Camera problems, motion control problems, animator problems, set problems, and margaritas.

Interview with Mold Maker Michael Jobe 05.07.2020 41:43 ↓

Mold Maker? What's that, and why do we need one on a movie? Mike fills us in.

Interview with Model Maker/Assistant Art Director Bill Boes 14.06.2020 1:14:20 ↓

With enough cardboard and hot glue anything is possible. Bill takes us deep into the heart of the Art Department.

Interview with Camera Assistant Mark Kohr 23.05.2020 48:16 ↓

Abstraction vs Suggestion. Our most ineffable interview. Buckle up. Mark takes us deep.

Interview with Armature Engineer Chris Rand 14.05.2020 42:00 ↓

Each character in Nightmare Before Christmas has a posable skeleton. Somebody had to make them. Chris tells us about it.

Interview with Art Director Deane Taylor 03.05.2020 48:11 ↓

Tales from the heart of the Art Department.

Interview with FX Animator Nate Stanton 10.04.2020 44:16 ↓

2D animation, more Tim Burton stories, and the alternate ending!!

Interview with Assistant Camera James Matlosz 29.03.2020 41:18 ↓

Set up after set up...Problem after problem. Jim fills us in.

Interview with Set Foreman Tom Proost 15.03.2020 44:52 ↓

Cigarettes, musicals, collaboration, making it up as you go, and the endless joy of building with your own two hands.

Interview with Assistant to the Producer/Director Gisela Hermeling 08.03.2020 53:39 ↓

Gisela shares stories about the Producer, the Director, Danny Elfman, Tim Burton, and the den of wolves otherwise known as the Story Department.

Interview with Animator Justin Kohn 23.02.2020 43:27 ↓

Confidence, ritual, meditation, and animating skeleton reindeer.

Interview with Track Reader & Animator Dan mason 17.02.2020 48:09 ↓

Dan tells us how he made Jack Skellington speak.

Interview with Production Accountant Kevin Reher 04.02.2020 46:34 ↓

Studio shenanigans, Gumby, shopping on Fillmore Street with Catherine O'Hara, and Bill Hickey's "orange juice".

Interview with Animator Owen Klatte 16.01.2020 46:54 ↓

One of the original Skellington Seven animators shares his story.

Interview with Assistant Art Director Kelly Asbury 24.12.2019 48:42 ↓

Prat falls, food poisoning, smoke and mirrors, and a broken bathroom fan.