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Q&A: Director Chris Wedge on the Road to ‘Monster Trucks’
How Blue Sky’s Chris Wedge went from animation to live-action for ‘Monster Trucks’.
Interviews
‘A Monster Calls’ Used Every Kind of Animation To Tell Its Story
Glassworks, Headless Productions, and MPC collaborated to create the stunning visual landscape in “A Monster Calls,” opening wide in the U.S. today.
INTERVIEW: ‘Sing’ Director Garth Jennings Jumps Headfirst into Animation
“I feel like I have learned more in the last three-and-a-half years than on anything else I’ve done before.”
Netflix Looks To Australia For Its New Adult Series ‘Pacific Heat’
“Pacific Heat” co-creator Rob Sitch talks to Cartoon Brew about making an adult series for Australians.
Smith & Foulkes Try Something Different With An Animated Storybook App
The Oscar-nominated duo talks to us why they wanted to make their latest project as an interactive storybook app.
Paul Debevec: A Name You Absolutely Need to Know in CG, VFX, Animation, and VR
A deep dive with researcher Paul Debevec, who has been pivotal in some of the biggest innovations in vfx, including photoreal digital characters.
Marvel’s Victoria Alonso on How Her Studio Tackles VFX Differently
One of the most important executives in vfx, Marvel’s Victoria Alsono, gives a rare interview on how the studio approaches visual effects on its blockbuster superhero films.
‘Trolls’ Director Mike Mitchell: There Was No Mythology to These Things…I’ve Never Felt So Free
‘Trolls’ director Mike Mitchell and co-director Walt Dohrn talk to Cartoon Brew about creative freedom, how Genndy Tartakovsky and Phil Lord helped out, and making cg look more handmade.
From ‘Cow & Chicken’ to ‘Open Season’: Q&A with David Feiss
What’s new with “Cow & Chicken” creator David Feiss?
ILM’s Rebel ‘Jurassic Park’ Artists Reflect On The State of VFX Art Today
Mark Dippé and Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams, who created groundbreaking vfx work on “Jurassic Park,” “T2,” and “The Abyss,” talk about what’s different about the vfx industry today.
‘Sausage Party’ Directors Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan On Making 2016’s Most Outlandish Animated Film
The directors of “Sausage Party” talk about the challenges of selling an R-rated animated feature in Hollywood, producing a film on a fraction of the budget of other studios, and knowing when you’ve gone too far in an R-rated cartoon.
Interview: Mark Osborne’s Personal Journey On ‘The Little Prince’
Mark Osborne talks about why he said no to directing the project at first and why working in CG can drive a director crazy.
How Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj Made The Independent Short ‘Borrowed Time’ Inside Pixar
Making an independent animated short is hard. But what if you had the power of Pixar’s animation toolset and renderfarm behind you?
Director Chris Renaud On ‘The Secret Life of Pets’
Chris Renaud talks about comic influences on “The Secret Life of Pets,” Illumination’s unconventional workflow, and the studio’s fluid production process that allows humor to be added in during every stage of production.
‘Harvey Beaks’ Composer Ego Plum: Modern Animation Deserves Orchestral Music
Nearly 60 musicians were enlisted to create the recent “Steampunks” musical episode of Nick’s “Harvey Beaks.”
Navigating VR Animation Production: Patrick Osborne And His Team On Creating ‘Pearl’
In the new frontier of vr animation, basic film concepts like cutting and editing can become huge technical challenges.
How Bastien Dubois Turned An Award-Winning Short Into A TV Series
Bastien Dubois talks to Cartoon Brew about the challenges of transitioning from an indie filmmaker to a TV series creator.
Rémi Chayé Interview: ‘Long Way North’ and The Indie Challenge
Rémi Chayé’s unique hand-drawn feature is earning plenty of accolades, but finding an audience isn’t easy.
Interview: GLAS Animation Festival Director Jeanette Bonds
“Our primary goal is to broaden and redefine the perception of animation in the US.”
How Making Online Shorts Landed Steve Cutts A ‘Simpsons’ Couch Gag Opening
Steve Cutts may not be a household name, but his viral films got him the gig of a lifetime.
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