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    Episode 116: Shawn Krause on Animating Toy Story & UP, and Trouble with Danny McBride at Spire Studios

    Animator Shawn Krause spent 26 influential years at Pixar Animation Studios, working on classics like Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug’s Life, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles. He also lead the animation team on Cars 2, Inside Out, and Up, which opened the Canne Film Festival, won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, and was nominated for Best […]

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    Michael Surrey

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      Episode 115: Michael Surrey on Animating for Disney and Dreamworks & Making Trouble with Danny McBride

      Animator Michael Surrey is the artist behind some of Disney’s most iconic films, including Beauty and the Beast, which was the first, full-length animated movie to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Michael went on to animate the title character in Aladdin, Timon in The Lion King, and Clopin in The Hunchback […]

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      Rae Deslich

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        Episode 110: Rae Deslich on Set Decoration, Promising Young Woman, and Breaking into Hollywood

        Rae Deslich is an Emmy-nominated set decorator whose film Promising Young Woman, starring Carey Mulligan. was nominated for five academy awards and took home one for best original screenplay. They have also worked on notable shows such as Party of Five, Drunk History, Alone Together, and the upcoming HBO Max reboot of 1980s Head of […]

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        Michele Ohayon

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          Episode 108: Michele Ohayon on the Healing Power of Movement, and Directing Strip Down, Rise Up

          Michele Ohayon is an Academy Award-nominated director, screenwriter, and producer. She is also the CEO and Co-Founder of Kavana Entertainment. Her documentaries include It Was a Wondeful Life narrated by Jodie Foster, Cowboy del Amor, and the Academy Award nominated Colors Straight Up. Her most recent film is Netflix’s Strip Down, Rise Up. which follows […]

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          Lisa Foiles

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            Episode 106: Lisa Foiles on Acting, Screenwriting, and Writing Ash Ridley and the Phoenix

            Lisa Foiles has been acting in Hollywood since she was 12. Best known as a series regular on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy show All That, she also appeared on Even Stevens and Malcolm in the Middle. Her film work includes the thriller Shiver and the comedy The Master of Disguise with Dana Carvey. Lisa currently […]

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            Jess Brunetto

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              Episode 105: Jess Brunetto on Editing Comedy and Making her Directorial Debut at SXSW with Sisters

              After graduating from the prestigious SUNY Purchase Film School, Jessica Brunetto edited Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story, and Sicko. She went on to become a highly sought-after editor on television comedies like  Comedy Central’s Another Period, FX’s Man Seeking Woman, American Vandal on Netflix, Do You Want To See A Dead Body with Rob […]

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              Keith Thomas

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                Episode 99: Keith Thomas on Writing and Directing The Vigil, and Remaking Stephen King's Firestarter

                Keith Thomas is Denver-based a screenwriter and director whose horror feature, The Vigil, was released on February 26 by IFC Midnight. Starring Dave Davis, The Vigil is about a man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community, who encounters a malevolent entity. After Stephen King saw The Vigil, he […]

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                Castille Landon

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                  Episode 97: Castille Landon on Acting, Harvard, and Writing and Directing Fear Of Rain

                  Castille Landon is an actor, screenwriter, and director who wrote and directed the psychological thriller Fear of Rain, starring Madison Iseman, Harry Harry Connick Jr., Katherine Heigl, and Israel Broussard. Before directing Fear of Rain, Castille wrote and directed Albion: The Enchanted Stallion and Apple of My Eye. She recently directed two films in the […]

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                  Justin Connor

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                    Episode 96: Filmmaker Justin Connor on The Golden Age, Songwriting, and Being a Servant in the Arts

                    Justin Connor is a Los Angeles-based musician, actor, screenwriter, and director. His musical drama/comedy The Golden Age is now streaming on Amazon Prime. Justin wrote and performed every song from The Golden Age Soundtrack. The film follows pop singer Maya O’Malley after he is dropped from his label and embarks on a spiritual pilgrimage throughout […]

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                    Carlson Young & Isom Innis

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                      Episode 95: Carlson Young & Isom Innis on The Blazing World, Sundance, and Creating in a Pandemic

                      Carlson Young is a television and film actor, screenwriter, and director, known for her roles on Scream: The TV Series, True Blood, and Key and Peele, among many others. She made her feature length directorial debut with The Blazing World, starring Dermont Mulroney, Vanessa Shaw, and Udo Kier, which premiered at Sundance this year. Isom […]