Animator's Breakfast

I've Never Animated Before - Making a Feature Film with Usman Riaz (The Glassworker) - E029

The Nine Old Men's Favourite Film - Sword in the Stone & The Jungle Book with Will Finn - E028

Will Finn has definitely animated a movie from your childhood. Joining the industry in 1979, despite being told that Animation was dead. He sweated his way up the ranks,

They don't get enough credit - Early Role Models with Eric Towner - E027

When I think of the words play and animation, two words come to mind: Robot Chicken. A show from the insanely talented folks at Stoopid Buddy Studios. Animator and Stud

Disney's Pinocchio with Andrew Chesworth - E026

Oscar nominated director Andrew Chesworth has such an interesting career. He worked at Disney animating on Frozen, Feast, Big Hero Six, Zootopia, Moana, Get a Horse! to n

Quentin Blake wasn't the first illustrator - Fantastic Mr. Fox with Colin Jack - E025

Colin Jack is currently a co-director at Dreamworks Animation, and has storyboarded on everything from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Captain Underpants, Puss in Boots, The Croods, Boss

The Rise of Glen Keane with Tom Bancroft - E024

Tom Bancroft needs no introduction, but I’ll try to briefly summarise his career. Graduating from CalArts he was catapulted in Disney Animation at the beginning of its Re

You need to be Fearless & put your Ego aside - Storyboarding with Chris Williams E023

Oscar winning director Chris Williams has been storyboarding for most of his career. Joining Disney in the 90s and working on classics like Mulan, Lilo and Stitch and The

Push beyond your limitations in Drawing with Tomm Moore - E022

Three time Oscar nominated director, Tomm Moore has been drawing for decades, but he has never stopped growing. Recently, after the release of Wolfwalkers, he took a sabb

Character Design Veteran: There's so many broken designs in Animation today! Peter de Sève - E021

Character design and Illustration titan, Peter de Sève is nervous about A.I. Not for its capabilities but because studios are so driven by the bottom line, they’ll lean o

Heavy Metal with Morgan Galen King and Philip Gelatt - E020

Rotoscoping is far from dead, and these two men prove it. Co-Directors of The Spine of Night, Morgan Galen King (Mongrel, Exordium) and Philip Gelatt (Europa Report, Love

Mind Game with Janina Putzker - E019

Unique storytelling and eccentric animation are two ways to describe the work of Janina Putzker. She is a powerhouse of professional animation while ensuring her work mai

It's just a wild ride! Fern Gully with Kamille Rodriguez - E018

Visual development and concept artist who has worked with some of the biggest brands in the world. Kamille Rogriguez is a thoughtful, passionate and incredibly hard worki

I started drawing at 40, it's NEVER too late! Jeremy Hoffman - E017

Illustrator, character designer and self professed happy man, Jeremy Hoffman. To see Jeremy’s work, is to see joy. A playful sense of observation and imagination expressi

The Tower with Jana Kattan - E016

This was recorded in the Summer before the recent bloodshed in Gaza. When I first saw Jana Kattan’s graduate film, Checkpoint I was struck by the authenticity in which s

Space Patrol Luluco with Sean Cunningham (Paperbag Animator) - E015

Space Patrol Luluco is a quintessential artistic declaration from Japanese animation Studio Trigger. Though lesser known, and not as critically acclaimed as other work by

The Prince of Egypt with Kirsten Shiel - E014

Welcome back to Animator's Breakfast. This month we're talking about one of my favourite Animated features of all time, the sleeping titan that is The Prince of Egypt. Dr

Fred Moore with Tony Bancroft - E012

You don’t get much better than this! A former Disney Animator gushing about an even more former Disney animator! What an Honour it was to sit down with Tony Bancroft to t

Aleksandr Petrov with Howard Wimshurst - E011

Welcome to season two of Animator's Breakfast and I'm very excited for it's coming year. To kick things off, I couldn't be happier or more humbled to be joined with Howar

Bambi with James Baxter - E010

Welcome to the final episode of Animator's Breakfast, for now! What an episode it is. I'm hugely humbled to be joined with one of the greatest living animators, James Bax

Treasure Planet with Fatma Almheiri - E09

Welcome to the penultimate episode of the first series of Animator's Breakfast! On this episode I'm truly honoured to be joined by the incredible and insanely talented Fa