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On Animation: The Director's Perspective is a collection of interviews with 21 animated feature-film directors. Interviews cover in-depth discussion of each director's career -- focusing on their creative development, their films, lesson learned and advice. The interviews were edited and produced by Ron Diamond.
List of contents
Volume 1:
John Musker
Ron Clements
John Lasseter
Andrew Stanton
Brenda Chapman
Nick Park
Tomm Moore
Chris Wedge
Roger Allers
Chris Buck
Tim Johnson
Bill Plympton
About the author
Tom Sito's animation credits include
The Little Mermaid,
Beauty and the Beast,
Aladdin,
The Lion King,
Who Framed Roger Rabbit,
The Prince of Egypt,
Shrek, and
Looney Tunes: Back in Action. He also co-directed
Osmosis Jones. He is the author of
Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson, and
Moving Innovation: A History of Computer Animation. He is currently a professor of animation at the University of Southern California.
Bill Kroyer directed
FernGully: The Last Rainforest and was nominated for the Academy Award for his 1988 animated short film,
Technological Threat. His animation credits also include
The Fox and the Hound, and Tron. At Rhythm and Hues Studios, Kroyer served as Senior Animation Director and supervised the CGI animation on
Garfield,
Scooby Doo,
Cats & Dogs, and
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. He is currently the Director of Digital Arts at Chapman University.
Ron Diamond founded ACME Filmworks in 1990 to produce commercials with leading artistic animation directors from around the world. Diamond also produced the TV series
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show, and
Drawn From Memory for PBS, as well as several live action features. He produces and distributes the
Annual Animation Show of Shows, a curated selection of new, exemplary shorts shown at major animation studios, universities, festivals, museums and art house theaters. He is also co-founder of AWN.com.
Summary
On Animation: The Director's Perspective is a collection of interviews with 21 animated feature-film directors. Interviews cover in-depth discussion of each director's career -- focusing on their creative development, their films, lesson learned and advice. The interviews were edited and produced by Ron Diamond.
