Animation Scoop: ‘ParaNorman: The Thrifting’ Q&A
This Animation Scoop Q&A is with Thibault Leclercq, director of Annie Awards nominated LAIKA short “ParaNorman: The Thrifting”. ——————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of new releases. And altogether he has seen more […]
Animation Scoop: ‘Four Souls of Coyote’ Q&A
“Four Souls of Coyote” is a 2024 Annie Awards nominee for Best Animated Feature — Independent. Here’s my Animation Scoop Q&A with “Coyote” director Aron Gauder. ————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of […]
Animation Scoop: Tenacious D ‘Video Games’ Music Video Q&A
Adam Paloian and his team are nominated for the 2024 “Best Sponsored” Annie Award for the Tenacious D music video “Video Games”. Paloian talks about creating animated versions of iconic Tenacious D duo Jack Black and Kyle Gass in this Animation Scoop Q&A. —————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a […]
Animation Scoop: ‘Minions / The Office’ Q&A
“Minions: The Rise of Gru” co-director Brad Ableson also directed Illumination, Universal and Peacock’s “Minions / The Office” commercial, which is now nominated for a 2023 Annie Award. Here’s my Animation Scoop Q&A with Ableson. ——————————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age […]
Animation Scoop: ‘Amok’ Q&A
“Amok”, from director Balazs Turai, is nominated for Best Short Subject at the 2023 Annie Awards. You can watch the 50th Annual ceremony live Saturday February 25th at 10pmET at AnnieAwards.org. Turai describes “Amok” in this Animation Scoop Q&A. —————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in […]
Guest: Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter
Three-time Oscar winner and Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter is receiving the prestigious Winsor McCay Award at the 2023 Annie Awards on Saturday February 25th. You can watch the ceremony live at 10pmET at AnnieAwards.org. In this EXCLUSIVE Interview, Pete Docter reflects on his career, sharing insights and stories on his four directorial features […]
Animation Scoop: ‘Steakhouse’ Q&A
“Steakhouse”, a drama from director Spela Cadez, is one of the 15 finalists for this year’s Best Animated Short Film Oscar. It was also nominated for an Annie Award last year. Here’s my “Steakhouse” Animation Scoop Q&A. —————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at […]
Awards Season Calendar for ’22 to ’23
This awards season won’t be quite as long as last year, which wasn’t quite as long as the year before. Everything ends with the Oscars. In 2020, The Academy Awards was earlier than ever: February 9th. That turned-out to be a blessing considering the entertainment world completely shut down on March 13th. For the 2021 […]
Animation Scoop: ‘Dug Days’ Bob Peterson Q&A
Bob Peterson was the co-director and co-writer of Pixar classic “Up”. His recent “Dug Days” shorts on Disney+ were big hits. And now one of the episodes, “Science”, is nominated for a 2022 Annie Awards. Peterson joins me for this “Dug Days” Animation Scoop Q&A. ——————————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career […]
