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 […]
“Souvenir Souvenir” screened at the Sundance Film Festival and is an Annie Awards winner. Now the latest animated short film from Oscar nominee Bastien Dubois is on the 2022 Academy Awards shortlist. Here’s my Animation Scoop Q&A with Dubois. ——————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in […]
Kang Min Kim is interviewed about his Annie Awards nominated short film “KKUM”, which also screened at the 2021 virtual Sundance Film Festival. —————————————- 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 […]
The 47th Annual Annie Awards, from the folks at ASIFA-Hollywood, is this Saturday night. The Best Animated Feature Annie Award has matched-up with the Best Animated Feature Oscar winner 13 out of 18 times, including the past 4 years in a row. This year’s Annies will be interesting for a number of reasons: 1.) The […]
The 46th Annual Annie Awards nominations have been announced. ASIFA Hollywood recognizes the finest achievements in animation – in film, on television, in video games and more. Here are some of the big takeaways: “INCREDIBLES 2” LEADS, BUT IT WON’T BE A CLEAN CATEGORY SWEEP Last year, Pixar’s “Coco” won every category it was nominated […]