Priit Tender is the director of Oscars Animated Short Film shortlist finalist ‘Dog Apartment’. Here’s our Animation Scoop Q&A about the stop-motion short. ————————— 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 […]
Estonia’s “Eeva”, from directors Lucija Mrzljak and Morten Tsinakov, is one of the 15 finalists for the 2024 Best Animated Short Film Academy Award. Here’s the “Eeva” Animation Scoop Q&A. ————————- 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 […]
Stephen Vuillemin is the director of “A Kind of Testament”. This short is one of the 15 finalists for the 2024 Best Animated Short Film Oscar. Here’s my Animation Scoop Q&A with Vuillemin about “Testament”. ————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age […]
Annecy-winning short “Our Uniform” is now on the 96th Oscars Best Animated Short Film shortlist. Here’s my Animation Scoop Q&A with director Yegane Moghaddam. ——————————- 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. […]
Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby are the directors of “The Flying Sailor”. This is one of the 15 finalists for the 2023 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Here’s my “Flying Sailor” Animation Scoop Q&A. ——————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the […]
“It’s Nice in Here” is directed by Robert-Jonathan Koeyers. He’s on the 2023 Oscars shortlist for this powerful, thorough animated short film. Here’s my “It’s Nice in Here” Animation Scoop Q&A with Koeyers. ———————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. […]
Lachlan Pendragon recently won a Student Academy Award for his stop-motion comedy short “An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It”. Now it’s on the 2023 Oscars shortlist for Best Animated Short Film. Here’s my Animation Scoop Q&A with Pendragon all about “Ostrich”. ————————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson […]
Juan Pablo Zaramella is the director of “Passenger”. It’s one of 15 animated shorts vying for the 2023 Oscar. Go on this train ride with me and Zaramella for this “Passenger” Animation Scoop Q&A. ——————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of […]
On February 25th, the Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films presentation will be back in theaters nationwide thanks to SHORTS TV. The combined length of the five nominees is 93 minutes — one of the longest combined runtimes EVER for this group. The craftsmanship on display is exceptional. I’ve had the chance to interview the directors […]
“Bad Seeds” is on the shortlist for the 2022 Best Animated Short Film Oscar. Director Claude Cloutier discusses all things “Bad Seeds” in my Animation Scoop Q&A. ————————————– 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 […]