Interview with Animator & animBot developer Alan Camilo

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03/25/21 • 113 min

In our 82nd podcast we interview animator & animBot developer Alan Camilo. Alan is originally from Brazil where he started as a 2D animator. He eventually made his way to Canada and has worked at such studios as Reel FX, Sony Animation, and Method Studios. During his time at Sony he worked on such films as Storks and Hotel Transylvania 2, and developed such such tools as aTools. This aTools would eventually launch him out on his own where he would create the amazing animBot for Maya! Listen to his story, his time on some amazing films, and how he came to develop this versatile and 'hard to animate without' tools.

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