Show 22 Bruce Smith

11/23/15 • 63 min

Bruce is one of the most talented and charismatic animators you’ll find in the industry, what a pleasure to talk with him!
A graduate of Cal Arts, Bruce broke into the industry working with Bill Mendez on one of my childhood favourites, the Garfield specials. He also worked with Dale Bear at Bear animation working on Who Framed Rodger Rabbit. Later animating on Space Jam at Warner’s, Supervising at Disney on Kurchak as well as the Baboons & Baby Baboons, in Tarzan Pacha, in Emperor’s New Groove, Pearl in Home on The Range, Dr. Facilier in Princes and the Frog, Kanga, Roo and Piglet in Winnie the Pooh ... the list goes on :) He directed Bebe’s Kids (Character based off Robin Harris’ stand up act), and co-created and directed the tv show Proud Family. He’s currently directing at Paramount Pictures.
Bruce’s personality makes him instantly likeable, unafraid to be himself and proud of his background and cutler which to me, makes him all the more admirable. I clearly had a wonderful time talking with Bruce, I hope you have a wonderful time listening.

Bruce’s Piglet Test on the Pencil Test Depot

More pencil tests on the Living Lines blog

Bruce’s Piglet Test on the Pencil Test Depot

More pencil tests on the Living Lines blog

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Show 21 Dale Baer

I’m still pinching myself, that this conversation happened... I’ve wanted to talk to Dale for as long as I can remember!
One of the most talented and endearing people in animation, Dale hardly needs an introduction. A student of the Nine Old Men, towards the end of the golden age of animation, his forty years the in the industry has seen him to supervise Yzma, in Emperor’s New Groove, Alameda Slim and Junior in Home on the Range, Wilbur in Meet the Robinson’s, and Owl, in Winnie the Pooh. The list of movies and commercials he has worked on, is the longest list of anyone’s I’ve seen!!

We discuss his career and the changes he has seen in the industry, including the change over from the Nine Old Men and the turn of films, from traditional animation to CG animation. For me, this chat was delightful and insightful. I hope it is for you too! Enjoy.

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Show 23 Sony Supervisors

I am completely trilled to have been at Sony when these three amazing Sups were under one roof, so I could grab them for a chat!

When I was working at Sony, Alan was in LA. Pete was here in Vancouver and Josh was up every other week or so. It was a spot of luck that Alan was down on one of the weeks we had Josh – I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to grab all three for the podcast! Josh is just starting out as a supervisor, Alan has some experience behind him now with Hotel Transylvania 2 (he’s now supervising on Smurfs) and Pete is a veteran animator, who has supervised on a number of movies to date.

Enjoy the podcast folks, feel free to comment. It’s always great to hear your thoughts :)