Animation Podcasts | Skwigly

Presenting the first episode of Skwigly's latest batch of Podcast Minisodes from the 22nd edition of Bristol's Encounters Festival. Featuring Q&As with attending filmmakers Zoltan Aprily, Sara Barbas, Yolanda Barker, Mike Brookes, Anete Melece, Charlie Miller and Claire Winter. Presented, produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Special thanks to Encounters and Kieran Argo

The 59th Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Special guest: Travis Knight, LAIKA CEO and Lead Animator on the studio's hit feature films 'Coraline', 'ParaNorman' and 'The Boxtrolls', discussing his directorial debut 'Kubo and the Two Strings', out in cinemas now. Produced & Edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting episode 2 of 'Intimate Animation', brought to you by the online animation magazine skwigly.com Join Skwigly's Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley as they explore, discuss and interview the talents behind animation that deals with adult themes of love, relationships and sexuality. In episode 2 we meet award-winning, London-based filmmaker Anna Ginsburg, discussing "Private Parts", her recent contribution to Channel 4's Random Acts short film series, produced in collaboration with It's Nice That. See more of Anna's work at annaginsburg.co.uk Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

The 58th Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson. Special guests: the talents behind Aardman Animations, which this month celebrates its 40th anniversary. Returning to the podcast are previous guests and Aardman co-founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton, with 'Wallace and Gromit' and 'Creature Comforts' creator Nick Park making his first appearance. Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

Presenting the first in a new podcast series brought to you by the online animation magazine skwigly.com Join Skwigly's Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley as they explore, discuss and interview the talents behind animation that deals with themes of love, relationships and sexuality. To kick things off we dig into the Skwigly archives for our chat with the esteemed Michaela Pavlátová, director of such films as 'Repete', the Oscar nominated 'Reci, Reci, Reci' ('Words, Words, Words') and 'Tram', which won an Annecy Cristal in 2012. Presented by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

The 57th Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson. Special guests: the talents behind 'The Ren & Stimpy Show', which debuted on Nickelodeon 25 years ago this month. As well as revisiting prior podcast appearances from series creator John Kricfalusi and voice talent Billy West, this episode features new interviews with: •Jim Gomez (Writer/Layout artist) •Stephen DeStefano (Background designer/layout artist/storyboard artist) •Bob Jaques (Animation director, Carbunkle Cartoons) Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

The 56th Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson. Special guests: the talents behind the stop-motion sequences of Mark Osborne's feature film adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 'The Little Prince' •Anthony Scott (Lead Animator) •Corinne Merrell (Art Director) •Jamie Caliri (Creative Director) •Alexander Juhasz (Character Designer/Production Designer) Interview conducted by Ben Mitchell and Laura-Beth Cowley Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

The 55th Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson. Special guest: Paul Driessen, multi-award-winning veteran animation director whose filmography includes 'The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg', 'Oedipus', '2D or Not 2D', the Oscar-nominated 'Three Misses' and his latest short 'Cat Meets Dog' Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

The 54th Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell, Wesley Allard and Steve Henderson. Special guests: Mike Thurmeier (director) and Lori Forte (producer), the team behind the 'Ice Age' movie series whose latest installment 'Ice Age: Collision Course' is released in the UK this week. Produced by Ben Mitchell Edited by Ben Mitchell & Wesley Allard Music by Ben Mitchell

The 53rd Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson. Special guests: Andrew Stanton (director) & Lindsey Collins (producer) of Disney/Pixar's 'Finding Dory' Alan Barillaro (director) & Marc Sondheimer (producer) of the Pixar short 'Piper'. Produced & Edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

The 52nd Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson with Katie Steed and Julia Young. Special guest: Chris Renaud, director of the Illumination film 'The Secret Life of Pets', premiering this week at the Annecy International Animation Festival Produced & Edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

The 51st Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson Special guest: Bill Plympton of Plymptoons, discussing his latest upcoming features "Hitler's Folly" and "Revengeance" Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Music by Ben Mitchell

The 50th Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell with Steve Henderson and Laura-Beth Cowley Special guest: Joe Brumm of Studio Joho ('The Meek', 'Tinderella', 'Paperman Threesome') Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Interviewer: Laura-Beth Cowley Music by Ben Mitchell

The 49th Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson. Special guest: Conor Whelan, director of the multi-award-winning short film 'Snowfall' Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Interviewer: Laura-Beth Cowley Music by Ben Mitchell

The 48th Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.com Presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson. Special guest: Rosto, director, multimedia artist and creator of the 'Mind My Gap' universe that has yielded a number of acclaimed animated shorts including '(the rise an fall of the legendary) Anglobilly Feverson', 'No Place Like Home', 'Lonely Bones', 'The Monster of Nix' and his most recent film 'Splintertime'. http://www.rostoad.com/ http://www.mindmygap.com/ http://www.monsterofnix.com/ Produced and edited by Ben Mitchell Opening music: 'Splintertime' performed by Thee Wreckers https://soundcloud.com/thee-wreckers/splintertime-snippet Used with permission End credits music: Ben Mitchell