the Monkey & the Maestro
Two friends have directed animated films coming out this month. Tony Stacchi’s THE MONKEY KING (on Netflix) & Jim Capobianco’s THE INVENTOR (in US cinemas).
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Pertaining to my labors for THE MAN:
Two friends have directed animated films coming out this month. Tony Stacchi’s THE MONKEY KING (on Netflix) & Jim Capobianco’s THE INVENTOR (in US cinemas).
READ MORE..There was only one thing I was halfway good at.. and at 15 I started to wonder if I actually could DRAW for a living..
READ MORE..An Apple Cinnamon Cheerios commercial, produced at Colossal Pictures in 1992.
READ MORE..Before becoming coming a Saturday morning cartoon powerhouse, the STARTOONS studio was briefly located in downtown Chicago, where I worked for them one summer.
READ MORE..Animation tends to be an endless discussion until the money runs out, so I’m fond of this kooky title sequence for “とんねるずのみなさんのおかげでした” where there was no discussion at all.
READ MORE..Eccentric and utterly brilliant, GARETT SHELDREW was a genuine Mozart of the pencil, and I never met anyone else like him. 1964 – 2022.
READ MORE..One of the true greats of contemporary American animation died overnight, after a 4 year battle with pancreatic cancer – RALPH EGGLESTON: 1965 – 2022.
READ MORE..I often don’t realise that I’m in a sweet spot till much later, but working on FRANKENSTEIN, I knew my luck even at the time.
READ MORE..Early years working in Sydney animation were the apprenticeship that led to a long career.
READ MORE..This story makes me deeply nostalgic for a seaside Italian childhood that I never actually had.
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