The Nick Dorra Show

In this podcast I criss-cross the animation industry, speaking with interesting guests about their daily jobs, insights and inspirations as they might or might not relate to animation. The best thing about this is, I get to ask great guests some really fundamental questions!

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#6: Gary Milne - Why Knowing Your Show's Target Broadcaster is Extremely Important

Gary Milne is the current Head of Content Development at Zodiak Kids Studios and oversees the creative development and production of a broad slate of projects across both animation and live action. Recently, Gary provided artistic guidance in the development and production launch of Lilybuds (52 x 11'), a preschool series for France Télévisions and Discovery Kids Latin America. He was also an integral part of the small team that produced a pilot for the preschool reboot of Mumfie (based on Britt...

May 22, 2020•57 min•Ep. 6

#5: Jean Kitson - On Building Trust, Taking Walks and Negotiating Contracts

Jean Kitson runs Kitson Press Associates with her partner Julie Press. Based in London’s Covent Garden, they represent creative talent across all media, including writers, directors, producers, script development talent and heads of department. Jean herself specialises in writers in drama and kids media, and in the last six years has built up a list of international kids writers working across all ages and media. Jean started working in production and development – she was at Bentley Productions...

May 14, 2020•57 min•Ep. 5

#4: Heath Kenny - On Bringing Process, Design Thinking and Other Best Practices to Animation Development

Starting from the ground up and with more than 20 years of experience in the animation biz, Heath is a creative executive with an extensive knowledge of animation production and the dark arts of developing a project from mind vomit into your next potential hit. After escaping the island of New Zealand, and a brief but industrious stop in the UK (he served as Animation Director on the Gorillaz music video "Dirty Harry," for example), Heath jumped ship to the land of stinky cheese and stripy tops,...

May 08, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 4

#3: Tom van Waveren - COVID-19 special episode

Tom van Waveren began his career in animation at Nelvana in 1996 as Director of its London office. In 1999, Tom moved to Copenhagen to head up Egmont Imagination as its President where he was involved in the production of over 100 hours of animation. Tom started his own company in 2004 and merged his pipeline of projects with CAKE in 2006. Since that date, he has been responsible for scouting, development and the executive production of all CAKE content. Tom has been nominated three times for a ...

Apr 30, 2020•45 min•Ep. 3

#2: Fred Seibert - Living Five Lives and Being a Professional Fan

Fred Seibert is the founder of Frederator Networks , the Chief Creative Officer of WOW! Unlimited Media , and a serial media entrepreneur. He was the first creative director of MTV and the last president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons . Fred founded Next New Networks ( acquired by YouTube). He’s on the board of directors of Sawhorse Media, and was the first investor in Tumblr. Frederator Networks is Channel Frederator , the leading online cartoon network , Frederator Studios , an independent producti...

Apr 30, 2020•49 min•Ep. 1

#1: Alison Warner - Case Study of Developing a Show with 'The Deep'

Alison Warner recently joined Blue Zoo Productions as MD of a brand-new division, Blue Zoo Rights, and is charged with managing the company’s portfolio of original content, which includes BAFTA award-winner Numberblocks and BAFTA nominated Digby Dragon. Prior to that, Alison served as Vice President of I.P. Sales, Acquisitions and Co-Productions for Technicolor Creative Development. Alison developed and implemented funding and sales strategies for TCD’s in-house animated properties and also sour...

Apr 30, 2020•51 min•Ep. 2

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