059: News: November 8, 2011
We review Cars 2 and Air Mater, talk about the animated films that could win this year's Oscar for Best Animated Feature, and share more Pixar-related news!
Nov 10, 2011
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Going behind the scenes of Pixar Animation Studios through audio documentaries and conversations. Produced by Derrick Clements.
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058: Dylan Brown, Creative Director for Pixar Canada
In this exclusive interview with Dylan Brown, we learn all about Pixar's new studio in Vancouver.
Nov 02, 2011
057: News: October 25, 2011
Remembering Steve Jobs, a review of the upcoming short film Air Mater, John Lasseter defends Cars 2 to the New York Times, and more!
Oct 27, 2011
056: Real Life Pizza Planet Truck
Meet the team of pop culture fans who are building a real, working Pizza Planet truck.
Oct 13, 2011
055: News: October 4, 2011
Lee Unkrich gets to work on his next film at Pixar, more Pixar films to be re-released in 3D, and more.
Oct 05, 2011
054: News: September 13, 2011
We share our thoughts on two upcoming Pixar-related non-Pixar movies, plus Monsters University character designs and more.
Sep 15, 2011
053: News: August 30, 2011
Coverage of the D32 Expo, where Pixar announced two new upcoming films.Plus, meet your new cohosts!
Aug 31, 2011
052: Don Hahn, Brain Storm
Academy Award nominated producer Don Hahn joins us to talk about the creative life.
Aug 17, 2011
051: Review: 'Cars 2'
Cars 2 is a fun thrill ride with beautiful animation and some heart. It may not attain the profundity of of a film like The Incredibles or Toy Story 3, but it serves up a breathtaking good time.
Jun 21, 2011
050: Michael Giacchino
Celebrate the 50th episode of The Pixar Podcast by listening to this interview with composer Michael Giacchino.
Jun 14, 2011
049: Matthew Luhn
Matthew Luhn is a head of story at Pixar who also will be teaching an upcoming tour of Masterclasses with Pixar animator Andrew Gordon. He comes on the show today to talk about his job at Pixar and the upcoming class. The Masterclass in Animation and Story Development is presented by VanArts and will hit New York, Austin and Montreal this summer.
Jun 09, 2011
048: Stéphane Kardos, Art Director
Stéphane Kardos is an art director at Disney Consumer Products, where he helps turn characters from Disney and Pixar films into toys, clothing, books and other products. He talks about how much artistic integrity goes into this process, and tells his own journey around the world as an artist.
May 13, 2011
047: Elyse Klaidman, Pixar University
Elyse Klaidman is the director of Pixar University, Pixar's internal training program. The program allows any employee--top executive to cafe operator--to take a wide variety of on-site classes to learn more about drawing, painting, film directing, acting and more.
May 10, 2011
046: Hal Hickel
Rango's supervising animator Hal Hickel is an Academy Award winning effects animator from ILM who has supervised the animation for various live action blockbusters. Rango is the first fully animated feature film to come from Industrial Light and Magic. In this interview, Hal talks about ILM and shares some stories about the making of Rango.
Apr 26, 2011
045: Review: The Incredibles (with guest Mark Crilley)
Mark Crilley joins the podcast to review The Incredibles, which was (finally) released in glorious HD on blu-ray this week. Mark is an author and illustrator; you can see his great work at his website, markcrilley.com.
Apr 15, 2011
044: Tangled, Toy Story on Ice, TS3 College Cliffhanger
A conversation with a Super-Fan: Simoa Barros joins us today to talk about last year's college “cliffhanger” pre-screening of Toy Story 3, which she attended; to review Tangled and Toy Story on Ice; and to help draw the winner of the Waking Sleeping Beauty DVD, signed by director Don Hahn.
Apr 01, 2011
043: Author David A. Price, The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company
Author David A. Price comes on The Pixar Podcast to talk about the fascinating history of the studio.
Mar 09, 2011
042: News: March 1, 2011
Pixar takes home two Academy Awards. Plus, we get a look inside the Academy's Animated Feature Symposium.
Mar 02, 2011
041: Teddy Newton (from the Pixar Talk Archive)
As Oscar Month comes to a close, we bring you one more interview with a nominated Pixarian. Teddy Newton spoke with Pixar Talk's Greg Mariotti in June 2010 about his short film, Day and Night, which was later nominated for Best Animated Short.
Mar 01, 2011
040: "Mominee" Emilie Unkrich
Another Oscar Month episode: The Acadamy has reached out to the mothers of Oscar nominees this year, asking them to tweet as "mominees."I spoke with our favorite mominee--Emilie Unkrich, the mother of Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich.
Feb 24, 2011
039: Cars 2 Talk with Pixar Times
Does Cars 2 look like it's going to be a hit for Pixar?Samad Rizvi from Pixar Times comes on to discuss with me the newest (spoiler free) information available, and we both share our feelings about what has been released so far.
Feb 22, 2011
038: Review: The Illusionist
Oscar Month episode!We review The Illusionist, an animated film up for Best Animated Feature.With special guest hosts Scott, Brooke, Jana, and Elisa. We also compare it to the other films nominated for Animated Feature: Toy Story 3 and How to Train Your Dragon.
Feb 22, 2011
037: News: February 21, 2011
The Oscars are this week! Also, the latest news about Planes, the Brad Bird acceptance speech/hostage video, and some old pearls of filmmaking wisdom from Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Feb 22, 2011
036: Real Dog Technology - Approaching Up?
How close are we to the technology found in Pixar's film Up? Dr. Paul Waggoner of Auburn University comes on the show to talk about one advancement he and his team have made.
Feb 18, 2011
035: "Premakes" creator Ivan Guerrero
Go behind the scenes of premakes!Listen to creator Ivan Guerrero reveal how he has made modern films look like they came out half a century ago.
Feb 17, 2011
034: News: February 5, 2011
The Office and Pixar share a few laughs; we go behind the scenes of the recent Up "premake" trailer; an update on Cars 2, and more!
Feb 06, 2011
033: David Laur
It's Oscar Month!Pixar RenderMan developer David Laur comes on the show to talk about the Alfred system of RenderMan, which has earned him a Sci-Tech Academy Award this year.
Feb 02, 2011
032: The Future of Pixar: What Lies Ahead? (From 2006)
On Jan 24, 2006, Disney bought Pixar for $7.4 billion. Six months later, I recorded my first ever podcast episode.
Jan 24, 2011
031: Don Hahn, Waking Sleeping Beauty
The new film Waking Sleeping Beauty is an incredible look at the animation dept at Disney from 1984 to 1994. It easily became one of the best films I saw all year, and I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in animation. My guest directed the film, and shared so much in coming on the podcast.
Dec 29, 2010
030: Top 5 Pixar-Inspired Gifts (with Greg Mariotti from Pixar Talk)
In this Holiday edition of The Pixar Podcast, Greg from Pixar Talk comes on to discuss our lists of the top five gifts to give a Pixar fan.
Dec 24, 2010
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