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Nominated Directors Talk at the Oscars Animation Symposium + More Pixar/Oscars Goodies

Academy Awards Andrew Stanton News WALL-E

The Oscars are tomorow and I know you’re all excited to hear the results, as you’ve been waiting patiently for months…

But for now, we have an interview from Animation World News, featuring the Academy Award nominted directors of Bolt, Kung Fu Panda and WALL•E. Andrew Stanton (Pixar), Chris Williams and Byron Howard (Disney); John Stevenson and Mark Osborne (DreamWorks) chatted about each other’s movies at the Oscars Animation Symposium held February 19th in Beverly Hills, CA.

The five top directors are really laid back and friendly in this interview, commenting and praising each other’s work. Go ahead and read the article in full here.

More: Animation World News has also brought us a 5 pages of interviews featuring the directors of the Oscar nominated animated short films. Click here to skip straight to Presto director Doug Sweetland’s portion of the interview, but feel free to browse around for interviews with the helmers of: Lavatory Lovestory, This Way Up, La Maison en Petits Cubes, and Oktapodi.

Also: Here are some highlights from AWN’s Oscar tour blog’s visit to Pixar Animation Studios in fashionable Emeryville, CA. Enjoy the pictures, Part 1, and Part 2!
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Don’t forget: The 81st Annual Academy Awards will be presented February 22nd, 2009 and telecast on ABC starting at 8 PM EST and 5 PM PST in the US.

Upcoming Pixar will be covering the biggest movie event of the year all day tomorow with all the Pixar goodies, so tune in!

Last modified: February 21, 2009