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
notice a CGI rendered woody on his computer screen? 🙂
from jordan b from UK
“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.”
Ha! Hollywood beat me to it….
I was fortunate enough to attend this seminar, and I jotted down a handful of notes in the process. Professional photographers were present, so, hopefully, more images from the event will be publicly displayed soon.
Andrew Stanton is a most amiable fellow, by the way. My sister and I were able to shake his hand. If you’re reading this Andrew, be it known that you have the coolest smile ever. 🙂
Thanks for posting up links to this information, martini! I look forward to reading your report on the Oscars tomorrow.
Wall-e SWEPT the VES awards tonight, winning every catagory it was nominated in!!
Glad to hear that you will be covering the awards as well. I think everyones doing this, (well at least we are, and so has every other site that I’ve been on).
I look forward to seeing what you have to say from a PIXAR fan viewpoint. Are you covering the whole 81st Academy Awards, or just the PIXAR related parts???
Anyway, I will check out your coverage, and best of luck to WALL•E at the Awards!
– http://www.onemoviefiveviews.blogspot.com
One Movue- Maybe I should clear this up, we’re covering the Pixar aspect of the Oscars, and extensively so!
That’s what sets us apart, of course I might throw in Best Picture and talk about that…
Anonymous 2- wOW, I’ll write it up ASAP!
Have you guys thought of registering on Pixar Planet, I highly recommend it!