{"id":2387,"date":"2009-02-21T10:26:29","date_gmt":"2009-02-21T10:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/awn-oscars-animation-symposium"},"modified":"2009-02-21T10:26:29","modified_gmt":"2009-02-21T10:26:29","slug":"awn-oscars-animation-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/awn-oscars-animation-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominated Directors Talk at the Oscars Animation Symposium + More Pixar\/Oscars Goodies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Oscars<\/a> are tomorow and I know you’re all excited to hear the results, as you’ve been waiting patiently for months…<\/p>\n

But for now, we have an interview from Animation World News<\/a>, featuring the Academy Award nominted directors of Bolt, Kung Fu Panda and WALL<\/span>•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<\/a> held February 19th in Beverly Hills, CA.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More:<\/strong> Animation World News has also brought us a 5 pages of interviews<\/a> featuring the directors of the Oscar nominated animated short films. Click here<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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

Upcoming Pixar will be covering the biggest movie event of the year<\/a> all day tomorow with all the Pixar goodies, so tune in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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