Animation Career Community

ACC Podcast - S001 - E010 - Jeff Dickson

In our latest episode “Opportunity Knocks”, Katherine MacDonald and John Lei speak with retired veteran Jeff Dickson. From a start on the floor at the stock exchange, to cinematic craft at Disney on films like “Beauty and the Beast”, “The Lion King” and “Mulan”, Jeff shares his cool and offbeat journey. So grab your snacks and get comfy, this is another fun one!

ACC - Podcast - S001 - E009 - Navigating Layoffs with J&K

In this episode of the Animation Career Community Podcast, John and Kathy discuss how they have navigated the many type of layoffs that artist can encounter in their careers.  They discuss the lows and surprisingly some of the highs of working in a contract based career.  It's time to get to the nitty gritty of what moving jobs and projects regularly can be like.

ACC Podcast - S001E008 - Alicia Eisen

In this episode of the Animation Career Community podcast we chat with professional Animator and Creator Alicia Eisen.  With years of experience working the stop motion space both as an artist and studio owner. Alicia shares what her career has been like and how working as an independent creator, creates unique challenges and partnerships.

ACC Podcast - S001E007 - Perry Shulak

In this Episode we chat with Perry Shulak, who operates his studio, Critical Fusion, out of Edmonton, Canada.  We talk about what the community is like in less talked about regions of the country and how diversifying his productions has helped him build his dome films and distribute them world wide. https://www.criticalfusion.com/ [https://www.criticalfusion.com/]

ACC Podcast S001E006 - Festival Talk

On this episode John and Kathy chat all things Festivals.  We discuss what it's like to be someone selling a project, navigating industry events to the creative side of showing films and making new connections.