Join host Michael Wakelam of the Creators Society as he interviews animation industry icons and innovators from companies such as Pixar, DreamWorks, Disney, Netflix, Sony, and many more! Tune in to hear from top executives, animators, writers, and producers, about their inspiring career journeys, and the projects they are working on next! Our host, Michael Wakelam, is an animator, writer, director, and the founder of Anthem Studios. Michael develops original children's media content and live-action screenplays from his studio in London. The Creators Society is a professional society for all disciplines of the animation industry founded by Eric Miller in 2015. Our mission is to bring the animation community together to build strong relationships, provide education, and form a better understanding of the different roles we all play in creating stories. We celebrate and promote the love of animation and all the talented Creators who breathe life and imagination into their work.
Genevieve won an Emmy as a producer for Amazon's first preschool show, Tumbleleaf. Join me as we walk through her career as a writer, creator, producer, songwriter and voice actor, including her fas…
Rex was there in the early days of CG, attending NYIT and joining PDI and working with Jim Henson, before animating on Toy Story and then joining DreamWorks. He was head of animation on all three Mad…
Ken's career spans more than two decades in the cutting edge confines of PDI and DreamWorks Animation. Ken was there for Antz, the Shrek films, Monsters vs Aliens and much much more. We talk about h…
Jim Capobianco's list of credits and achievements is too long to list here, but his career spans Disney and Pixar as a story artist, where he worked as a story artist on many great films, the Lion Ki…
In this episode of Creators Society Animation Podcast, I chat with award-winning producer Bonnie Arnold at length about her career journey. Bonnie produced the first CG animated film Toy Story, but d…
We’re back with season two of the Creators Society Animation Podcast. In this mini-episode/trailer, I chat with Eric Miller, the founder of The Creators Society about his journey from Ohio to Dreamwo…
Today's conversation with Nate Barnard is really interesting in many ways. Nate's journey followed an unusual path from production management to CG supervision, certainly not typical of someone in hi…
How does a swimmer with a computer engineering degree go from designing computer chips to boosting the South American animation industry? Today's guest José Inesta took an unusual path on his way to …
Today I got to chat with a super talented writer, creator, voice actor, comedian, and author, Jorjeana Marie. Jorjeana not only has a passion for writing but for sharing and teaching what she knows. …
In today's episode, we chat with creator, producer, and exec producer, Irene Weibel. Irene has produced and exec produced hundreds of hours of animated content over her career including the Hotel Tra…
Who can imagine what animation would be like without music? Quite bland I expect. And our guests in this episode are certainly not bland!
Join us for a conversation with composers and songwriters Ter…
In this episode, we speak with Mikkel Lee, Story Lead at Lego in Denmark. Whether your kid wants to work at Lego when they grow up or you need help as a creator with your work, this is a fascinating …
Imagine being a rising development exec in your early 20s and taking a pitch for Spongebob Squarepants from Stephen Hillenburg. That’s what happened to Andy Rheingold not too long after he started hi…
This week's guest is Fonda Snyder, one of the nicest people I've met in the industry. Fonda has had a diverse career in the film, TV, and book publishing arenas and is such a great person to spend ti…
Ralph Eggleston joins us for an in depth conversation about his career. A Pixar veteran, you'll know Ralph's work from movies such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Wall_E, The Incredibles, Inside Out and …
In this episode, we chat with Bill Oakley. Bill is a writer and producer and a former showrunner on The Simpsons. This is really interesting chat about Bill's path from high school to landing a job o…
In this episode, we chat with Cinzia Angelini. Cinzia is an industry veteran, has worked as an animator and story artist across multiple studios, and has recently taken the reins on her first animate…