About this podcast
Welcome to Inside Animation, where we get inside information on the Animation Industry! Each episode will feature a different person in Animation (writers, producers, Voice Actors, artists, etc.) who will join me in discussions on what it's like inside the Animation industry and behind the scenes stories from our favorite animated movies and series.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 61 episodes
- Student Producer David Seibert · 25 min · Season 5 Episode 9We've had students on the podcast before, and we've had plenty of producers. But a student learning how to be a producer? This is a first for our last episode of 2025! I chat…
- Entertainment Attorney Britton Payne · 30 min · Season 5 Episode 8I chat with Entertainment Attorney and Director of The Autism Scene, host of the AuSPEC Awards, Britton Payne. We talk about his history working as "Superman's Lawyer" at DC…
- Director Walter Santucci · 30 min · Season 5 Episode 7In an Inside Animation first, Professor Walter Santucci returns as Director Walter Santucci. He talks about how he has been working on a feature animated film since we last…
- Film Critic and Author Nick Spake · 26 min · Season 5 Episode 6I talk to film critic and author Nick Spake about what a film critic does and how he got into the business of critiquing films through his time at Arizona State University (Go…
- CEO of Brazen Animation Bryan Engram · 27 min · Season 5 Episode 5Our host chats with Bryan Engram, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Brazen Animation. They talk about a variety of things, from how a for-hire animation company markets itself to…
- Production Designer Tad Branham · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 4Our host chats with Tad Branham, Production Designer and Head of Design for Steamroller Animation, about his work as a production designer and all about their new show, Spice…
- Storyteller Bobby Rubio · 28 min · Season 5 Episode 3We're back! To commemorate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I talk with Bobby Rubio, who has had an impressive career. Starting with an internship at Disney, he has worked…
- Writer Producer Pietro Schito · 47 min · Season 5 Episode 2I chat with Writer Producer Pietro Schito about the community he has built around his Write for Animation YouTube channel. We start off by talking about the results of this…
- Puppet Film Creator Vera Vanguard · 27 min · Season 5 Episode 1For the premiere of season 5, we have another indie creator, this time the creator of an Emo Goth love story set in the alien zombie apocalypse, and all done with hand animated…
- Writer Director Phil Svitek · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 12In this final episode of Season 4, I chat with Writer Director Phil Svitek, creator of The Arbiters, an animated feature he is developing. We talk about the pitching process…
- Futurama Writer Producer Patric Verrone · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 11I chat with Patric Verrone, who is a Writer/Producer on Futurama and has worked on Disenchantment, The Simpsons, Rugrats, and one of my favorite animated shows of the 90s, The…
- Superplastic's Zack · 33 min · Season 4 Episode 10I chat with the Chief Strategy Officer for Superplastic, Zack Sugarman. We talk about how Superplastic is building a "Demented Disney" empire, starting with vinyl art toys (much…
- YouTuber Leo of Crash Frontier · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 9I chat with Leo Glantschnig, whose YouTube channel, Crash Frontier, has over 600k Subscribers and several videos with over 1 Million views. We talk about how he uses a…
- Voice Actor Casandra Groves · 48 min · Season 4 Episode 8I chat with a peer in the animation industry, Casandra Groves. Previously, I've talked with other voice actors, but never with one at my level, trying to get voice acting work of…
- Producer Michael Hirsh · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 7I interview Producer Michael Hirsh, who led several animation companies including Nelvana, which was responsible for developing Babar, The Magic School Bus, The Berenstain Bears…
- Post Production Supervisor Chris Keith · 28 min · Season 4 Episode 6I talk with Post Production Supervisor Chris Keith about how his job was to be the last person to see an animated episode before it went out to the audience, ensuring the proper…
- Stop Motion Animator Josh Young · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 5I meet the podcast's youngest guest ever, Josh Young. At just 13 years old, he is already set up to become an incredible cinematographer and stop-motion animator. While his…
- Disney Researcher Doug Engalla · 39 min · Season 4 Episode 4I chat with Doug Engalla, a Researcher at the Walt Disney Animation Research Library (ARL) about his work preserving the art of Disney Animation. We talk about how Disney has…
- Layout Lead Taylor Aseere · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 3I chat with Taylor Aseere, Layout Lead at Dreamworks Pictures about what is layout, how it's different from storyboards and how pre-vis is the counterpart in live-action films to…
- Oscar Nominee Pablo Berger · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 2This is Inside Animation's first interview with an Oscar Nominee. Adam interviews Pablo Berger, director and writer of Robot Dreams, Nominated this year for the Best Animated…
