Animation For Adults: The AFA Podcast

Dec 20 2024 268 ep. 80 mins 170

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The Official Podcast of animationforadults.com

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The AFA Podcast Interview: Mike McMahan

Dec 20 2024 12 mins

Welcome back to The AFA Podcast, and another interview special. This time we spoke with Mike McMahan the creator/show-runner of Star Trek: Lower Decks. The Star Trek animated comedy recently wrapped its fifth and final season, with the finale episode airing on Paramount Plus from December 19. We didn't get a lot of time with Mike but there's some good stuff there: we talk about h

The AFA Podcast Interview: Torill Kove

Dec 09 2024 33 mins

Well hello there, and welcome to The AFA Podcast: The Official Podcast of animationforadults.com- Interview Edition. This time (thanks to the magic of Zoom) I was able to speak to Torill Kove. Torill is a Norwegian-born, Oscar-winning animator now based in Montreal, Canada. We discussed her new film Maybe Elephants, which has qualified to be nominated at the 2025 Academy Awards, a

The AFA Podcast Interview: Elizabeth Cox

Sep 30 2024 19 mins

Welcome one and all back to The AFA Podcast: Interview Series. This time we got chance to sit down (virtually) with Elizabeth Cox, the founder and CEO of Should We Studio, a studio with an emphasis on tech-ethics and emerging technologies. The studio will release their first production Ada, which will explore these themes, this autumn. Listen to the interview to hear all about Ada

The AFA Podcast Interview: Barry J Kelly (Star Trek: Lower Decks)

Jun 12 2024 19 mins

Welcome back to The AFA Podcast interview series. This time we boldly go and spoke to Barry J Kelly, an episode director on the adult animation sci-fi comedy Star Trek Lower Decks. He talks about his career so far, his history with Star Trek and what makes Lower Decks so "Star Trekky". Just as a heads up, we had a slight issue with the sound because for some reason it rec

The AFA Podcast Interview: Bryan Lee O'Malley (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off)

May 20 2024 11 mins

Welcome back to The AFA Podcast. It's another interview special- this time featuring Bryan Lee O'Malley. Bryan is a Canadian cartoonist who created the original Scott Pilgrim Vs The World graphic novel and more recently acted as executive producer and c0-showrunner on the Netflix animated series Scott Pilgrim. It's short and sweet but you'll learn some interesting

The AFA Podcast Interview: Pablo Berger (Robot Dreams)

Feb 22 2024 18 mins

Welcome back to The AFA Podcast and another special interview edition. This time we spoke with Pablo Berger, the director of the Oscar-nominated, Annie, Cesar and European Film Award-winning animated feature Robot Dreams. Pablo comes from a live-action background and with Robot Dreams worked in animation for the first time. We talked about how that came about and how he's beco

The AFA Podcast Interview: Hugh Welchman (The Peasants, Loving Vincent)

Dec 01 2023 21 mins

Welcome to another edition of The AFA Podcast Interview series. This time, we spoke with Hugh Welchman co-director of 2017's Loving Vincent and the new oil-painted movie The Peasants. We discussed the story behind Loving Vincent as well as hearing all about The Peasants, which opens in UK cinemas on December 8.

The AFA Podcast Interview: Robert Chandler

Oct 18 2023 22 mins

Well hello there listener, and welcome back to another edition of The AFA Podcast Interviews. On this Edition, we spoke with Robert Chandler who is the producer and co-director of the new adaptation of Oscar Wild's The Canterville Ghost, which is coming to US Cinemas for October 20. He spoke about his early career, the film's long journey to the screen and the challenges of

The AFA Podcast Interview: Jeremy Purcell (Puffin Rock and The New Friends)

Aug 08 2023 16 mins

Welcome back to The AFA Podcast and another edition of our Interview series. This time we were lucky enough to speak with Jeremy Purcell of Cartoon Saloon. Jeremy previously worked on The Secret Of Kells, Song of The Sea and The Prophet and is the director of Puffin Rock And The New Friends, the film spin-off from Cartoon Saloon's TV series.

The AFA Podcast Interview With Leslie Iwerks (The Pixar Story, Super Powered)

Aug 05 2023 11 mins

Welcome back to The AFA Podcast and another edition of our interview series. It's a bit of a different one this time as we spoke to documentary film maker Leslie Iwerks.Leslie started her career with the film The Hand Behind The Mouse on her grandfather and Disney Legend Ub Iwerks. She also directed The Pixar Story and most recently co-directed Superpowered: The DC Story that