Animation Category

Animation, Art & Fashion, Music Video, Podcasts

DN123: Place – Matt Clugston

Set a film to the sounds of the never far from my recent playlist Boards of Canada and you run the risk of provoking hatred if you fail to do the track justice

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Animation, Podcasts

DN121: This Way Up – Smith & Foulkes

After years of following their commercial work from a distance, it’s great to be joined by the animation director team of Smith & Foulkes to discuss

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN119: Aanaatt – Max Hattler

I’m always pleased to catch up with past DN guests on the show as it means they’re still creating work I want to share, but this time round

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Animation, Music Video, Podcasts

DN116: Stay in My Memory – Katy Davis

If you’re a long term DN follower you’ll know that I’ve been a fan of Katy Davis’ mixed media style of animation since she came on the

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN114: The Life Size Zoetrope – Mark Simon Hewis

We’ve featured several animations here on Directors Notes in past two years, but Mark Simon Hewis’ The Life Size Zoetrope stands out for its shear

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Animation, Podcasts

DN113: E.T.A. – Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen

When the collaborators at JUNK / Demoscene began work on a quick one minute animation back in 2004, a four year production cycle and two in-between shorts

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Animation, Live Action, Podcasts

DN110: AMOR FATI – Thomas Egas

Director Thomas Egas joined us way back on DN022 with his cautionary tale LIVE LOVE WORK PLAY. It’s a pleasure to welcome him back this week to discuss

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Animation, Music Video, Podcasts

DN106: ZOMBIE ZOMBIE: Driving Clip – Simon Gesrel & Xavier Ehretsmann

If you’re of the view that that fan films are exclusively the domain of soulless, sub-standard knock-offs, the work of this week’s guests Simon

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN103: His Own Image – Runkid

Despite not considering himself a fully fledged director, Runkid’s work has been picked up by D&AD and has brought forth tears from audiences. He

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Animation, Podcasts

DN102: Sun in the Night Time – Anne Wilkins

A recent animation graduate, Anne Wilkins has hit the ground running with her film Sun in the Night Time, a study of childhood and the transformation of

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Animation, Podcasts

DN089: Bendito Machine – Jossie Malis

Jossie Malis joins us to discuss the first two episodes of his shadow play inspired ten part animation series Bendito Machine, which explore the ever

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN081: My Paper Mind – Javan Ivey

It’s not often a director gets to come up with his own type of animation, but after experimenting with the Strata-cut method Javan Ivey combined his love

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