Animation Magazine

Watch: Behind the Scenes of Prada’s Holiday Campaign with Animation Director John Pomeroy

Prada's Holiday 2026 campaign blends live footage with hand-drawn animation led by Disney alums John Pomeroy, Tom Bancroft & ...

Director • Producer • Writer • Animator

John Alan Lasseter is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor, and the head of animation at ...
Animation Magazine

Pola Maneli Looks Back at the Creative Journey of Directing the Acclaimed Spike Lee-Produced Short ‘Apart’

This past week, the new animated short Apart, which is produced and written by Spike Lee, with Tim Jones, Jeff Lesiawitz and Lubabalo Mtati, premiered at the Tribeca Festival in New York in the ...
80 Level

Animation Director Breaks Down the Tricks Behind a Spirited Away Scene

Explore how timing and muscle movement show resistance, and check out how 2D anime style can be translated into 3D.
Variety

10 Animators to Watch on AI, Animation’s Future and Why the Human Hand Still Matters: ‘Nobody Else Has Your Point of View’

On the final day of the 10th annual SCAD AnimationFest in Atlanta, 10 animators and an Oscar-nominated director took the stage to talk about the future of their craft and why the human hand still ...
AnimationXpress

Meet the seven sins of ‘The 70 Deadly Sins of the 21st Century’ designed by a Chinese animated director

Scrolling, lurking, masking and snapping may sound like ordinary habits of the digital age. But animation director and visual ...

2026 Animation Power List: ‘KPop Demon Hunters', ‘Bluey' and More

Studio chiefs, anime moguls, stop-motion holdouts and, of course, ‘Bluey' - meet the people redefining the medium right now.
Yahoo

‘Moana 2’ Director David Derrick Jr. Heads to Warner Bros. for Original Animated Feature | Exclusive

David Derrick Jr., who directed "Moana 2" for Walt Disney Animation Studios and turned a proposed streaming series for Disney+ into a $1 billion-grossing juggernaut, has headed out to open waters. The ...
Collider

‘One Piece’ Animation Director Reveals Real Reason Behind the Wano Arc's "Problems"

Makuochi Echebiri is a News Writer for Collider. He has been interested in creative writing from as far back as high school, and he would consume pretty much anything that’s film or TV. However, his ...
Yahoo

‘White Snake’ Director: China’s Animation Boom Must Lead to Creative Risk, Not Repetition

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chinese animation director Zhao Ji, whose White Snake earned $70 million in 2019 and helped launch the current craze for the genre ...
World Screen

Animation Director Philippe Vidal Dumas Passes Away

Philippe Vidal Dumas, the French animation director known for his work on productions such as The Garfield Show and Belfort & Lupin, has passed away. Vidal attended CFT Gobelins to pursue a career in ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘White Snake’ Director: China’s Animation Boom Must Lead to Creative Risk, Not Repetition

Zhao Ji says the next generation of creators must move beyond myth-based IP as China’s animation sector matures. By Mathew Scott Chinese animation director Zhao Ji, whose White Snake earned $70 ...