Regular moviegoers — and even some Academy members — often believe that directing an animated feature means standing over an artist’s shoulder and simply saying, “Draw this.” But the six directors ...

Watanabe started the conversation by stating that the dense nature of the manga made animating the series that much more difficult, “There’s a dense amount of detailed information within the manga.

"In animation, every frame is a universe of its own, waiting to be explored and understood," shares Soumitra Saxena, the Lead Technical Director at DreamWorks Animation. This sentiment, reflective yet ...

Cooley’s passion for the “Transformers” franchise is evident in his origin story, which explores the relationship between Autobots Optimus and Megatron. The Oscar-winning animated director of “Toy ...