Ozanimate Podcast

#006 - Simon Ashford is the Head of Animation & VFX at Collarts helping emerging creative designers reach their full potential. Originally from the UK, Simon Ashford began his animation journey working in feature animation in London for industry legend Richard Williams on his epic film ‘The Thief and the Cobbler’. Simon then went on to contribute to projects like Steven Spielberg’s ‘Balto’, ‘The Tales of Beatrix Potter’ and ‘The Silver Brumby’ for Media World & Animation Works in Melbourne.

#005 - Dr Darren C Fisher is a Lecturer/Convenor in the Animation Department of Swinburne University in Melbourne. Darren is also a comic-book artist and author. On top of having to adjust to teaching online, Darren and his wife recently went through a tough time when they learned that halfway through the pandemic they were being evicted from their rental house! To deal and document the ordeal Darren drew these challenging times into an Autobiographical comic which was recently published on the ABC website.*Spoilers* Luckily for Darren, his wife and their cat, the story ends well and with a silver lining!

#004 -Sea Rogue is a documentary/animation short film driven by spoken word poetry, which tells a dramatic true story about the dangers of working at sea and how important it is to consider safety in that environment. The award-winning animated documentary is making waves on the national and international stage and has been officially selected for the Academy Award qualifying St Kilda Film Festival. We chat with director Matt Blyth and Animator/Illustrator Rob Corless to learn about this unique film and how they managed to pull it off despite a modest budget and while working remotely.

#003 -How does one go from being a Chef to becoming an Animator? We catch up with Alex Praças to talk about his journey and find out how he managed to seize every experience to advance his career and life.From studying Animation overseas in North America and Europe thanks to a University exchange program to starting his own studio, Pencil Pixel with his business partner via the NIES Program.

#002 - This is our very first guest episode with the wonderful Adele K Thomas. Adele has been working in the industry for over 13 years. She is a Melbourne based Illustrator, Director and Art Director. Having worked for many production companies Adele is also passionate about illustrating Children's Books as well and she has just launched her own remote studio called Sneaker Fox productions.

#001 - Ozanimators rejoice! The Ozanimate Podcast is finally here!! In this mini-show, Ozanimate Founder Paul Lalo is going to share a bit about his personal story and how Ozanimate came to be. Paul will also share how he got his start in the animation industry and how he learned a very valuable lesson early on.You can learn more about Ozanimate here:https://www.ozanimate.com/We hope you enjoy our first episode and as always we can't wait to hear your thoughts!