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Animation South Africa Podcast

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Julia Smuts Louw of Animation South Africa brings you Interviews with animation professionals from South Africa and beyond. Subscribe on iTunes - search Animation SA

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IWÁJÚ creator Hamid Ibrahim: "MTN One TV could beat every Western distributor in Africa!" | Animation SA Podcast

The edgy Nigerian kids' show IWÁJÚ was the first ever series to be commissioned by Disney Animation, Disney's flagship feature division. Jul...

45:53Oct 20, 2026

DRESSMAKER, Free Lives, and the dangers of AI Brain Rot - with Jonathan Hau-Yoon - Animation SA Podcast

Free Lives Senior Tech Artist Jonathan Hau-Yoon talks to Julia Smuts Louw about the studio's new Cozy Lives sub-brand, and their first title...

85:25Sep 21, 2026

The Animation School: Integrating AI into the curriculum - with Nuno Martins and Tim Argall - Animation SA Podcast

The Animation School, South Africa's leading tertiary institution for animation studies, recently faced some criticism when they announced t...

61:13Aug 21, 2026

Thriving in Animation While Female: Pixar Veteran Esther Pearl on Changing the Industry

Pixar vet Esther Pearl, wrangler of Story and Art on titles including Monsters Inc, The Incredibles and Wall-E, talks to Julia Smuts Louw ab...

72:28Jul 8, 2026

Building an original IP from the grassroots up: Kabelo Maaka on Rorisang and the Gurlz

From drawing in the margins of her mum's medical reference books, to studying at Gobelins Summer School, to getting into Annecy with her fir...

75:57May 11, 2026

Jim Henson Company veteran ALEX ROCKWELL on her journey and today's kids' content market

Alex Rockwell, Jim Henson's long-time right-hand woman, talks kids' content in today's animation landscape. From her experience wrangling mu...

66:39Mar 23, 2026

The DAVID Movie Part 2: with AD and ex-Pixar story artist Nathan Stanton

DAVID had a resounding opening weekend at the box office, beating out the animated competition to come in at second place behind AVATAR PART...

60:59Dec 19, 2025

The DAVID MOVIE: Director Brent Dawes on an epic family feature 30 years in the making.

This December 19th, DAVID, the Biblical epic from Sunrise Animation Studios, will be hitting theatres! In this first episode of the new seas...

66:15Nov 26, 2025

Jasmine Katatikarn and the hidden art of lighting - Academy of Animated Art

Live from locked-down New York, Blue Sky's Jasmine Katatikarn tells us about her work as Senior Lighting TD, and the school she runs with co...

52:14Apr 1, 2020

Ned Lott on voice-casting Ghibli dubs and Disney classics

Voice director Ned Lott talks about his career at the Disney dubbing group, including his opus: the seven Ghibli dubs that brought Hayao Miy...

34:54Oct 24, 2019

”The VFX Industry has nothing left to do” - bold words from David Prescott

David Prescott, the VFX ninja grandmaster behind milestone box office hits like Titanic, Avatar, X-Men and Transformers, talks to Julia Smut...

33:03Jul 30, 2019

Aron Warner on Sony’s WISH DRAGON and their new international slate

We interview Aron Warner, producer of SHREK (and voice of the Wolf) about his new slate of international projects to be produced by Sony - a...

37:33Jun 12, 2019

Peter Ramsey, director of Spider-Man: into the Spiderverse

Peter Ramsey, director of the Oscar-winning animated feature Spiderman: into the Spiderverse, was a star speaker at this year's Cape Town In...

39:37Mar 20, 2019

How to Crowdfund an Oscar-worthy Short - Robert Valley (also on Apple Podcasts)

Robert Valley, creator of the Oscar-nominated short film PEAR CIDER & CIGARETTES, offers his tips for Kickstarting a film project and shmooz...

48:16Sep 27, 2018

Dreaming a coproduction to life: Isaac Mogajane and Judd Simantov on ANANSI

Isaac Mogajane of Diprente Films and freelance rigging guru Judd Simantov discuss their collaboration on the kids' fantasy series, ANANSI, r...

62:46May 15, 2018

How to build an internationally loved children’s brand: Michael Rose & Magic Light (also on iTunes)

Animation SA chats to Michael Rose of Magic Light Pictures about the Academy Award-nominated animated short, Revolting Rhymes, and how they...

34:34Feb 21, 2018

Bludgeoning the VR Market: Free Lives talks GORN (also available on iTunes)

Animation SA chats to Ruan Rothmann and Marcelle Marais of Free Lives, the indie gaming studio whose breakout 2012 hit, BROFORCE, put South...

70:04Nov 6, 2017

Lesego Vorster on the Gobelins International Masters Programme (also on iTunes)

Animation lecturer Lesego Vorster is the first South African to be accepted into the prestigious Masters programme at Gobelins l'Ecole de l'...

27:46Aug 17, 2017

”Cut on the Emotion, not on the Action” - Pixar editor Kevin Nolting

Animation SA chats to Pixar editor Kevin Nolting about his work on 2015's Oscar-winning animated blockbuster, Inside Out. Directed by Pete D...

27:00Jun 22, 2017

Bootstrapping a European animated feature: Alexandre Heboyan and MUNE (also on iTunes)

Director Alexandre Heboyan chats to Julia Smuts Louw about his feature film MUNE: GUARDIAN OF THE MOON, his new VR project, and the value of...

26:56May 6, 2017