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The Pixar Podcast is a weekly show that features interviews, film reviews and news stories for Pixar fans and animation students.
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Derrick Clements has been writing about entertainment since 2002. You can find more of his work here.
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Interviews Archive
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065: Michael Giacchino 2
Posted on December 27, 2011 | No CommentsMichael Giacchino presents how he makes movie music magic at Pixar's bloggers' day earlier in 2011. -
064: Academy of Art University, Inside Pixar 2
Posted on December 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsTwo animation students from Academy of Art University talk about their school and their recent visit to Pixar. -
062: McKay Farley
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsPixar employee McKay Farley joins the podcast to talk about his work in Tools. He tells how an internship led to a full-time job at the studio, and explains what it means to study computer graphics. -
058: Dylan Brown, Creative Director for Pixar Canada
Posted on November 1, 2011 | No CommentsIn this exclusive interview with Dylan Brown, we learn all about Pixar's new studio in Vancouver. -
056: Real Life Pizza Planet Truck
Posted on October 12, 2011 | No CommentsMeet the team of pop culture fans who are building a real, working Pizza Planet truck. -
052: Don Hahn, Brain Storm
Posted on August 17, 2011 | No CommentsAcademy Award nominated producer Don Hahn joins us to talk about the creative life. -
050: Michael Giacchino
Posted on June 13, 2011 | No CommentsCelebrate the 50th episode of The Pixar Podcast by listening to this interview with composer Michael Giacchino. -
049: Matthew Luhn
Posted on June 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsMatthew Luhn is a head of story at Pixar who also will be teaching an upcoming tour of Masterclasses with Pixar animator Andrew Gordon. He comes on the show today... -
048: Stéphane Kardos, Art Director
Posted on May 13, 2011 | No CommentsStéphane Kardos is an art director at Disney Consumer Products, where he helps turn characters from Disney and Pixar films into toys, clothing, books and other products. He talks about... -
047: Elyse Klaidman, Pixar University
Posted on May 10, 2011 | No CommentsElyse Klaidman is the director of Pixar University, Pixar’s internal training program. The program allows any employee–top executive to cafe operator–to take a wide variety of on-site classes to learn... -
046: Hal Hickel
Posted on April 26, 2011 | 1 CommentRango’s supervising animator Hal Hickel is an Academy Award winning effects animator from ILM who has supervised the animation for various live action blockbusters. Rango is the first fully animated... -
043: Author David A. Price, The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company
Posted on March 8, 2011 | 1 CommentAuthor David A. Price comes on The Pixar Podcast to talk about the fascinating history of the studio. -
041: Teddy Newton (from the Pixar Talk Archive)
Posted on February 28, 2011 | No CommentsAs Oscar Month comes to a close, we bring you one more interview with a nominated Pixarian. Teddy Newton spoke with Pixar Talk’s Greg Mariotti in June 2010 about his... -
040: “Mominee” Emilie Unkrich
Posted on February 24, 2011 | 8 CommentsAnother Oscar Month episode: The Acadamy has reached out to the mothers of Oscar nominees this year, asking them to tweet as "mominees." I spoke with our favorite mominee--Emilie Unkrich, the mother of Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich. -
036: Real Dog Technology – Approaching Up?
Posted on February 18, 2011 | No CommentsDr. Paul Waggoner of Auburn University comes on the show to talk about new high-tech backpacks that allow dogs to do some amazing things. -
035: “Premakes” creator Ivan Guerrero
Posted on February 17, 2011 | 2 CommentsGo behind the scenes of premakes! Listen to creator Ivan Guerrero reveal how he has made modern films look like they came out half a century ago. -
033: David Laur
Posted on February 1, 2011 | 1 CommentIt's Oscar Month! Pixar RenderMan developer David Laur comes on the show to talk about the Alfred system of RenderMan, which has earned him a Sci-Tech Academy Award this year. -
031: Don Hahn, Waking Sleeping Beauty
Posted on December 28, 2010 | 8 CommentsThe new film Waking Sleeping Beauty is an incredible look at the animation dept at Disney from 1984 to 1994. It easily became one of the best films I saw all year, and I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in animation. My guest directed the film, and shared so much in coming on the podcast. -
029: René de Guzman, Oakland Museum of California
Posted on December 15, 2010 | 1 CommentIn this special episode of The Pixar Podcast, I speak with René de Guzman, senior curator of art at the Oakland Museum of California, one of those responsible for bringing Pixar: 25 Years of Animation to the museum. -
028: Chris Chua and Austin Madison
Posted on December 8, 2010 | 3 CommentsIn this episode, Pixar animators Chris Chua and Austin Madison come on the podcast. -
025: Craig Good
Posted on November 14, 2010 | 1 CommentCraig Good started at Pixar as a janitor and security guard in 1982, when it was still a division of Lucasfilm, Ltd. An interest in computers led to some on-the-job training in programming and eventually the job he has today as a layout artist working on the upcoming feature Brave. He tells this story on today's episode. -
024: Inside Pixar
Posted on November 14, 2010 | 1 CommentRobyn and Kip, Bay Area correspondents for The Pixar Podcast, went to Pixar for the seventh annual Cartoon Art Museum event on campus. They came on the podcast to talk about what it was like inside the studio, and sent in several pictures. -
016: Greg Mariotti talks Pixar Talk
Posted on October 6, 2010 | No CommentsGreg from Pixar Talk comes on to talk about his experience visiting Pixar and running one of the most popular blogs about Pixar. -
013: Elyse Klaidman and René de Guzman (interview by Jennifer Inez Ward)
Posted on September 12, 2010 | No CommentsJennifer Inez Ward sits down with Elyse Klaidman (Director of Pixar University and Archives) and Rene de Guzman (Senior Curator of Art at OMCA) to talk about the museum exhibit,... -
011: Author Robert Velarde, The Wisdom of Pixar
Posted on September 4, 2010 | No CommentsRobert Velarde, author of The Wisdom of Pixar, was kind enough to come on the show today and discuss his new book! Thanks again to him for taking the time... -
005: Pixar: 25 Years of Animation Museum Exhibit
Posted on August 9, 2010 | No CommentsIn The Pixar Podcast's first ever Special Feature episode, guest Jennifer Inez Ward comes on to discuss the new museum exhibit in Oakland, "Pixar: 25 Years of Animation."