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SamChen
10-27-2004, 11:10 PM
Hey y'all..
I recently had the rare privilege of sitting down 1-on-1 with Brad Bird to talk about The Incredibles after seeing a sneak preview in LA. I had a chance to ask him about the soon to be released special edition DVD of The Iron Giant, what he learned from the 9 Old Men, and other questions I've always wanted to ask like what his transition into Pixar was like... as we've all heard about the inevitable initial tension. It's good to finally hear it from the horse's mouth. I was allowed only 30 short minutes with him and believe me, it went by way too fast. Anyway, I thought I'd share it with you. Surf to:

http://www.animationtrip.com/item.php?id=257

Lastly, I'll just say that I expected a tough interview because of Brad's "stubborn" reputation, but he was completely warm and friendly and went out of his way to please.

enjoy the article. :thumbsup:

Leonard
10-27-2004, 11:30 PM
Good one! Posted on CGNetworks...

clockwerkz
10-27-2004, 11:30 PM
Thanks for sharing your interview. That was very informative, and also very generous of Brad Bird to lend himself.

Kudos to your work, as well. I loved Eternal Gaze, and has been one of my favorite Siggraph pieces. :-)


cW

Grgeon
10-28-2004, 01:28 AM
Cool! thx Sam!

Btw, good job on the SDAFF last week. I enjoyed it.

George

ambas
10-28-2004, 01:36 AM
Thanks.
I enjoyed reading that.:bounce:

My Fault
10-28-2004, 06:25 AM
Great interview.

Now if only we could get Brad Bird to interview Sam Chen about "Eternal Gaze"! :thumbsup:

iocomposer
10-28-2004, 05:42 PM
Wow! My favorite animator interviewing my (soon-to-be) second favorite animator! So when is Lasseter going to interview you, Sam?

:applause:

-Jamey

L.Rawlins
10-28-2004, 06:07 PM
Excellent. Thanks for sharing with the community. :thumbsup:

Rye
10-28-2004, 07:48 PM
Hey thanks for posting this Sam, that was a good read. How awesome, we get Incredibles and special edition Iron Giant in the same month :D

Ithilien
10-28-2004, 10:31 PM
I read this interview this morning linked from CGNetworks. Great work Sam!

Emyn

Wilson-3d
10-28-2004, 11:09 PM
Really got a lot of good info from it. Thanks!

Lunatique
10-29-2004, 05:33 AM
Thanks! I love reading these kinds of interviews. The passion and the vision is so strong and apparent with these creator/writer/director types. They are my heroes and my examples.

anti-shock
10-29-2004, 03:39 PM
Great Interview! Very interesting and informative.http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

Dennik
10-29-2004, 05:01 PM
Thanks a lot Sam Chen! Thats a realy inspiring interview you got there. :)

Brad Bird is sure a great guy to meet and talk to.

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