Walking With Animators
2025 – 2h
Started in 2018, shot in several countries and supported by many major studios, this documentary offers an unprecedented immersion in the world of animators. Focusing as much on drawing as on stop-motion, on paper cut-outs as on computer-generated images, the film captures the magic of an art of shadows, more than ever threatened by the democratization of artificial intelligence tools. The cast includes several icons of the 7th Art: Joe Dante (Gremlins), John Landis (The Blues Brothers), Phil Tippett (Mad God), Floyd Norman (Sleeping Beauty from Disney Studios), Doug Chiang (The Legend of Beowulf), David Silverman (Monsters, Inc.), Paul Wee (The Simpsons), Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man New Generation) and Jay Oliva (The Dark Knight Returns).
Written and Directed by: Gilles Penso & Alexandre Poncet
Starring:
Rony Abovitz, Jojo Aguilar, Deborah Anderson, Marco Balsamo, Daniel Callaby, Doug Chiang, Charlie Chiodo, Edward Chiodo, Stephen Chiodo, Delphine Coudray, Ri Crawford, Joe Dante, Jim Davidson, Chris DeFaria, Andreas Deja, Chuck Duke, Adam Eliott, Chris Endicott, Tom Gibbons, Hal Hickel, Joe Johnston, Glen Keane, Nancy Kruse, Yoko Kuno, Jessica Lackey, John Landis, David Lauer, Julien Lestel, Julie Lockhart, Peter Lord, Floyd Norman, Michel Ocelot, Takashi Okado, Jay Oliva, Regina Pessoa, Bill Plympton, Michael Polcino, Barry Purves, Joanna Quinn, Peter Ramsey, Justin Rasch, Marcia Rojas, Henry Selick, Tara Sibel Demren, David Silverman, Shay Stone, Drew Struzan, Richard Taylor, Morten Thorning, Shannon Tindle, Phil Tippett, Eric Towner, Theodore Uschev, Glenn Vilppu, Paul Wee, Dan Wool, Nobuhiro Yamashita, and many more.
Music: Alexandre Poncet
Editing: Gilles Penso
Visual & Credits Effects: Tippett Studio, Mystery Meat Media LLC
