23. Shawn Krause - Animation & Story at Spire Animation Studios - Animation on 15 Pixar films

After studying at CalArts, Shawn Krause jumped almost straight into Pixar, where he stayed for many years, working on 15 Pixar features including the first two Toy Story films, Finding Nemo and Dory, Incredibles and Incredibles 2 and all three Cars films,  along with multiple shorts and other projects. Now he's made another leap, to Spire Animation Studios as Creative Director of Animation and Story, where I caught up with him to talk about his incredible career, his path to Spire and what they're doing, and a bit of baseball. 

Shawn's career is vast and so there was plenty to talk about, and this episode really complements the episode from a couple of weeks ago with Michael Surrey - they have had different careers, but are now working together and complementing each other. Really hope you enjoy this episode!

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Host & Producer: Michael Wakelam

Executive Producer: Eric M. Miller

Music by: Rich Dickerson

Audio Engineering: Mike Rocha

Edited by: Zoe Wakelam

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