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FOREWORD BY ROB MINKOFF

“But what I really want to do is direct.” A phrase you’re likely to hear in any Starbucks or Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf within the greater Los Angeles area.

And why not? Directing movies is a pretty good gig.

Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder and Steven Spielberg, to name a few, have had their illustrious careers analyzed and profiled in dozens of books, but the directors of animated features and their craft have escaped the spotlight, until now.

Sure, you’ve heard of Walt Disney, and maybe even Chuck Jones or John Lassetter, but the vast majorities of animation directors work in the shadows and are relatively unknown to the general ...

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