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What is an Animation Director?

At family gatherings, church activities or at a party the dreaded question arises after I tell a stranger what I do for a living. “An Animation Director? How do you direct a cartoon?” The alchemy of how animation is made is such a mystery to people outside the entertainment industry that they cannot fathom why an animated project would even require direction. After all, presumably there are no “real actors.” My trite answer: “Well, you know how a live action director oversees the creative process of a film – from script, casting, production design and costumes to developing the ...

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