So You Failed at Cartooning: Settling for a Career in Animation featuring Mike Hollingsworth & Pete Michels hosted by Alicyn Packard | S1 AW 37

The only way to start 2022 is with double delight! To kick off this new year, I get together with two incredible gentlemen who’ve worked on some of the biggest animation projects to ever grace screens over the past years: Mike Hollingsworth and Pete Michaels! Mike Hollingsworth is the supervising director of Bojack Horseman, as well as for the first season of Touka and Birdy, and is currently an executive producer for Netflix animation. Pete Michaels, on the other hand, was the supervising director of Seasons One and Two of Rick and Morty, as well as the supervising director of Family Guy, and was one the directors of the first 10 seasons of The Simpsons!

Join us as Mike and Pete talk about how they found themselves in the animation industry, and how their journey’s been like. Mike and Pete take us for a trip down memory lane, from the point when they began dabbling in cartooning as well as the time when Pete got to meet his hero, Charles Schultz, the iconic creator of Snoopy. Plus, they also share how things are going for them so far! 

Timestamps:

[3:54] When Pete met Charles Schultz for the first time

[14:48] How Pete got to be a part of The Simpsons

[17:40] Drawing for LA Weekly

[21:46] Meeting Mel Lazarus 

[25:38] The challengers Pete and Mike faced when they transitioned into animation

[36:19] Mike and Pete’s career highlights


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