Mike Hollingsworth, Supervising Director of “Inside Job” for Netflix, as well as “BoJack Horseman” & “Tuca and Bertie” | S1 AW 40

In this week’s episode, we “literally” go through the looking glass with one of the most prolific animators today! For this episode, I am joined by the one and only Mike Hollingsworth, whose works include the hit Netflix animation series Bojack Horseman, Inside Job, and Tuca & Bertie. He has also directed for a number of other series and does voice work for Bojack.

Join us as Mike and I talk about a host of topics, starting his trajectory from standup comic to animator and pitch room wonder boy to supervising director! Plus, Mike shares the hilarious story of how Hugh Grant negged him at the Critics Choice Awards. Furthermore, Mike also shares some exclusive stories about his animation projects Inside Job and Bojack Horseman. 

Timestamp:

[5:08] Mike talks about Inside Job

[8:40] Mike talks about Bojack Horseman

[10:45] Mike’s pitch room wonder boy days

[21:05] Meeting Hugh Grant in a mismatched suit 

[28:49] How Mike got started in animation

[36:32] Mike’s favorite character to animate

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